Fried Green Tomatoes

No, this doesn't have anything to do with the movie.  I stopped off at the garden today, and the tomatoes have pretty much stopped producing.  A coworker of mine has talked about making fried green tomatoes (she's from Georgia), so I decided to give it a shot.  I think they turned out pretty well, though I think the concensus is they were fun, but nothing to write home about...a blog's a totally different matter..  A warning here: A little goes a long way...we were having some friends over for monday night party and had some extras.

 

After washing the tomatoes we sliced them into a little thinner than 1/4 inch slices:

I did say there were left overs, right?

We covered them in milk for about a half hour in the fridge.

While we were waiting for them to soak I told Edie a joke and we put together the flour coating.  I underestimated the amount we'd need so we ended up mixing another two batches.  In this picture there is 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup corn meal (I like'd it crunchy, but most recipe's call for less), about a teaspoon of salt, about 2 teaspoons of taco seasoning, and about 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper.  I say about on those, because I really didn't measure.  So here is the Joke:  "What's brown and sticky?"  Edie: "Jacob, this doesn't have anything to do with dairy bees does it?"  Me: "No, a stick.  What were you thinking of?"

give them a good coating.  I like to coat them, put them back in the milk, and coat them again:

Fry them in enough oil to just coat one side.  (This is to convince your wife that they aren't as greasy).

After they are done, we patted them down with a paper towel and enjoyed.  Watch out, because they are HOT in there.  I almost liked them more when they had sat for a while, and were pretty cool.