Cooking For Engineers

[Ellen_Loves_to_Cook]

For a mild-tasting eggplant out of the gate, try white eggplant. It's mild, not bitter, and for those of you who are organic gardeners, it seems to be of no interest to the pests that bore into the dark eggplants.

[dk]

FYI, to the poster who tried to use worcester sauce on the eggplant for a vegetarian friend, worcester sauce usually has anchovy paste in it and is therefore not vegetarian.

Newest favorite eggplant dish: napolean. Slice & cook the eggplant in a little bit of oil, layer (about 3 layers) with homemade putanesca sauce (onions, garlic, chillies, tomatoes, thyme, oregano, olives, capers, basil, salt, pepper), top with bread crumbs (cheese if you want, but I'm vegan) then bake until bread crumbs are crispy, approx 15-20 min.

[Guest]

I find the best way to ensure all the cubes of eggplant have an even amount of oil is to put them in a plastic bag with the oil coated on the sides of the bag(ziplock). Then put them directly on the pan.

[Jim Cooley]