I can maybe remember the circumstances under which I most likely made that sweeping generalization. I believe it involved trying to figure out what in hell all of us would eat for supper, and eggplant. And the result had a lot of cheese in it.
With different people and ingredients on hand, and the same combination of hunger, time, and non-overlapping tastes, I probably would have said the same thing about most meats or vegetables and garlic sauce, cheese, or onions. Anything to get some sort of consensus.
This of course would work not at all for my friend Rustin, who is allergic to tomatoes (and garlic and onions and bell peppers and eggplant and semolina wheat).
X baked (or stir fried) in Y
With different people and ingredients on hand, and the same combination of hunger, time, and non-overlapping tastes, I probably would have said the same thing about most meats or vegetables and garlic sauce, cheese, or onions. Anything to get some sort of consensus.
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