Are you a fan of Eggplant? The food 🤨

@MellyMel22 they make small two bite perogies as well

@candycane Those are the ones that I make the baby I watch! She loves them..

@MellyMel22

Hidden in everything: Pepto Bismal, muscle/joint creams, cough syrup, etc.

The contrast incident is familiar.
Hate how hospital staff negate patient concerns. So arrogant!

Plastic bottles?? That's unexpected!

LOL we are special indeed. But given these challenges because life knew we were capable of rising above. And we always do.

@SethGreene531 I knew about some, but I wonder if Sudafed used to have it. They changed something a while back and it was okay when I stupidly tried it again, but before that I had severe stomach pains like I was dying. I had a similar reaction as Zithromax.

Yeah, it’s really scary how they can’t always be trusted. I have to have my MRIs done in a hospital now with a doctor available in case I react and I have to be premedicated and they’re also trying to use only a different contrast now to be safer.

I guess you’re right. Hopefully we don’t have any more serious issues like that though 😅

@MellyMel22

For sure there's hidden, & potential issues everywhere.
But I'm glad the doctor's are finally advocating for you.

Fingers crossed for our roads ahead 🤞.

🙂

@MellyMel22 You're welcome.😇


Once people have tasted something delicious, they'll definitely ask for more of it. That is a Chef's biggest win!😇🤝

Just remember to ask your Iranian friends about the aubergine curry whenever you meet them again.😇

@SoLeRiMix I’ll try!

@MellyMel22 Cool!😇👍

@samueltyler2 Oh nice! I recently tried a recipe from an Italian woman w/it that was amazing! I didn’t eat the sausage(fam did), but it had that, grilled eggplant, broccoli rabe, melted provolone and a mayo/pesto mix all on a ciabatta roll- I used fresh seeded Italian bread from the Bronx instead. Unbelievably good!

@MellyMel22 you are making me hungry!

@4meAndyou I’m glad you enjoyed it! I’ve never used cheddar in mine!

@MellyMel22 It's slightly greasier and saltier than the cheeses normally used, so it adds a great flavor!

@4meAndyou That must be why they add it to some frozen pizzas and garlic breads.

@cherokeepatti Oh nice! I love it grilled with a little melted gorgonzola on it! And I recently tried making eggplant balls and they came really good too.

@MellyMel22 oh I like it grilled too

@cherokeepatti It’s sooo good!

@TexChik I bet that’s great too! Thank you for sharing!

@MellyMel22 i toast the bread (6 pieces) then stack it all together and cut it into 1”x1” cubes and then drop them into 1 1/2 sticks of herb seasoned butter and stir till the butter is soaked. After the casserole hasbaked with the parm on it I spread the bread overtge top, add more parm and bake about 10 mins till the cheese melts. Its a great stuffing alternative.

@TexChik That sounds good!

@Haniazed Thank you! I love it too! I make it different ways too. I love them in balls too and I slice them round and grill with Italian seasonings then melt a little Gorgonzola on each, it’s sooo good! My 10-year-old even likes it like that.

@Eidolon If you like Gorgonzola, try a little melted on it! Not when it’s breaded though.

@SW-User Thank you.. That was me and stuffed artichokes! I was the only kid in my fam who didn’t like them holidays. Now I love them and so does my 9 year old!

@MellyMel22 I always loved those! You're welcome.

@SW-User I thought they’d be gross 😆 Love them as adult. I posted about them awhile ago.

https://similarworlds.com/food-drink/4469056-Whatd-you-have-for-dinner-I-ordered-a

@BizSuitStacy That’s how I felt growing up. When my mom started cutting hers thin, it was better to me because it was never tough. Then when I started making, I did it even thinner. My eggplant appears thicker than it is, because I flour and bread it w/buttermilk. I don’t care for eggs.

@MellyMel22 The good meal the portobello was a big ole dude on the plate like a steak with all the sides. I have no idea how it was cooked. I ordered it similar at another place a couple yesrs after. Rubberized awefulnes. I tried it with some meal which everything was breaded and fried. That was the end.same aweful texture. I quit . There's more to it than just how it's cooked. Same with leg of lamb. You'll never get the greasy past me. Says the bacon lover.

@Gibbon Maybe it’s the high heat like frying it that makes it rubbery 🤔 I’m not sure. Overcooked will def do it though I think.

I’m not a meat eater, but I’ve heard others say similar about lamb.

@MellyMel22 Whatever it is portobellos have been relegated to the poisonous mushroom column for me.

@OlderSometimesWiser Thank you, that’s really sweet! 🤍

@SW-User And very time consuming, especially if you slice it very thin.

