Source What Mrs. Fisher knows About Old Southern Cooking, p.65 1881

Serves
4-6

Ingredients

• eggplants
• butter
• ham
• salt
• bread crumbs
• pepper per taste (some like it hot)

Cut the eggplants in half lengthwise. Remove the inside of the eggplants, boil them in just enough water to cover for 10 minutes and then drain or press all the water out through a colander. Finely chop the ham, and mix with an equal portion of bread crumbs and butter (one tablespoon to one eggplant). Season the mixture with salt and pepper to taste, and fry it brown. Stuff the eggplants full with the mixture, and place the haves together to bake at 325° for 10 to 20 minutes, just before table use.