Comments on: Forget the Tahini! http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/ In the kitchen with truly fresh produce Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:28:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kath http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-96405 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:16:04 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-96405 I have so many egg plants in my veg garden ready for picking and no tahini so going to try this now! Thanks

]]> By: Sharon Brown http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-69783 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:10:15 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-69783 Hi Jennie,

I love your site…well done! Did you know that Baba Ghanoush means ‘flirty papa’? Check out ‘Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love and War’ by Annia Ciedzadlo
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]]> By: susan http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-44925 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:45:08 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-44925 Can I just throw some toasted sesame seeds in when I blend it?

]]> By: Rev. Dave http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-3406 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:17:23 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-3406 I’m not a big baba ghanouj aficionado, but we had some extra eggplant on hand–but no tahini–so I thought I’d give this a try. I think I like it. Simple, tasty, good stuff.

]]> By: therealpotato http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-418 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:30:42 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-418 Oh, I should add, make sure to peel off the charred skin before you mash it! :)

]]> By: Jennie http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-415 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:07:25 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-415 Good idea – thanks for the tip!

]]> By: therealpotato http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-412 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:47:10 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-412 Yum! We make the with-tahini version pretty regularly.

For a smoky version, you can char the eggplants over an open flame instead of roasting in the oven. Don’t try it unless your eggplants are the skinny Asian kind, though!

]]> By: Jennie http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-401 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:10:13 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-401 Yes, we’ve had some *very* strangely shaped eggplants at the farm this year! When we get one shaped like Abe Lincoln, we’re gonna sell it on Ebay. ;)

]]> By: Joanna http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-400 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:46:34 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-400 I was going to post a comment saying, ‘baba ghanouj without tahini? I don’t think I’ve made it *with* tahini!’ — except when I looked up the slightly-haphazard baba recipe a friend passed on to me, it does indeed call for tahini. I personally like tahini, but it’s always good to have a recipe that doesn’t require any unusual ingredients.

I’ve been fascinated with the unusual (and phallic!) shapes of Asian eggplants all summer. Last week, the Landisdale stand at the Chestnut Hill market had two equally-curved ones that I pretended were horns, and this past weekend they had one that was over a foot long! It amused me.

]]> By: Jennie http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-393 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:53:05 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/forget-the-tahini/#comment-393 Radish – You get to go to Madhur’s restaurant? I’m so jealous! Is there baba on the menu? :) I hadn’t thought about how leaving out the tahini would make it some much healthier. Good point! I was just being lazy and didn’t want to go get more tahini. :)

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