• fullkitwanker
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    7 months ago

    It’s not hot take Tuesday but here’s my hot take anyway: eggplant is terrible. How do people like it?!? It’s so soggy and bland no matter how you cook it 🤢

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      7 months ago

      Dad used to slice it, bread it and shallow fry it. I remember enjoying it, but, then again most anything is good when fried innit.

    • MeanElevator
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      7 months ago

      Just like many other foods…it’s dependent on how you prep it, cook it and serve it.

      Seasonings are your friends.

    • Duenan
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      7 months ago

      I can’t eat them, they make me want to throw up :/

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      7 months ago

      Best reframe the discussion to ‘creamy and delicious’. Does absorb other flavours well. I quite like eggplant cut in 12 or so lengthwise wedges, then the cut surfaces dipped in lemon juice and dusted with seasoned flour, then sprayed with a bit of oil and then put under the grill cut sides up. Leaving the skin on keeps each wedge together, so you get the creamy inside and the crunchy coating. A hawt dipping sauce goes well with this. Sort of eggplant chips.

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      7 months ago

      Gets the go ahead in a fresh thai curry but the next day it is mush.