Comments on: Fried Green Tomatoes

By: m nicholls

m nicholls — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:45:43 +0000

i have had fried green tomatoes just dipped in sugar and then fried in hot bacon grease. can not find any receipe for this anyone ever heard of making them this way

By: Tarrant/TW

Tarrant/TW — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:04:26 +0000

Jen-
Olive oil does pretty well for fried green tomatoes.

Vegan margarine like products–not good at all…and margarine scary in general for fried green tomatoes.

I actually generally DO make them with olive oil around here…since we live in a quasi vegetarian house with a bacon hater.

By: nakedjen

nakedjen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:46:35 +0000

hands down, fried green tomatoes are perhaps my most favorite of all things in the universe (besides beets). and the problem? kind of hard to make them taste delicious when you’re VEGAN. because, really, butter or bacon grease (i can’t believe i just typed bacon grease?!?!) are what make them what they really are.

my southern roots (and relatives) would not allow me to eat fried green tomatoes that were made in margarine. that’s sacrilegious. and will cause all kinds of dead confederates to roll over in their graves.

which is why i haven’t actually had a fried green tomato in years. but now i’m craving them. must figure this out.

By: Tarrant/TW

Tarrant/TW — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:32:40 +0000

Yes, well, I can’t WAIT for end of season for fried green tomatoes.

Willow-I have had them that way but can’t seem to prefer them over the childhood flour version.

By: Alanna

Alanna — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:00:08 +0000

Well — I learned this the ‘hard way’ too, back when I posted Fried Green Tomatoes in June or July, thinking that they were a ‘first tomato’ dish. Turns out, they’re a last tomato dish, that the first frost gives green tomatoes a special sweetness, and of course, waste not, want not. Now you know, too?

By: Cooking With Dia

Cooking With Dia — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:07:12 +0000

Nice blog you have here, I have never been before. I love fried green tomatoes, although they aren’t too popular here in England. I’m originally from Philly, so I have had them plenty of times growing up.

By: sassymonkey

sassymonkey — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:18:57 +0000

I have never had fried green tomatoes. I think you should make me some.

By: Willow Caroline

Willow Caroline — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:18:22 +0000

When we make fried green tomatoes, we often use cornmeal, with a bit of flour and a bit of sugar added to it, to dredge our tomatoes in. Also very yummy!