Someone Remind me -cooking related

**O-Face**

What to do with eggplant?  Please and thanks!

hmonkey

slice and salt.  flour, egg, bread crumbs, into the frying pan.  add cheese and marinara.  shovel.

MinM

eggplant parm - and google alton brown's video on how to prep it.

TheDuckis

Throw it away because it's gross no matter how hard you try to pretty it up.

**O-Face**

TD, I was wondering who would offer that sage advice first.

nicoleg1982

I cube it, potatoes, peppers, carrots, squash, whatever, toss it in olive oil + herbs/salt/pepper and oven roast til tender.

MinM

Yeah - you have to salt it or it will be funky.

hmonkey

then make one without roasted red peppers, give it to your husband, take it back, and eat them both.

**O-Face**

Yes hmo, I do believe that is what would happen.  His face would get all "I won't eat that" and I'll pretend I care...snatch it back and gobble it up. 

MinM

Zilla - Get enough for two.

*Candi*

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_someone-remind-cooking-related?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:605268e4-4458-403f-b6b7-c7b226b259f8Post:2a959d2e-fdd1-42a7-87f3-1b4679a50b33">Re: Someone Remind me -cooking related</a>:
[QUOTE]slice. season generously with salt, add some pepper. drizzle with olive oil. grill. layer grilled eggplant, roasted red peppers, fresh unsalted mozzarella, and basil leaves on a loaf of fresh ciabatta bread. drizzle with more olive oil, maybe a splash of balsamic vinegar. add mixed greens. salt and pepper to taste. eat the WHOLE thing in one minute or less.
Posted by Wifezzilla[/QUOTE]

<div>YUM</div>

skippylouwho

Slice it in round, flat pieces, salt and put in a collander in your sink. Let sit, the salt will sweat out liquid that takes the excess moisture and the bitterness out of it.  Google eggplant salt drain and you'll find lots of instructions for doing this. Recipes I've seen call for letting it drain from 20 minutes to 2 hours.