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 FRIED EGGPLANT


 * MATERIALS

1 eggplant

1 egg

Bread crumbs

Laid or similar fat


 * UTENSILS

Vegetable-knife

Bowl

Dover beater

Plate

Frying-pan

Long-handled fork

Colander with paper

DIRECTIONS


 * 1) Peel the eggplant and cut it into slices a quarter inch thick.
 * 2) Soak the slices for several hours in cold salt water.
 * 3) Drain off the water and wipe the pieces of eggplant dry on a clean towel.
 * 4) Beat the egg and dip the pieces of eggplant first in the beaten egg and then in the bread crumbs, coating the whole surface of the slices with each.
 * 5) Melt the fat in a frying-pan, and when it begins to smoke fry the slices of eggplant, browning them on both sides.
 * 6) Drain the slices on soft paper in a colander.