SC - eggplant follow-up

[david friedman]

At 9:19 PM -0500 12/16/97, Dan Gillespie wrote:

...

>Chap 19 How to make eggplant
>
>Cook the eggplant in water & salt, & being cooked remove the water, & chop
>them well, & cast them in a casserole to fry with a lot of oil, & cast to
>them grated cheese & bread, & 6 or 8 maravedis of spices, & some garlic, all
>mashed, & cook everything with this mixture; & thicken it with eggs, setting
>fire on top.  This is called "a nun's casserole of eggplant"
>
>
>Nun's Eggplant Casserole
>

...

>Boil the eggplant in well salted water til tender, about 15 or 20 minutes.
>Drain, let cool & chop.
>Heat the oil in a large pot & add the eggplant & garlic.  Cook til the
>eggplant begins to dry out & the garlic is softened.  Mix all the spices &
>bread pieces together.  Stir the eggplant into the bread.  Stir the cheese
>into the mix & the beaten eggs.  Put all this into a greased casserole pan &
>bake for 40 minutes at 325 degrees.

I wonder whether baking is the correct interpretation. Doesn't it look more
as though you are cooking it over the fire, and at the end browning the
top? I don't know the original source--does it specify an oven elsewhere
for  baked dishes?

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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