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michgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary
Glendale
WI
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 Posted - Sep 30 2011 : 05:23:13 AM
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OK this might seem like a silly question, but remember, I am a northerner!  When I see recipes for "Fried Green Tomatoes" are you all talking about ripe green tomatoes (the zebra green variety for example), or are you talking about unripe (green) red tomatoes? I don't want to use the wrong kind, but want to try out the recipes! Thanks gals! |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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Posted - Sep 30 2011 : 05:43:50 AM
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Unripe green tomatoes. They need to be pretty solid to fry them.
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michgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
148 Posts
Mary
Glendale
WI
USA
148 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2011 : 06:02:51 AM
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| Thanks! I appreciate it! |
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Nature Girl
Farmgirl at Heart
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Pamela
Dania Beach
Florida
USA
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Posted - Sep 30 2011 : 07:51:36 AM
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Fried Green Tomatoes are so delicious. I made them a while back and added the Panco Bread crumbs for a touch of zest and crunch.
Plus you don't have to wait until the tomatoes turn red to enjoy them.
I like to slice them about an inch thick for best results.
Good luck & enjoy them!
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michgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
148 Posts
Mary
Glendale
WI
USA
148 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2011 : 08:02:27 AM
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| Thanks for the tip Nature Girl! |
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
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Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
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Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 02:39:06 AM
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As a southern girl displaced up here in yankie country i do love my fried green tomatoes...I use any unripe tomato except big beef steak as they are very watery.....I cut mine about 1/2 inch thick then dip them in egg then pure cornmeal...some do it with a mix of cornmeal & flour...best way to fry them is in pure lard or bacon grease...yeah I know...a heart attack waiting to happen...I also have a green tomato pie I do with 1/2 inch sliced tomatoes in a pie shell then sprinkle cornmeal between each layer then pour beaten eggs over it.....& bake it up......Some people will add brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves ect like you do with an apple pie instead of the corn meal & eggs..yet to try that one since we have always liked the other pie......Hope you enjoyed them...they are a favorite of mine & each summer I can't wait for the tomatoes to get big enough to pick for a few batches of fried tomatoes...Michele'
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michgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
148 Posts
Mary
Glendale
WI
USA
148 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 08:17:18 AM
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| Wow! Thanks for the information batznthebelfry! LOVE cornmeal- this should be really yummy! |
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Sourceress
True Blue Farmgirl
76 Posts
Elisabeth
Thurmont
MD
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Posted - Oct 17 2011 : 9:07:16 PM
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When I had a garden and grew tomatoes, we always had a fried green tomato feast the day of the first hard frost. Up until the frost, my tomato plants would keep producing tomatoes, and we'd let them ripen and then eat them. But after the first hard frost, the plants basically turned to mush. Tomatoes that hadn't yet ripened were basically stuck being green. So we'd go out, harvest them all, and sort them by size: the smaller ones got pickled into Dilly Tomatoes using a recipe I got from my husband's Aunt Ruthie (who is an absolutely wonderful woman and a real farmgirl :-) ), who had gotten it passed down to her from her Grandmother Bowie (yes, she's related to *the* Bowie, of knife fame). Not only is it a great way to use up the smaller green tomatoes, I love that the recipe has all that history behind it too. :-) The larger tomatoes we sliced up and made into fried green tomatoes, and since we tended to have *lots* of green tomatoes on First Frost Day, we had mountains of fried green tomatoes.
I haven't had a garden for the last 5 years though, and what with the current invasion of brown marmorated stink bugs in Maryland, if I do manage to get a garden put in for next year, I probably won't bother to plant tomatoes - I simply don't have the energy to defend them from the stink bugs. Instead, I'll probably plant a lot of kale and chard and cabbage and brussels sprouts and things like that. And squash. Apparently stink bugs will attack squash, but they don't like it as much as tomatoes or apples, so since we're surrounded by apple orchards, we should be okay with the squash. <fingers crossed>. The lovely Mennonite (I think she's Mennonite, she might be Brethren) lady who is the librarian at the little library in Blue Ridge Summit told me that after her garden got totally devastated by stink bugs this summer, she's seriously considering not having a garden at all next year, or if she does, planting the sorts of things I mentioned above. (That is, in fact, why I'm considering doing the same thing. When someone with that much experience and wisdom and knowledge about gardening in this area says it's not worth even trying to grow tomatoes with all these stink bugs everywhere, I tend to take that seriously.) |
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Acelady02
True Blue Farmgirl
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Penny
Washington
GA
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2011 : 9:41:42 PM
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I found out for me that I need to get as much of the moisture out of the green tomatoes and that if you sprinkle a little salt on them and place on paper towel it will draw out the moisture. Since I started doing this my coating stays on better and gets crispier
(((((Hugs All)))))Penny
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NeeNee
True Blue Farmgirl
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WhiTTneY
South point
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Oct 19 2011 : 01:16:35 AM
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Originally posted by Acelady02
I found out for me that I need to get as much of the moisture out of the green tomatoes and that if you sprinkle a little salt on them and place on paper towel it will draw out the moisture. Since I started doing this my coating stays on better and gets crispier
(((((Hugs All)))))Penny
Farmgirl Sister #3343
God gives Miracles to those who Believe, Courage to those with Faith, Hope to those who Dream, Love to those who Accept, & Forgiveness to those who Ask...
O wow i love this idea i never thought of this for tomatoes. ive only done it to the eggplant wen making eggplant parm. ill def try. that is great.
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michgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
148 Posts
Mary
Glendale
WI
USA
148 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2011 : 06:25:12 AM
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| This is all great information! Thanks! |
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