THE BEST THERE IS

You haven't lived until you've tasted Fried Green Tomatoes !

I don't wait for my tomatoes to get ripe, just big. That's about the time I get a craving for my favorite fried green tomato dish.

This is the recipe I use, straight from Sipsey Peavey, Whistle Stop Cafe, Whistle Stop, Alabama which was made famous by Fannie Flagg's FRIED GREEN TOMATOES :

3 tbs. bacon grease

4 tomatoes-green, firm, sliced ( thick )

2 eggs, beaten
flour
salt
pepper

Heat bacon grease in a heavy frying pan ( cast iron is best ) . Dip tomato slices in egg and then in bread crumbs or cornmeal. Slowly fry until golden brown on both sides. Place tomatoes on plate. Stir in one tablespoon flour for every tablespoon grease in pan , blend well and add one cup warm milk. Stir constantly. Pour over fried green tomatoes. Add salt and pepper until you like it. The best there is !

For those of you watching your cholesterol, you can substitute olive oil but it won't taste as good. I once saw Dolly Parton on the Johnnie Carson show talking about how she loved bacon grease and would have her cook make a batch of bacon. She picked the bacon out of the grease and poured the grease in a bowl and proceeded to dip her biscuit in it. The cook almost died of
shock ! You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl.

T.G.I.F. y'all !