Are you an eggplant lover who constantly faces ridicule for your superior tastes? Join the Eggplant Crusade! This is my fight to win over the eggplant ney-sayers of the world. Recently, I commented on the battle James and I have regarding The Misunderstood Eggplant, and I refuse to go quietly into the night.
To join the Eggplant Crusade, hope over to the Discussion Board and pledge your support for this unappreciated purple vegetable. Let me know how you serve eggplant in your kitchen, and if you have to wage any battles of your own in order to get eggplant on the table.
I will start things out by listing a few of my favorite things about eggplant:
- Eggplant are cheap! Usually $1/pound.
- Eggplants are beautiful, especially the jewel-toned skin.
- Speaking of the skin, it is packed full of antioxidants.
- Eggplant is an easy vegetarian/vegan substitute.
- I’ve never seen reports of E. coli in eggplant, have you?
To keep the Eggplant Crusade going, I will continue to post recipes as part of the Frugal Nation project as well as post more information here on Bitter/Sweet about how awesome eggplant can be. Go ahead and join, it is Sweet to stand up for a cause (no matter how silly).
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:07 am
[...] vegan and frugal staples of eggplant and chickpeas. I wanted to try this recipe as part of my Eggplant Crusade over on Bitter/Sweet. The results were mixed. The eggplant soaked up much of the sauce, which seemed [...]