Egg Plant

Ingredients

• One eggplant
• 4 or 5 slices of bread
• Water
• A little thyme
• Onions
• Pepper
• Salt

Directions

1. Take one eggplant and boil till soft, peel.
2. Put 4 or 5 slices of bread in water.
3. When sufficiently soft, squeeze dry and season with a little thyme, onions, pepper and salt.
4. Fry the onion soft.
5. Mix all together, make into cakes and fry brown.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Jonathan Frazier
Louisiana Anthology
September 21, 2022