I really love most veggies, even less popular ones like beets and kale and brussel sprouts. However, I truly loathe eggplant. I find it very pretty but just plain nasty. I don't the taste, the smell or the texture. The only preparation I've found that I will eat is baba ghanoush. This does not reflect on a growing open mindedness towards this member of the belladonna family on my part but rather the fact that baba ghanoush is pulverized eggplant with other intense flavors thereby obliterating any trace of Satan's veggie's native taste, smell, or texture.
Because I have a new grill and it is hot I decided to make baba ghanoush as a part of my lunch box this week and so yesterday I did something I have never, ever done in my entire life. I bought an eggplant. And took it home. And threw it on the grill as I ate my meal last night.
This morning I made the baba. The process of getting the eggplant into the food processor reaffirmed my dislike (that spongy give is just NASTY) but the end result was pretty rocking. My flavor set was lemon, garlic and a good whallop of chipotle sauce.
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