Eggplant or Aubergine?

Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on June 14, 2008 – 8:18 am -

I like both, since they are the same. We use aubergine/eggplant in Provencal cooking till the cows come home! In Greece there’s the Moussaka, a hearty dish of baked eggplant & lamb. Throughout the Middle Eat eggplant is revered and eaten in many clever ways. At home, quite often I’d bake eggplants & bell peppers with a little olive oil and fresh thyme, a simple fare, delicious hot or cold.

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AAF’s Recipe of the Day

Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on April 28, 2008 – 5:53 pm -

One of my very favorite vegetable is the eggplant. Some people don’t seem to like this wonderful edible and the main reason why is because it is rarely cooked properly. Follow this and you will beg for more. I dare you.

And so here we go for this splendid appetizer!

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