[Sca-cooks] eggplant bitterness

[Susan Lin]

I've heard the female eggplants are less bitter thing myself - where?  I
don't know - probably Alton Brown!

Also, it's not always the seeds but the skin - you can peel them and also
salt them letting some of the water and bitterness seep out - just remember
to rinse really well before going on to your next step.

OR -  you can call in a scullery party to de-seed all your eggplants for
you!!!  Hey, I'm sure someone did that at some point!  Can you see that call
out to your list - I'm looking for 15 people to deseed eggplants for feast!
Sorry - just being silly - it's Friday, 8:30am and I'm already in need of a
nap!

-S

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Sandra Kisner <sjk3 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
>
>> I'm not a big eggplant fan myself, and they can exude a small amount of
>> >mucilaginous goo when sliced. And they can also absorb a lot of oil in
>> cooking, >and release it at inconvenient moments.
>>
>> For me the problem of the bitter little seeds (and traditional "proper"
>> >treatment seems to partially, but never fully, alleviate this) is
>> paramount.
>>
>> Adamantius
>>
>
> I have heard (and of course I can't remember where) that female eggplant
> have fewer seeds, and therefore perhaps would be less bitter.  The blossom
> end is supposedly less indented (perhaps even smooth?), so you can pick them
> out at the market.
>
> Sandra
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