Squishy With Goo

I tried eggplant for the first time today. The company cafeteria dunked slices of them in the hardest breadcrumbs (?) ever and used them in lieu of hamburger buns. They offered various sauces and…mushroom-pesto-goo (?)…to put in the middle. I’m a daredevil, so I took one eggplant patty and had the guy pile mushroom-pesto-goo on top of it. The pesto-goo was mighty tasty, I must say. I do wish I’d made a note of what the cafeteria was calling it, because mushroom-pesto-goo doesn’t sound nearly as palatable as it actual was.

The beach sand-encrusted eggplant was less so. The breadcrumb-ish coating kinda hurt to chew, and inside was something squishy and almost–but not quite entirely–utterly flavorless. And this is coming from a gal who loves tofu, quite possibly the most tasteless food ever created. At least tofu has the decency to take on the flavor of whatever you cook it with. It may be that eggplant can do the same, it just didn’t have good material to work with in this case.

Oh, but the mushroom-pesto-goo was truly nummy.

On the side, I eclectically had green beans, crab rangoon, and a soft pretzel stick. Drink was Snapple® diet peach tea. An interesting, mostly tasty, certainly filling lunch.

Dinner failed to live up to it. Cream cheese on wheat bread sandwich and pine nut couscous on the side? Oh, Kathy, Kathy, Kathy…you were doing so well. No wait: Breakfast involved eggs, cheese, bacon and a croissant. And coffee. Oh dear.

Oh well, at least now when I tell my mother I don’t like eggplant, I can honestly say I’ve actually tried it. With beach sand bread crumbs and mushroom-pesto-goo. I can’t wait to see what wondrous creations the cafeteria staff will come up with to delight and mystify me tomorrow!

Or maybe I’ll play it safe and take a Lean Cuisine® meal and yogurt from home instead.