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Eggplant caviar
It seems that some people here have a liking for eggplant. How could
it be otherwise? Today a luxurious treat with our favourite purple vegetable. T. Eggplant Caviar with Pita Chips Eggplant caviar: 1 large eggplant (1 pound) 1/2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 1 tablespoon drained capers, chopped 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 2 teaspoons olive oil 1 clove garlic, chopped 1 shallot, chopped 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Pita chips: Two 6-inch whole wheat pita breads Vegetable spray or olive oil 1 tablespoon sesame seeds To prepare the eggplant, preheat the oven to 350 F. Pierce the eggplant in several places with a fork and place in a shallow baking dish. Roast, uncovered, for about 1 hour, or until very soft. Quarter the eggplant lengthwise and, when cool enough to handle, scrape out the pulp. (Leave the oven on.) In a blender or food processor, pulse the eggplant pulp with the parsley, capers, vinegar, oil, garlic, shallot, curnin, and pepper until just chopped. Transfer to a serving bowl. To make the pita chips, lightly spray a baking sheet with vegetable oil spray. Using kitchen scissors or a sharp knife, cut around the edges of the pita breads and gently separate each one into two rounds. Brush both sides of the pita rounds lightly with the olive oil and cut each round into 10 or 12 triangles. Place on the prepared baking sheet and sprinkle with the sesame seeds. Bake for 10 minutes. Using a metal spatula, loosen any chips that are sticking to the baking sheet, turn the chips over, and bake for about 5 minutes longer, or until the chips are crisp and golden. Arrange the chips around the eggplant caviar and serve. |
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Eggplant caviar
Taemon wrote:
> It seems that some people here have a liking for eggplant. How could > it be otherwise? Today a luxurious treat with our favourite purple > vegetable. It's a *fruit*, not a vegetable. -------------------------------------------------- egg·plant (ĕg'plănt') pronunciation n. 1. a. An Indian plant (Solanum melongena var. esculenta) cultivated for its large edible, ovoid, glossy, usually purple-skinned *fruit*. b. *The fruit of this plant*. Also called aubergine, melongene. http://www.answers.com/topic/eggplant -------------------------------------------------- Maturity Indices *Eggplant fruit* are harvested at a range of developmental stages. Depending on cultivar and temperature, the time from flowering to harvest may be 10 to 40 days. Generally *fruit* are harvested immature before seeds begin to significantly enlarge and harden. Firmness and external glossiness are also indicators of a pre-maturity condition. *Eggplant fruit* become pithy and bitter as they reach an overmature condition. http://rics.ucdavis.edu/postharvest2...eggplant.shtml --------------------------------------------------- See also: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/p...vegdefine.html |
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Eggplant caviar
On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:38:56 GMT, usual suspect >
wrote: > >It's a *fruit*, not a vegetable. Yes and no... like tomatoes. http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/conten...Parents=0%7C67 http://mosquito.homeip.net/drupal/node/view/110 ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Eggplant caviar
Joe wrote:
>>It's a *fruit*, not a vegetable. > > Yes and no... like tomatoes. Wrong, both are fruit. > http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/conten...Parents=0%7C67 Botanically speaking, the tomato you eat is a *fruit*. So is a watermelon, green pepper, *eggplant*, cucumber, and squash. A "fruit" is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds. That site goes on to say that the tomato is vegetable PLANT because "the plant is an annual and nonwoody." The round things with the seeds in them that grow on tomato plants, though, are fruits. Just like you are. The Supreme Court's 1893 ruling isn't botanical, it was a protectionist measure and applies ONLY to tomatoes. That ruling doesn't change the fact that a tomato (or an eggplant) is a fruit. > http://mosquito.homeip.net/drupal/node/view/110 Who the hell is Owen Cheng and why do you consider his BLOG authoritative on this issue? At least he gets it right even if you don't: Or you can say, generally a fruit is the edible part of the plant that contains the seeds. So your eggplant, tomato, cucumber and zucchini are fruits. Did you bother reading any of this before bothering me with your inane bullshit? |
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Eggplant caviar
Clearly you needed enlightening before you made your botanical
clarification. On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:31:29 GMT, usual suspect > wrote: >Joe wrote: >>>It's a *fruit*, not a vegetable. >> >> Yes and no... like tomatoes. > >Wrong, both are fruit. > >> http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/conten...Parents=0%7C67 > > Botanically speaking, the tomato you eat is a *fruit*. So is a > watermelon, green pepper, *eggplant*, cucumber, and squash. A > "fruit" is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds. > >That site goes on to say that the tomato is vegetable PLANT because "the >plant is an annual and nonwoody." The round things with the seeds in >them that grow on tomato plants, though, are fruits. Just like you are. > >The Supreme Court's 1893 ruling isn't botanical, it was a protectionist >measure and applies ONLY to tomatoes. That ruling doesn't change the >fact that a tomato (or an eggplant) is a fruit. > >> http://mosquito.homeip.net/drupal/node/view/110 > >Who the hell is Owen Cheng and why do you consider his BLOG >authoritative on this issue? At least he gets it right even if you don't: > > Or you can say, generally a fruit is the edible part of the > plant that contains the seeds. So your eggplant, tomato, > cucumber and zucchini are fruits. > >Did you bother reading any of this before bothering me with your inane >bullshit? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:31:29 GMT, usual suspect >
