Aubergine

[onatti]

How can I cook an aubergine?

[incitatus]

Hundreds of ways. You can roast it whole, slice it and chargrill it (brush with olive oil first) include it in ratatouille or Moussaka, slice, sprinkle with salt, leave for an hour, then chop finely and cook down in the minmum of oil to make "Aubergine caviar"........

[aloha]

It is IMPERATIVE that you try baba ganouj.Sorry, but it's that good! Roast eggplants under broiler until quite, quite well done.Remove, cover with paper bag or foil to let steaming soften the skin. Skins can be a bit awkward to remove, but a teensy bit of the charred stuff gives a lovely smoky flavor. Alternatively, you can [and I usually do] microwave the heck out of them with olive oil and salt, until they are really, well, for the lack of a better word; slimy. In this instance, if you have soft-skinned asian eggplants[aubergine], you can leave the skins on. Now: mash with TAHINI [ground sesame paste from a middle-eastern or healthfood store], then add garlic, salt,more olive oil if you like it,and lemon juice to taste. Fresh mint makes it even better. Don't let your life pass by without trying this, okay? Aloha