Do I salt my aubergine?

[sally_cinnamon]

Hello all,
I will be eating my one and only aubergine soon and don't want to get it wrong!  My mum always tells me that aubergines should be salted to get the bitterness out, but I find that I don't have to with the supermarket varieties (probably been bred out?).  Do you guys salt your homegrown ones?   ???

:)

[sally_cinnamon]

[tim]

I have never salted my own Aubs. There is much contradiction here. Some say 'to remove bitterness' - others 'to lessen intake of oil' - others 'don't'!!

I have never known a bitter Aub, & since I usually only brush each slice with oil, they can't take up overmuch?? If doing them in cubes, I only add oil as seems necessary during cooking.

[bennettsleg]

Agreed, Tim.

I never bother with salting because it allows a meal to be prepared with  less time & less salt (trying to cut back these days!), the Aub will suck up as much oil as it possibly can anyway - brush with oil, like Tim: very good idea; or just shove it in without the frying if you really want to be low fat.

[sally_cinnamon]

Fab - asked my friend who had grown some of my surplus plants if she had needed to salt and she also said no.  So, ratatouille tonight methinks! Or maybe moussaka?  Or should I just fry and eat them...?  Decisions, decisions! ::)