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Book by Tetsu Kariya · 2 quotes · Food Combining, Japanese Cooking, Japanese Food

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“Good eggplants are hard to find these days. It's because the eggplants don't get fully ripe because of the pesticides and herbicides." "This isn't just about Hitoshi. Anybody who eats this bad eggplant... ... will come to think that eggplant doesn't taste good at all. Eggplant and oil are a perfect match. Let me make you a dish that even the greatest eggplant hater will like. Pour sesame oil into the wok. Eggplant soaks up a lot of oil, so pour a lot in. Once the oil is heated, cut the eggplant into thin slices of about a quarter inch. You want to carefully stir-fry the eggplant trying to make every slice soak up the oil, but you also have to be fast at it. Keep the flame at high heat. It's done when the eggplant starts to get soft and brown. If you cook it too much, the skin gets hard, so be careful. Now you pour some soy sauce on top of it.”

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“Both of the dishes you just made use only eggplant. You didn't use any other vegetables or meat." "Of course. If you want to learn the real taste of an eggplant, you can't mix it with anything else." "And the secret seems to lie with the oil. Eggplant is good when you simmer it, but simmering eggplant is rather difficult. If you simmer it together with something else, its bitterness will sometimes taint the flavor of the other ingredients." "Eggplant goes very well with oil, so simple methods like this tend to draw out the goodness of the eggplant that even people who don't like it will enjoy. It's good when stir-fried with meat, onions and green pepper, but I like it better alone so I can enjoy its flavor.”

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