[Sca-cooks] eggplant bitterness
Laura C. Minnick
lcm at jeffnet.org
Fri Apr 30 09:41:09 PDT 2010
>
> When making some period turnip dish in my very first feast, the quite
> tasty Turnips in Butter and Mustard Sauce, from ''Le Cuisinier
> francois'' by Francois Pierre called la Varenne, French, 1651 (thanks
> to Anne Marie), I cooked them until just tender in water, pitched the
> water, sliced them, then simmered them in milk for about 15 minutes,
> to remove their bitterness.
I also parboil them, but just pitching the water seems to do it for me.
I've never thought to cook them in milk.
The Cook Formerly Known As Lainie,
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