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Aubergine! Eggplant! Time for Ratatouille! (pics of impending harvest)... (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 OP
They look beautiful. Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #1
Definitely an acquired taste - my favorite is... NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #2
I have had it some of those ways. Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #4
Oooh, pretty! femmocrat Jul 2013 #3
I love aubergine! Cracklin Charlie Jul 2013 #5
Color me green with envy and drape me in slugs uppityperson Jul 2013 #6
yesterday I tossed my unsold plants - hundreds of 3.5 inch pots in trays of 18 - NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #7
Rub gritty dirty sand over your hands, then scrub with a brush you will throw away. uppityperson Jul 2013 #8
sugar snap peas - one of my favorite veggies - and the season is an eye blink here! NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #9

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
1. They look beautiful.
Mon Jul 8, 2013, 08:12 PM
Jul 2013

But I still despise them. I do wish I liked them, they are easy to grow. I just have never found a way to eat them that isn't mushy and tasteless. Too bad. I wouldn't even have to grow them---everyone is always begging people to take them.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,504 posts)
2. Definitely an acquired taste - my favorite is...
Mon Jul 8, 2013, 08:19 PM
Jul 2013

peel, thinly slice, egg wash and bread crumb dip, grated parmesan and bake at 400 for 20-30 min until browned and crisp. Yummy eaten as is, or layered with a good tomato sauce and served over pasta - or layered with mozzarella and parmesan and sauce and baked and made into Parmesan.

Also have a good honey spicy marinade and they grill nicely - and I love ratatouille, in which eggplant is seared and charred in olive oil (along with zucchini), followed by onions, tomatoes and peppers....

It took me years to love it (and the need to grow it and eat it fresh)!

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
4. I have had it some of those ways.
Mon Jul 8, 2013, 08:56 PM
Jul 2013

I find it slimy and mushy cooked most ways. My mom used to bread and fry it, I wonder if baking makes it different. I really did not like it baked like a lasagna with the layering, even with all the yummy ingredients.

But the grilling and ratatouille sound interesting. I am willing to try it that way if someone gives me one or two.

Thanks. I agree that fresh is the only way to eat just about any veggies or fruit.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
5. I love aubergine!
Mon Jul 8, 2013, 09:02 PM
Jul 2013

During my years of college, I lived with my parents a few times in the summer. We had the same fresh-from-the-garden dinner every night...eggplant casserole (basically eggplant, breadcrumbs, and cheese), black eye peas, and sliced tomatoes. Once a week or so, we would have a slice of ham or some bacon.

I don't remember ever wishing we would have something else instead. And it still sounds like the perfect summertime dinner.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,504 posts)
7. yesterday I tossed my unsold plants - hundreds of 3.5 inch pots in trays of 18 -
Tue Jul 9, 2013, 01:37 PM
Jul 2013

I must have encountered (meaning touched - yuck!) dozens and dozens of slugs. I know the PNW has champion sized slugs (feed a family of 4 type) - but to find so many 3 inch long, nearly 1 inch wide slimy buggers was pretty nasty! I also found out it is really hard to remove their goop from your hands!

uppityperson

(115,871 posts)
8. Rub gritty dirty sand over your hands, then scrub with a brush you will throw away.
Tue Jul 9, 2013, 11:18 PM
Jul 2013

For me, snap peas are ripe! love them peas.

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