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Originally Posted by JRinPA
For years I have searched for the eggplant recipe that I used to eat in State College back in the late 90s. The dish was called "Wonderful Eggplant" and was one of the options at a chinese lunch special place on College Ave near the University Bookstore. 3 items +rice, 3.99, 4 times+ rice, 4.99. I knew little about cooking back then, not much more now, and can't even describe it well, but it was awesome. Spicy, must have been deep fried, but really no coating of crumbs or anything. I remember I asked the owner (the lady that always wore a jacket/dress and makeup and handled the register) if I could get the recipe, and her reply was of course "you come back tomorrow, get more". The place was gone a few years later and I've never tasted anything that compares.
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Would any of these recipes be close to the dish you are looking for?
Zipcode, we often had eggplant dip in the summer, spread or dunked on french sourdough bread toasted lightly.
My Mom also made a stuffed eggplant dish, with scooped out eggplants ( with a small cut on the "down" side to make them steady in the pan and plate) stuffed with a bread sausage mix ( onions, celery, garlic, eggs and milk) after painting the eggplant inside with a tomato sauce, stuffed it, added a cross of tomato sauce over the top and baked/steamed them in the oven with a small amount of water, covered at first, then uncovered to brown.
Sometimes the stuffing varied with mozzarella or shrimp or crab.
The haying crew used to beg Mom to make it at least twice during cuttings, LOL!