wrote: .... blah blah, cuss cuss... blah blah....... > >Did you bother reading any of this before bothering me with your inane >bullshit? What a stupid question.....especially coming from you. What do you think? I hired someone to look up the link and email it to me to post unread. Once in a while apply those colouful descriptions of dopeyness you use for others to yourself. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Joe wrote:
> Clearly You are an ass. The purple-skinned part of an eggplant is a fruit. Just like you are. >>Joe wrote: >> >>>>It's a *fruit*, not a vegetable. >>> >>>Yes and no... like tomatoes. >> >>Wrong, both are fruit. >> >> >>>http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/conten...Parents=0%7C67 >> >> Botanically speaking, the tomato you eat is a *fruit*. So is a >> watermelon, green pepper, *eggplant*, cucumber, and squash. A >> "fruit" is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds. >> >>That site goes on to say that the tomato is vegetable PLANT because "the >>plant is an annual and nonwoody." The round things with the seeds in >>them that grow on tomato plants, though, are fruits. Just like you are. >> >>The Supreme Court's 1893 ruling isn't botanical, it was a protectionist >>measure and applies ONLY to tomatoes. That ruling doesn't change the >>fact that a tomato (or an eggplant) is a fruit. >> >> >>>http://mosquito.homeip.net/drupal/node/view/110 >> >>Who the hell is Owen Cheng and why do you consider his BLOG >>authoritative on this issue? At least he gets it right even if you don't: >> >> Or you can say, generally a fruit is the edible part of the >> plant that contains the seeds. So your eggplant, tomato, >> cucumber and zucchini are fruits. >> >>Did you bother reading any of this before bothering me with your inane >>bullshit? > > > > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Joe wrote:
> ... blah blah, cuss cuss... blah blah....... > > >>Did you bother reading any of this before bothering me with your inane >>bullshit? > > What a stupid question It was required because the points you tried to make had nothing to do with what was conveyed in the links you offered. Both links support what I wrote, dumb ass. They did not support what you offered. RESTORE FULL POST: Joe wrote: >> It's a *fruit*, not a vegetable. > > > Yes and no... like tomatoes. Wrong, both are fruit. > http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/conten...Parents=0%7C67 Botanically speaking, the tomato you eat is a *fruit*. So is a watermelon, green pepper, *eggplant*, cucumber, and squash. A "fruit" is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds. That site goes on to say that the tomato is vegetable PLANT because "the plant is an annual and nonwoody." The round things with the seeds in them that grow on tomato plants, though, are fruits. Just like you are. The Supreme Court's 1893 ruling isn't botanical, it was a protectionist measure and applies ONLY to tomatoes. That ruling doesn't change the fact that a tomato (or an eggplant) is a fruit. > http://mosquito.homeip.net/drupal/node/view/110 Who the hell is Owen Cheng and why do you consider his BLOG authoritative on this issue? At least he gets it right even if you don't: Or you can say, generally a fruit is the edible part of the plant that contains the seeds. So your eggplant, tomato, cucumber and zucchini are fruits. Did you bother reading any of this before bothering me with your inane bullshit? |
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:53:45 GMT, usual suspect >
wrote: >Joe wrote: >> Clearly > >You are an ass. The purple-skinned part of an eggplant is a fruit. Just >like you are. >>>Wrong, both are fruit. You dope- Probably an eggplant has a higher IQ than you! Did YOU read what was in the links and try to hazard a guess at what 'Yes' and 'No' meant? Yes - they are fruit from a botanical viewpoint. Sweet geezus did I need further commentary for you not to 'get it' if you in fact did read the links studiously. No - they aren't only known as fruit [ as you smugly initially tried to imply]..... from a H O R T I C U L T U R A L viewpoint. People like you Suspect, make life so complicated being a fruit wouldn't seem a bad alternative to trying to wonder where you're coming from. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Joe wrote:
>>>Clearly >> >>You are an ass. The purple-skinned part of an eggplant is a fruit. Just >>like you are. > >>>>Wrong, both are fruit. > > You dope- You're the one who's hopelessly confused over the subject, dummy. > Did YOU read I did. That's why I pointed out your errors in suggesting your links convey the same thing you tried to in your reply (which, out of embarrassment, you snipped). RESTORE FULL POST: Joe wrote: >> It's a *fruit*, not a vegetable. > > > Yes and no... like tomatoes. Wrong, both are fruit. > http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/conten...Parents=0%7C67 Botanically speaking, the tomato you eat is a *fruit*. So is a watermelon, green pepper, *eggplant*, cucumber, and squash. A "fruit" is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds. That site goes on to say that the tomato is vegetable PLANT because "the plant is an annual and nonwoody." The round things with the seeds in them that grow on tomato plants, though, are fruits. Just like you are. The Supreme Court's 1893 ruling isn't botanical, it was a protectionist measure and applies ONLY to tomatoes. That ruling doesn't change the fact that a tomato (or an eggplant) is a fruit. > http://mosquito.homeip.net/drupal/node/view/110 Who the hell is Owen Cheng and why do you consider his BLOG authoritative on this issue? At least he gets it right even if you don't: Or you can say, generally a fruit is the edible part of the plant that contains the seeds. So your eggplant, tomato, cucumber and zucchini are fruits. Did you bother reading any of this before bothering me with your inane bullshit? END RESTORE > People like you Suspect, make life so complicated Quite the contrary, I'm pretty good at cutting through bullshit to uncomplicate things. Don't blame me for your muddled thinking. Blame yourself for your obstinantly refusing correction (even after you've already written that you concur with me, ****). > being a fruit wouldn't seem a bad alternative Well you should know. |
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