I include a recipe for battered wedges but this is really the way slices should be done-takes practice. Persevere.
Fried Green Tomatoes should be soft, not those hard inedible breaded and deep fried hockey pucks restaurants serve.
4 large green tomatoes
1 cup cornmeal seasoned with salt and pepper
Mix the meal with salt and pepper. Slice tomatoes about 3/8-inch thick. Dip each slice into seasoned cornmeal mixture. Place seasoned vegetable into a heavy skillet containing hot (about medium-medium high) melted bacon fat or other oil of choice. Fry slowly ‘till brown turning once. Yield: 6 servings
Serve instead of potatoes for any dish with a good bit of gravy or sauce.
1 cup cooked grits, room temperature
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup boiling water
1 cup milk
1/3 cup butter, melted then cooled slightly
2 eggs
1 level tsp. baking powder
1 level tsp. sugar
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Mix grits and corn meal, then pour in the boiling water. Beat till smooth. Add milk, then beat egg yolks and whites seperately.
Add melted butter to yolks, mixing with other ingredients, then add baking powder, salt and pepper. Fold in stiffly beaten whites of eggs.
Pour the mixture into a buttered deep pan or casserole; .cover with plastic wrap and/or foil tightly. Set the pan containing the spoon bread batter into a larger pan containing hot water and place in the oven. Let cook until set in the middle (about 30 minutes).
