Ma non Cher! I eat them breaded and fried eggplant but not with no sugar on the. A little hot sauce and mebbe ketchup but no sugar. Sounds nasty, suspect it's a Fall River, Massachusetts thing, that's were Emeril Lagasse is from and he's Portugese not Cajun. George flylo@txcyber.com wrote: > > Ron, was it you who were looking for new ideas for eggplant? If so, > FoodTV had a seg yesterday on nothing but eggplant (Emeril Live). > I think you can go to www.foodtv.com and look up the show for Jan > 2 and get all the info from there. > I was channel surfing and didn't see much, but looks like he did a > veal-stuffed eggplant 'boat', and one really odd recipe. Cut eggplant > 'sticks' (like very large French Fries), breaded them with flour and > egg batter, deep fried them. Nothing odd so far, but at the end, he > drained on paper towels and sprinkled with powdered sugar. > hmmm, they sure do things different in Louisiana! > martha