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Title: Fried Green Tomatoes!
Post by: sixdogsmom on June 30, 2011, 07:08:06 PM
And they're still on the vine! 102 today and 106 tomorrow; no relief in sight! Ugh!  :P :P
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Post by: Hefe de vaca on June 30, 2011, 07:13:00 PM
   Maybe we'll have tomatoes in November.
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Post by: sixdogsmom on June 30, 2011, 08:00:53 PM
Lol!
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Post by: srkruzich on June 30, 2011, 09:03:50 PM
well thats one problme i have when i do get tomatos on the vine. i pick them when they are green.  I love fried green tomatos!  Also they make awesome salsas.
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Post by: Diane Amberg on June 30, 2011, 09:24:57 PM
Wow, that's too hot!
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Post by: Catwoman on June 30, 2011, 09:55:37 PM
I had tomatoes clear up into late October last year...As late as my tomatoes are in coming on this year, I am thinking that this will be the case again this year.  I have never had fried green tomatoes...They sound wonderful!  :)
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Post by: Diane Amberg on June 30, 2011, 09:57:23 PM
They are THE best. Love 'em.
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Post by: farmgal67357 on June 30, 2011, 10:12:30 PM
I've always wanted to try those. I LOVE 'maters! Anybody have a simple recipe? I'm not Master Chef, but I am good at making simple things.

Lisa
Title: Re: Fried Green Tomatoes!
Post by: srkruzich on June 30, 2011, 10:16:56 PM
Quote from: farmgal67357 on June 30, 2011, 10:12:30 PM
I've always wanted to try those. I LOVE 'maters! Anybody have a simple recipe? I'm not Master Chef, but I am good at making simple things.

Lisa

I just throw some salt n pepper in some flour or cornmeal, dredge the tomtos in it and fry them in a skillet with 1/4" of oil. BUT IF you really want some good ones omit oil and use lard.
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Post by: Catwoman on June 30, 2011, 10:19:08 PM
Have you ever tried Western Star seasoned flour?  It makes incredible fried chicken and fried pork chops...I wonder what it would do with green tomatoes...????
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Post by: farmgal67357 on June 30, 2011, 10:24:26 PM
Quote from: srkruzich on June 30, 2011, 10:16:56 PM
I just throw some salt n pepper in some flour or cornmeal, dredge the tomtos in it and fry them in a skillet with 1/4" of oil. BUT IF you really want some good ones omit oil and use lard.


Man, that sounds GOOD! How can something that has such a rough sounding, hit you over the head name like lard taste SOOOOOO good?  :D

Lisa
Title: Re: Fried Green Tomatoes!
Post by: srkruzich on June 30, 2011, 10:38:19 PM
Quote from: farmgal67357 on June 30, 2011, 10:24:26 PM
Man, that sounds GOOD! How can something that has such a rough sounding, hit you over the head name like lard taste SOOOOOO good?  :D

Lisa

WEll i know one thing, You cannot make good buttermilk biscuits without it.  Anything else is just blah.
And its awful hard to make good fried chicken without it.
Title: Re: Fried Green Tomatoes!
Post by: Janet Harrington on July 01, 2011, 03:51:32 PM
Fried chicken? Did someone say fried chicken????? I love fried chicken.
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Post by: srkruzich on July 01, 2011, 04:07:39 PM
Quote from: Janet Harrington on July 01, 2011, 03:51:32 PM
Fried chicken? Did someone say fried chicken????? I love fried chicken.

Yeah a big ole platter of fried chicken, and biscuits n gravy, mashed taters, green beans with hamhocks in them, and a mess of greens with a slab of fatback simmering on a stove all day.  Mmmmmmm MMMMMMMMM Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
FOR Dessert, a blackberry cobbler with a double scoop of vanilla icecream!

