Posted by girlgroupgirl 8 Atlanta on Mon, Jun 30, 08 at 21:34
A Day in the Garden Fried Green Tomatoes
The Cherokee Purple tomatoes are in good soil, and holding water. Hubby watered them a lot while I was away and they grew so fast in the heat they cracked. Then flea beetles got inside of them and started eating them...so I've learned to pick them on the under ripe side, let some of them ripen in the window and fry up the rest.
The trick is to fry 'em up fast with a quick salad from the garden on the nights you are working out there in the coolness (or relative coolness) of the late evening.
1/2 cup of good corn muffin mix. I use gluten free Bob's Redmill
2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese (Trader Joe's grated cheeses are all gluten free!) - use the stuff from the refridgerated section and stay away from Kraft in a box.
Pepper and salt to taste
garlic powder
a shake or two of oregano
I slice and dry off the tomato a bit, then pop it in some egg whites and dredge it in the above mixture before frying it up in pure olive oil. Even my cats eat these. They are delicious.
Before each bite you must use the greeting my friend Manfred says every time we come home from being up north..."welcome to the South!"
