I thought fried eggplant was more of a Florida thing, as I've never seen it above the Lake City line and my TN buddies looked at me like I grew an extra head when I mentioned making some. Peel it with a vegetable peeler, cut it about twice as big as a steak fry (if it's too small, it vaporizes somehow. Science, I guess), eggwash, bread in your favorite fish fry and pitch it in. Takes about three minutes, tops, to cook.