Cant for get the Gallon or two of Southern Sweet tea.  Simple to make, boil your water, steep 3 family sized bags for 30 min, pour into jar with 2 cups of sugar stir well.  Add water to fill to the top and pour over ice add lemon and sprig of mint if you so desire!
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Post by: Diane Amberg on July 01, 2011, 05:02:13 PM
Steve! I'm gonna come out there and take your blood sugar. I'm shocked!  ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: srkruzich on July 01, 2011, 06:24:23 PM
ROTFL, ahhh a good tall glass of sweet tea will do the trick. :)
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Post by: Catwoman on July 01, 2011, 07:22:55 PM
Steve, you must be buying stock in roses to keep your wife happy after all that cooking!   ;) ;D
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Post by: Diane Amberg on July 01, 2011, 07:28:16 PM
Uh....any wife who would feed all that to a diabetic husband is after his insurance money! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Janet Harrington on July 01, 2011, 08:12:58 PM
Quote from: srkruzich on July 01, 2011, 04:07:39 PM

Cant for get the Gallon or two of Southern Sweet tea.  Simple to make, boil your water, steep 3 family sized bags for 30 min, pour into jar with 2 cups of sugar stir well.  Add water to fill to the top and pour over ice add lemon and sprig of mint if you so desire!


That just gave me a horrible headache just thinking about pouring tea over 2 cups of sugar. LOL
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Post by: srkruzich on July 01, 2011, 09:20:59 PM
Quote from: Catwoman on July 01, 2011, 07:22:55 PM
Steve, you must be buying stock in roses to keep your wife happy after all that cooking!   ;) ;D

What wife!? 

And I AM The cook.
Title: Re: Fried Green Tomatoes!
Post by: srkruzich on July 01, 2011, 09:21:25 PM
Quote from: Janet Harrington on July 01, 2011, 08:12:58 PM
That just gave me a horrible headache just thinking about pouring tea over 2 cups of sugar. LOL
Oh its gooood! MMmmmmmmmmmmm
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Post by: farmgal67357 on July 01, 2011, 11:18:33 PM
Quote from: srkruzich on July 01, 2011, 04:07:39 PM
Yeah a big ole platter of fried chicken, and biscuits n gravy, mashed taters, green beans with hamhocks in them, and a mess of greens with a slab of fatback simmering on a stove all day.  Mmmmmmm MMMMMMMMM Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
FOR Dessert, a blackberry cobbler with a double scoop of vanilla icecream!

Cant for get the Gallon or two of Southern Sweet tea.  Simple to make, boil your water, steep 3 family sized bags for 30 min, pour into jar with 2 cups of sugar stir well.  Add water to fill to the top and pour over ice add lemon and sprig of mint if you so desire!


OMG!!!! I'm going into a coma just thinking about all that food!!!! heeheeheeheehee  :o
Lisa
Title: Re: Fried Green Tomatoes!
Post by: Catwoman on July 02, 2011, 09:52:34 AM
Sounds like a wonderful summertime meal to me!  ;D  That was always a problem, though...The number of fantastic cooks that reside in Elk County...I started teaching there as a size 9 and...Uh...Well...We'll just say that when I left, I had grown from a sapling into a fully mature tree! lol   :o ;D
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Post by: Diane Amberg on July 02, 2011, 10:02:41 AM
9 is a shoe size, not a dress size isn't it? ;)
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Post by: Catwoman on July 02, 2011, 10:18:58 AM
It is for me, anymore!! lol  Oh well...I intend to leave this life having experienced every good thing there is to experience...And if that means that I'm not as svelte as I was as a youngster, then so be it...It's all good!
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Post by: readyaimduck on July 02, 2011, 04:52:41 PM
It's because you ATE the Fried Green Tomatoes, and did not WATCH The Movie!!!!!! ;D
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Post by: srkruzich on July 02, 2011, 06:16:12 PM
Ohh I am a big time foodie.  Friend of mine says i love my food.   I am quite well versed in cooking deep south cooking.  Shrimp n Grits are one of my specialties and Brunswick Stew is another. Some folks call it Bergoo.    I however do cook excellent Italian food, Greek food, and I love to bake.  I do sourdough, Italian bread, herb breads and tomato bread.  Banana nut, I make a 10 layer carrot cake, Dried plum cake which is very good, and I'm hoping to soon learn to salt cure pork, if i can get me a feeder and butcher him.  Need a small smoke house to do that.  :D

I was raised around soul food restaurants, Mmmmmm can't beat them.   I do pies and cobblers. Kinda ok in pastries.  Haven't done much in them.  ANd i am a COOKIE monster!  I love cookies!  Peanut butter, chocolate chip, no bake peanut butter/chocolate, i take peanut butter and spread it between two ritz crackers and dip in white chocolate....

