# Eggplant Ajvar **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 24, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggplant-ajvar/1004750 "2024-07-24T20:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggplant-ajvar/1004750/1 "2024-07-24T20:51:54Z")
Somehow I have found myself the owner of a small jar of Red Pepper and Eggplant Ajvar. It seems to be some sort of hot spicy condiment. Any idea what to do with it? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggplant-ajvar/1004750/2 "2024-07-24T20:55:42Z")
Treat it like any other condiment. Smear it on meat, or bread, or cheese, or whatever. The Serbs I know put that stuff on everything. Tasty, it is. Try using it instead of mustard on a ham sandwich, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggplant-ajvar/1004750/3 "2024-07-24T23:56:40Z")
There’s a serbian restaurant on the south side of Milwaukee that serves ajvar, and damn, that stuff is delicious! Thanks for bringing it up, I need to make a trip back to [Old Town Serbian](https://oldtownserbian.com/milwaukee-lincoln-village-old-town-serbian-gourmet-restaurant-shop) soon for some of that. They sell it in their shop there too, $9 for 16 oz. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggplant-ajvar/1004750/4 "2024-07-25T07:21:23Z")
Coincidentally, I am eating a bowl of steamed potato, pumpkin, parsnips and brussels sprouts. I put a dollop of butter on them and, in the interests of, well, interest, a fair bit of a jar of hot ayvar. Actually I am finished now. Delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggplant-ajvar/1004750/5 "2024-07-25T10:08:49Z")
Well, let me give it a go for lunch. Thank you all. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggplant-ajvar/1004750/6 "2024-07-25T11:36:51Z")
> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > Red Pepper and Eggplant Ajvar Never heard of it, but it’s just gone on the shopping list! j ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggplant-ajvar/1004750/7 "2024-07-25T17:55:22Z")
We have access to a lot of European groceries around here and my jarred ‘red condiment pastes’ experimental buy&tries like avjar and eggplant or squash-forward ikra have been quite hit or miss. Some are amazing and others foul, most forgettable. The really bad ones have a flavor I associate with latex paint odor. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggplant-ajvar/1004750/8 "2024-07-27T20:35:20Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Never heard of it, but it’s just gone on the shopping list! …and purchased. Scheduled for dinner tomorrow. j