kthread cooks: fried green tomatoes
When I commented to my friend Scott that he should fry the green tomatoes on his porch, he responded that he didn’t have a trusted recipe. Voilà:
(Truly, you need to see this episode in HD for the first part–)
It’s a forgiving, restorative recipe: slice thinly, salt and drain for five minutes, dredge in cornmeal/flour, fry in butter (or bacon grease or lard) for 2ish minutes, turn with a fork, cook 2ish minutes more. Suggestion: make these for women you adore.
fried green tomato wallpaper on Flickr
drink pairing: the rest of the clabber, then moonshine
salt recommendation: Kosher
How do you make fried green tomatoes? And what do you serve alongside?
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Posted Monday, August 4th, 2008, 6:53 am * Filed in Design, Food, Video. * Tags: Food, fried, green, kristen, kthread, southern, taylor, tomatoes. Follow responses through the RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Lovely, K. In my humble opinion, fried green tomatoes should always be served with field peas, greens, and a tall glass of (sweetened!) iced tea.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:01 am
I like to dip them in blue cheese dressing. Field peas and greens (preferably collards) are a nice southern touch. Main course? Pork ribs or chops. Yummm.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Oh, field peas, D, good call.
Sophmom, I’m with you on the collards. I’ve never had blue cheese dressing; that’s a great idea for next time…
August 4th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Awesome, thanks for posting this! My relative who made these best was notoriously stingy with her recipes, so I’m really excited to give these a try! Best, S
August 4th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Happy to, S. Let me know how it goes; ah, the beauty of green tomatoes…
August 4th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Kosher salt, you say. You’re becoming more Jewish by the day. Next thing I know you’ll be making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (aka Israel, aka Jewy central.)
August 6th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Oh, Antony. I do adore Jewish food, though; look for many, many latkes here later in the year…
August 8th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
You fed me my first fried green tomato.
Also, blue cheese is good on everything.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Agree, darling, if the dressing is made with a good blue cheese. And here’s to many more fried green tomatoes; I’m so glad you remember…