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Old Jun 16, 2011 | 9:15 am
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Originally Posted by flyingfran
To appreciate eggplant one really must visit Turkey. The average housewife has at least 100 ways to make eggplant. Many of those recipes totally disguise the vegetable.

I also believe that an eggplant purchased in a super market is completely unrelated to an eggplant plucked from the field or purchased from a fresh food stall in Istanbul.

The final delight of this vegetable is the exotic label aubergine.

My mom always hated eggplant ... until she had it as Turkish food.
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