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Fried Green Tomatoes: Wickedly Wonderful or Wonderfully Wicked? 😋 (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 OP
I've heard... yallerdawg Feb 2018 #1
Believe it! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #12
Yummy! PJMcK Feb 2018 #2
Ive heard the barbecue is mighty fine too! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #13
Good one! (n/t) PJMcK Feb 2018 #24
I've never seen green tomatoes in my local groceries. procon Feb 2018 #3
Large chains typically dont carry them except in the South and Midwest. We get them at Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #14
Have eaten them at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Hoyt Feb 2018 #4
Try the barbecue! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #15
With a Vidalia Onion Chutney....oh my. Lochloosa Feb 2018 #5
Yum! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #16
I make them but I don't like them Marthe48 Feb 2018 #6
I don't get the appeal of a lot of Southern food. Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #10
You clearly dont include Cajun and Creole with Southern. nolabear Feb 2018 #34
I agree on Cajun and Creole Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #36
The whole Gulf Coast really. But I gather you mean nolabear Feb 2018 #37
Yes. Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #40
Wonderful food if you can tolerate it. nolabear Feb 2018 #41
It's a bit redundant Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #42
May I have your portion! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #17
Sure! Marthe48 Feb 2018 #33
Delicious. sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #7
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #18
Love them! ploppy Feb 2018 #8
A threefer! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #19
Loved the book and movie. applegrove Feb 2018 #31
Meh...not my favorite. I can take or leave them, but I don't like hot sauce. Glorfindel Feb 2018 #9
Love em! With bleu cheese dressing and hot sauce for dipping! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #20
Oh, I thought you meant the movie! geardaddy Feb 2018 #11
Kidder! Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #21
My favorite steak house serves them as an appetizer OriginalGeek Feb 2018 #22
Oh man! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #23
I get them in a basket along with onion rings and fried pickles Shrek Feb 2018 #25
That's my kind of salad. ploppy Feb 2018 #27
We have a local Cajun restaurant MontanaMama Feb 2018 #26
Not a bit. Do I have to come to Montana? nolabear Feb 2018 #35
Yes! MontanaMama Feb 2018 #38
... nolabear Feb 2018 #39
I made some s few years ago matt819 Feb 2018 #28
Yum MustLoveBeagles Feb 2018 #29
delicious. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #30
I like them but not sliced so thick. SamKnause Feb 2018 #32
One of my favorites... Sancho Feb 2018 #43
did not like them as a kid, but I love them now yellowdogintexas Feb 2018 #44

procon

(15,805 posts)
3. I've never seen green tomatoes in my local groceries.
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 01:02 PM
Feb 2018

I've only eaten them a few times while visiting relatives in central Calif and we bought some at a huge farmer's market, but I honestly don't recall what they tasted like.

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,225 posts)
14. Large chains typically dont carry them except in the South and Midwest. We get them at
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 04:59 PM
Feb 2018

smaller specialty stores!

Marthe48

(16,688 posts)
6. I make them but I don't like them
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 02:13 PM
Feb 2018

My family does. We'll have a fry in the late summer: zucchini,green tomatoes and sweet onion rings. And corn on the cob, green beans, fresh tomatoes, cukes, and peppers. I better stop. I'm wishing away half a year

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
10. I don't get the appeal of a lot of Southern food.
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 03:15 PM
Feb 2018

Fat and salt predominate the flavors for so much of it.

The BBQ is good though

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
34. You clearly dont include Cajun and Creole with Southern.
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 11:56 PM
Feb 2018

Some of the finest herbs on the planet goes into it.

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
36. I agree on Cajun and Creole
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 12:03 AM
Feb 2018

Great cuisine, but I would consider that "Louisiana cuisine", not "Southern food"

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
41. Wonderful food if you can tolerate it.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 12:13 PM
Feb 2018

You likely know but it’s poverty food. Grease, flour and salt, made remarkable by whatever you can get-neck bones, gizzards, poke salet, green tomatoes because you’re hongry today, not in June.

It’ll kill you but for decadence and if you’ve got the money to eat high on the hog (I.e. not the feet) it’s good for special. Pass the fried okra. 😄

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
42. It's a bit redundant
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 12:28 PM
Feb 2018

I grew up on New Mexico and Piedmontese cuisine, also peasant food but lots of different ingredients and techniques

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
22. My favorite steak house serves them as an appetizer
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 05:26 PM
Feb 2018

cut thick and accompanied by goat cheese and drizzled with some balsamic concoction. Our appetizer plates go back so clean they don't have to wash them.

On the rare occasion when we exhibit a modicum of self-control, we'll have some goat cheese left over to spread on the warm, crusty bread they bring.

MontanaMama

(23,238 posts)
26. We have a local Cajun restaurant
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 06:48 PM
Feb 2018

that serves a fried green tomato BLT po-boy that I fantasize about. Is that weird?

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