@MellyMel22 So true

@Longpatrol Omg what 😳😩😆 if there were any worms in my eggplant, I would know, I slice it so thin- Idk anyone else slices it as thin as I do.

@Namor69 They did and a baby today too.. she tore it up 🤣

@calicuz I haven’t heard of that! But it sounds good from what I briefly read.

And thank you..

@samueltyler2 I don’t like them. And I have tried them.

@bijouxbroussard it is funny one of my three kids hates them, the other 2 love them. We used to try to fool her and tell.hrrbitbwas chicken parmigiana. We haven't chatted recently.

@bijouxbroussard I didn’t like it until my mom made it and I tried hers as a teen. I learned that I only like eggplant parm sliced very thin with breadcrumbs. My daughter is the same and won’t eat it unless I make it. I found two places that make it similar. One where I went to college, 45 mins from me and the other closest it can be to my neighborhood. My daughter won’t even try it though lol. Now I guess I acquired a taste for it other ways too.

@MellyMel22 It takes on the flavors of how you season it and what you cook with it, kind of like tofu does.

@cherokeepatti I don’t like tofu, but the only way I haven’t liked eggplant as when it was so thick and seemed a tough texture. Those times were in restaurants.

@MellyMel22 I wouldn’t like eggplant cooked that way either.

@DrWatson Yes, exactly! I’ve shared 3 little trays so far too! I overmake..

@MellyMel22 I'll be happy to swing by later today....

@Tumbleweed They're the worst!! But so are most places who make it. Some make it do tough to chew and you literally can’t chew some at all. I think it has to be sliced very thin and cooked right. I remember getting it at so many places and was so grossed out. So I make it myself and it’s so much better. You can also pick ones that are too bitter and seedy.

@MellyMel22 It was terrible. My step mother is Italian/Polish so she can COOK!! And I've never tasted it again as good as she made it!

@Northwest Sounds good! You just reminded me that I forgot to get artichokes 😩 They were right in front of me, but I was trying to find a good green pepper and forgot when I was done! My 9 year old goes craZy for stuffed artichokes.

@MellyMel22 during winter, I cheat and buy frozen artichoke hearts.

@Northwest I haven’t tried them, but wouldn’t say I’d never!

@HowtoDestroyAngels I like it that way too and with Gorgonzola melted on it.

@MellyMel22 Ive used just flower and milk and its a little different than bread crimbs/ Nut still good

@BeachGirl47 Oh yeah, nothing beats the seasoned breadcrumbs!

@MellyMel22 True

@SW-User Thanks!

@MellyMel22 Welcome 🙏

@ShenaniganFoodie I’m not a meat eater, but I’m sure I’d love the veggie stew!

@mindstruggle Always 🥺

@Matt85 Thanks!

@Arantxa Well that’s different!

@MellyMel22 what do you mean ?

@Arantxa I haven’t heard of it, but it sounds good!

@Justmeraeagain Thanks!

@FreestyleArt It's good if it's deep fried and floured, egged and crumbed first.

@FreestyleArt Most places don’t cook it good in my opinion. I only eat it if I make it or my mom.

@4meAndyou I use flour, then a seasoned buttermilk mix and then bread it. I’m not a fan of eggs and I smell them easily and won’t eat whatever it is 😩 Sometimes at bakeries I can smell it strong on cookies. Clearly I don’t like eggs lol.. I use less in my recipes if I have to use them.

@Degbeme
Bacon?

@mindstruggle 🤤

@Degbeme I have turned a few eggplant haters into only my eggplant lovers. Two being friends, they always ask me to make it and it takes forever so it’s not fun 🤨

But really I used to only eat my mom‘s b/c she slices her kind of thin too, but most places don’t and it can be chewy and tough 🤢, so I started trying to make it extra thin and that’s been the best way for me. My neighbor smells when I make it and will text me to let me know she’s aware b/c she wants some 🤣

@ArtieKat Thanks 😄

@MellyMel22 You've got me wondering whether I could take shortcuts by doing some of the elements in my air fryer.

@ArtieKat I’m sure you prob could!

@Ghostinthemachine Thank you.. I wish!

@FreeSpirit1 My fav way!

@MellyMel22 but what is it like a zucchini? Ill eat like small pieces of zucchini in a stirfry or soup but nothing big.

@Rokan The texture maybe a bit.

I was curious what a search would say about it b/c I’m not sure how to explain it. I do love zucchini, so maybe that’s right 🤔

@MellyMel22 yeah i kind of figured it would be similar

@mysteryespresso Thin sliced eggplant breaded and fried, rolled up w/ricotta mix(I use a little s&p, garlic powder and fresh spinach) and top it sauce and cheese and bake. A good sauce is key I think!

@Donotfolowme Me too!

@Jenny1234 Thank you!