Time Lock Towers
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TypeSide dish
Serves4 people
DateSeptember 26, 2026
Stacked vegetable slices as a formal lock, referencing TikTok’s Alabama time limit.
Stacked slices of eggplant, zucchini, and tomato form a formal, solemn lock, referencing TikTok’s time limit in Alabama. The assembly mimics the app’s nightly lock for children.
Ingredients
- 1 large eggplant
- 2 zucchinis
- 4 large tomatoes
- 2 balls mozzarella
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Slice the eggplant, zucchinis, and tomatoes into 1 cm thick rounds.
- Slice the mozzarella into rounds.
- Place eggplant slices on a baking tray, brush with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove eggplant from the oven. On each plate, stack a tower: start with eggplant, then zucchini, tomato, mozzarella, and repeat for three layers. Finish with a tomato slice.
- Sprinkle each tower with oregano, salt, and pepper.
- Bake the towers for 10 minutes until the mozzarella melts.
- Arrange the towers upright in the center of the plate, so together they form the silhouette of a padlock.
Serving notes
- Serve centered on a white plate for maximum solemnity.
- Garnish with a thin basil strip as a 'keyhole'.