Thursday, February 10, 2011

Book Clubism

Ah yes, as I was sitting in my chambers delighting in a fine and well hued scotch, enjoying a delightful repartee with some author whose unquestionable intellectual virtues adorn the pages of this, most delightful tome, I came across the passage:
"Acute liver failure with massive hepatic necrosis. This is most often caused by drugs or fulminant viral hepatitis. Acute liver failure denotes clinical hepatic insufficiency that progresses from the onset of symptoms to hepatic encephalopathy in 2 to 3 weeks. A course extending as long as 3 months is called subacute failure."

I nearly fell out of my chair as I positively exploded in laughter. Subacute... subacute. Very clever, very clever indeed, my dear man. I did not see that one coming at all. Robbins, you old dog, you. You have done it again sir. You have delivered the perfect punchline after the delicious 427 page setup. I must admit, this is anything but bland and predictable. And... oh dear, I have neglected to include the "spoiler alert" warning with this entry. So, for those of you who have not yet read Robbins Pathology, or not yet up to this page, I offer my sincerest of apologies.
It is the little things in life. Like fried eggplant with parmesan cheese. This was both a light dinner with some tomato sauce, then breakfast with a soft boiled egg and some hot sauce... And so simple.

Set your oven at HOT. I used the high broil with the n rack place high.
Grab an eggplant and slice into 1/2 thick slices
1/2 C of flour (maybe more)
1 egg, beaten and mixed with a little water
Salt and pepper
Olive or canola oil spray
Grated Parmesan

Grab the flour... I used a brown rice flour... And mix it with some salt and pepper.
Dip the eggplant in the egg and then coat it generously with the flour and place on a greased or parchmented baking sheet. Spray the top with oil and let it fry. Take it out, turn it over, respray and lit it fry. Once it was cooked on both sides I took the eggplant out and sprinkled some grated parmesan on top.


I served it with some arrabiata sauce and it was amazing.
I served it with a soft boiled egg and some chili sauce and it was amazing.

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