In addition to salting, draining the eggplant to avoid bitterness, I came upon some sites that say there are "male" and "female" eggplants and that the "male" tend to have less seeds and are less bitter.
Quotes I have found: Male eggplants have fewer seeds (which are often bitter) than the female; they have a rounder, smoother blossom end or base. The blossom end of a female eggplant is generally indented. AND Eggplants have a dimple at the blossom end. The dimple can be very round or oval in shape. The round ones seem to have more seeds and tend to be less meaty, so select the oval dimpled eggplant. AND LASTLY There are both male and female eggplants, identifiable by the shape of the scar in the depression at the blossom end. If it has a round dot that looks like a dimple, it's a male; if it has a dash, it's a female. At one time the male eggplant was more desirable because it had fewer seeds than the female eggplant. However, today's newer varieties, male or female, have very few seeds.
So folk-wisdom or not, maybe worth trying.
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