the eggplant goo is probably babaganoush, which is made from grilled eggplants, tahini (like peanut butter, only using sesame seeds), and garlic. sometimes there's other ingredients, but those are the major ones. it's kind of like hummus (which is ground up garbanzo beans, tahini, and garlic), and you put it on pita bread. or tortilla chips.
artichokes -- the main thing about *those* is the heart, which is the treat you get to after dealing with all of the leaves, and the choke, which is the little nest of fuzzy stuff that's in the middle. you scrape that off and cut the heart into bites and dip those into butter -- yum.
our RenFaire out here used to have an artichoke booth -- areas of the ground were paved in artichoke leaves.
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the eggplant goo
Date: 2004-10-11 09:10 pm (UTC)artichokes -- the main thing about *those* is the heart, which is the treat you get to after dealing with all of the leaves, and the choke, which is the little nest of fuzzy stuff that's in the middle. you scrape that off and cut the heart into bites and dip those into butter -- yum.
our RenFaire out here used to have an artichoke booth -- areas of the ground were paved in artichoke leaves.
lea bob
former RenFairian (NoCaRPFN, St. George) & lurking fan of your blog