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Post by: readyaimduck on July 02, 2011, 07:23:43 PM
You need to try out for Master Chef!  Everyday people cooking exotic stuff that tastes good.

Heck, let's have a cook off in Elk County!   People could pay $5 each to taste all the foods and vote. 
????   Fund Raiser???

Limit it to a couple of dishes, say entrees and sides....then go from there!

ready to cook/eat
Title: Re: Fried Green Tomatoes!
Post by: Janet Harrington on July 02, 2011, 08:11:20 PM
Quote from: srkruzich on July 02, 2011, 06:16:12 PM
I make a 10 layer carrot cake



I got the shivers just thinking about a 10 layer carrot cake. LOL
Title: Re: Fried Green Tomatoes!
Post by: farmgal67357 on July 02, 2011, 08:35:21 PM
Okay Steve, hubby and I will be DEFINITELY be over for Greek food! Would you have any interest in cooking medieval recipes? Sounds to me like you have the cooking chops to do it. We have a fella in our SCA group who is very popular because of his and his ladywife's cooking. They do all our feasts for our local events. They live over in Elk City, they WERE the farthest "out" in our group, now it will be us.....next group over is Wichita. We have brewers too!
Lisa
Title: Re: Fried Green Tomatoes!
Post by: farmgal67357 on July 02, 2011, 08:41:53 PM
Quote from: Catwoman on July 02, 2011, 09:52:34 AM
Sounds like a wonderful summertime meal to me!  ;D  That was always a problem, though...The number of fantastic cooks that reside in Elk County...I started teaching there as a size 9 and...Uh...Well...We'll just say that when I left, I had grown from a sapling into a fully mature tree! lol   :o ;D

Well that makes me the whole dang forest.....  :o
I used to go to a little old country church that was nondenominational. We were always having potlucks or parties after service, most of the food was made by farmer's wives. We had someone visit us on a day we were having a potluck. They wanted to know what "kind" of church we were. I told 'em we were an eatin' church......He stayed for lunch! :laugh:
Lisa
Title: Re: Fried Green Tomatoes!
Post by: Hefe de vaca on July 02, 2011, 09:50:12 PM
Quote from: farmgal67357 on July 02, 2011, 08:35:21 PM
We have brewers too!
Lisa
Now you hit a nerve. Just don't like sterilizing the bottles. Made some excellent stout last year. ;D
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Post by: farmgal67357 on July 03, 2011, 02:03:15 AM
That's great Jefe! We have mead makers, wine makers, you name it. I don't drink, but two brothers in our group made a liqueur that I just had to taste. They made it out of those boxed cherry chocolates that come out around Christmas time. Now that was yummy, and it had a kick too!
Lisa
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Post by: Judy Harder on July 03, 2011, 01:49:26 PM
They made it out of those boxed cherry chocolates that come out around Christmas time. Now that was yummy, and it had a kick too!


Don't they call that a cherry cordial?
that is one candy that I can't eat.........yuck......too sweet and first time I bit into one and got the syrup in my mouth I gagged and gagged.............I will eat a cherry mash, but not the cherry chocolates!

I must say that every place I go here that has a church meeting there is always someone bringing a dish for us to try......it is no wonder this county is considered a "FAT!" county................LOL   Don't shoot people.........look around next time you are in a group........We do have great cooks here...........and that suggestion sounds like a good idea when each of the towns host the 4-H fair..........the other one have a cook off......share the fun........can it be done withOUT blood shed?????
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Post by: readyaimduck on July 03, 2011, 02:35:09 PM
Quotehave a cook off......share the fun........can it be done withOUT blood shed??

oh, be still my heart!   please!   HAVE A COOK OFF! 

Good cooks are great.  Taste is another thing.  How about a cookoff with the traditional foods, yet nutriionally sound.

I can see it:  good nutrition vs. old style.   all is good eats, to paraphrase and the public gets to taste AND eat.

ideas galore!
Perhaps a category of fried green tomatoes!
ready
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Post by: farmgal67357 on July 03, 2011, 02:43:44 PM
I volunteer to be a judge!!!!! ;D
Lisa
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Post by: readyaimduck on July 03, 2011, 02:57:13 PM
lol