eggplant parmigiana

My first exposure to eggplant was in a dish a vegetarian roommate prepared.  The eggplant was neither tasty nor not tasty; it was just sort of there.  I ate it, but decided that eggplant probably wasn’t my thing.

A few years later at a work lunch, one of my coworkers ordered eggplant parmigiana.  When the food came and he saw me eyeing his food (it didn’t look very vegetarian, he appeared to have a breaded chicken breast sitting on his plate!), he offered me a taste.  Not wanting to offend, but not looking forward to it, I accepted his offer.  And I was surprised at how good it actually was!  I guess the secret to preparing eggplant is breading it, deep-frying it, then smothering it in tomato sauce.

So thanks, Morley.  I never knew what I was missing out on.  :-)

Comments (5)

DaveJanuary 23rd, 2009 at 4:43 pm

Eggplant truly can be good stuff. Good luck getting Mr. Akaemi to sign off on that, though…

akaemiJanuary 23rd, 2009 at 6:20 pm

Ha, and that’s exactly why we have Ashburn Cafe - they deliver cheeseburgers as well as an assortment of Italian and Greek food. :-)

DaveJanuary 24th, 2009 at 12:50 am

Ah! Problem solved then.

Robert AhmedJune 21st, 2010 at 6:19 pm

I love to taste some greek foods because they are very spicy.`*’

Alexander HallJuly 20th, 2010 at 8:10 pm

Greek foods are like asian foods, they are both tangy and very spicy.~~;

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