I wrote an article yesterday about breakfast food, Romanian-style. Here’s another idea, very common during the summer months: eggplant salad, spread on bread, to be enjoyed with tasty tomatoes.
My favorite eggplant spread lately is the one without the mayo. It’s healthier and somehow tastes just as good, if not better -- or maybe it’s just me learning to pare down a few recipes and appreciate the healthier result; there is a secret though: cooking the eggplants on a grill. This eggplant spread I will present here is also extremely easy to make.
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I haven't traveled extensively in Eastern Europe, but my sense is that yes, Eastern Europeans do use mayonnaise with vegetables. But I have to say I've eaten lots of veggie salads in Bulgaria without mayo. Same think in Greece. So probably more Russian influence, yes.
We don't fuss much about salt here, but I personally prefer sea salt, as it has more traces of minerals. I also don't think I need the extra iodine that's put in salt sold in food stores here.
Mira, I meant to ask previously if there's a tendency to use sea salt in Romania.
Also, I tend to think of Russian cuisine as using mayonnaise with vegetables. Would that be just Russian or also generalized to Eastern Europe as well?
I agree the place is a good hangout for that kind of experience :)
I have learned so much from you and everyone else on Wizzley in such a short time . Thank you so much to MIra and everyone else.
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:) My mother makes it, and it's really tasty. I tend to use rather few ingredients in my cooking but I like exceptions like this one :)
The Monk's Stew sounds fabulous, I will try that this week as I have aubergine in the fridge just now. MY sort of food.
:) Thank you, Veronica!
Eggplants are also very good in stews. We have a "monk's stew" here in Romania where you use many vegetables as well as 1 eggplant. It's VERY tasty. You can also use them with tomatoes, bell peppers and zucchini only, for instance. Or you could make moussaka. We love our eggplants :) I didn't realize you'd need to grow them in a greenhouse.
Hi Derdiu, we've had a super dry summer here, and many crops suffered. Huge losses in agriculture. It was also very hot. It certainly looks like a trend.
Yes, eggplants are very popular here.
Eggplant or Aubergine as we call it in England is delicious. Moussaka is a great favourite. Often I use auberine as a meat alternative in a ragu when Veggie friends come to visit.
The spread recipe is a must-do!