to think aubergines are the work of the Devil [insert own choice of evil personage here]?

[Habbibu]

They ARE. They are so pretty on the outside, but them impossibly dreary on the inside, taste horrible, and upset my stomach. They're WRONG. Just wronng.

Hmmm. Will retire to the corner and sulk for a bit.

Don't LIKE pumpkin!

Or aubergines...

Aubergines are lovely. As are mushrooms in all their incarnations.

All 'A' vegetables (ok, fruits also) are nice - aubergine, asparagus, artichokes ...

Don't really have a view on pumpkin- but it is not objectionable.

Mushrooms are lovely, except when in risotto, which really is the work of the devil.

oh god yes..
so pretty on the outside and then like a hideous watery, bananary sponge when cooked..

They are the devils work it's true

YANBU - they are yacky!

I won't eat moussaka!

Yum @ aubergines & pumpkins & squash & mushrooms & oooh yum! You lot are making me hungry!

"so pretty on the outside and then like a hideous watery, bananary sponge when cooked.." Exactly. It's just such a massive disappointment.

Nah- aubergines are cool, once you get past the feeling you're slicing into a baby seal which is how I always feel.
Pumpkin IMO tastes like it's gone off.

LMAO.Slicing into a baby seal?

Think Bucharest has just supported the case for the prosecution. In a very vile way.

Sorry! And I like them! (had them last night sliced and baked in the oven with layers of smoked mozzarella and tomato......)

lol @ "slicing into a baby seal". I will never again slice aubergines without thinking that!

that aside though, I make a delicious aubergine, cheese and potato bake which is DP's favourite dinner, but on their own, they really have no flavour.

If you have to drizzle a vegetable with oil and garlic, then it's probably to mask the taste of it, or in the case of an aubergine, give it taste.

HuwEdwards, recipe please?! That sounds scrummy!

Generally disgusting but I made a Delia moussaka with them once and it was utterly delicious.

they are vile

I'm sure they exist to ruin perfectly good moussakas

OY!!! Don't go posting aubergines RECIPES on this thread, you damnable saboteurs!!!

Aren't baby seals furry?

aaah x-post Lyra

I'm sure your moussaka was delicious

I'm beginning to think you all use them as tasteless padding... Like the culinary equivalent of Krystle Carrington.

Aubergine - vile
Moussaka - even viler

It was a bit of a faff because you have to fry the aubergine slices with seasoned flour first and they soak up all the oil, but worth it in the end.

HuwEdwards, please ignore Habbibu and post your aubergine, potato and cheese bake recipe! Maybe once she reads it she'll come over to the dark side and be tempted to sample an aubergine or two ...