Stupid question that must be asked re: eggplant

[CinderToriella]

U can eat the skin hhmm trim it??

what are u making?

[Nelle]

Does this help? It seems to be saying to sort of get rid of the leafy bits?

[CinderToriella]

hhmm i thought getting rid of those parts was a given lol

but yeah i cant think of any other reason why they would say trim it either
i really do love eggplant,sometimes they are bitter so u need to put salt on them and leave them for 10 mins or so then wash off with cold water

[Arimeh]

Does this help? It seems to be saying to sort of get rid of the leafy bits?

Ah. Ok. Not really? LOL... its a zucchini and eggplant gratin so I wouldn't have thought the end bit would be in it anyway? So now I'm super confused.... lol

Maybe I should just make the moroccan style eggplant, pumpkin and chick pea curry instead..

[LimeSlice]

They mean trim off the top - the leaves, green bit

ETA: Generally TRIM = remove any inedible parts, remove greenery or stalks
PEEL = remove skin

GL!! If you need a hand, let me know

[Pandora]

yeh they mean to top part with the stalk and green bits.

[Arimeh]

Ahhh that makes sense LS - thanks. I too would have thought it was a given to cut the top part off - I mean, you do with zucchini and it doesn't say to in the recipe? Strange. People that write these things are just out to confuse me.

Anyway - doesn't matter cos DH has decided he wants the moroccan one instead. So now I have to tackle that one.

[Nicambhar]

hehehehe, "trim it " is just a fancy way of saying cut the top off it....

[LimeSlice]

Either way, yes, you always remove the top lol

[Party-of-five]

good luck with the eggplant...i got one in our vegie box last week thought about eating it got scared and feed it to the worm farm, let me know how you go??