That is a bizarre food allergy. I don't ingest caffeine either other than the occasional can of soda, it makes my skin crawl like speed.
The little eggplants are nice because you don't have to salt them first, which is a pain. The difficult thing about eggplant is that it is so easy to overdo it and turn it to mush. I was really lucky that it turned out softened from raw but still firm.
If we ever have the EB convention can I be head chef? If any EB member ends up in my neck of the woods, I'll make a kick ass dinner, and probably not lace it with laxative.