1. In my family this dish was called Potlagella. My great-grandfather Jacob Covitch, who emigrated from Romania around 1902, used to make it all the time I'm told (he died before I was born). food52.com/blog/23316-bes…
2. I learned how to make Potlagella from my grandmother and mother. It's pretty simple, but quite delicious...a couple times a summer I snag an eggplant at the farmers' market and make a batch. Each time I do so, I think fondly of Jacob and my grandmother and my mother.
3. That @Food52 article does a marvelous job of explicating the history of this dish...a history that resonates with my own family lore, and also taught me several things I didn't know before. #EverythingHasAHistory #EvenEggplantDip
