Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
fried green tomato sandwiches
"Make anything with love, and BAM! It's a beautiful meal."
__Emeril Lagasse
"Who could ever weary of moonlit nights and well-cooked rice?"
__Japanese proverb
"What I love about cooking is that after a hard day,
there is something comforting about the fact that
if you melt butter and add flour, then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing.
It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure!"
__Nora Ephron
"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."
__Elsa Schiaparelli
"Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work
in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
so is the ballet. "
__Julia Child
"Cooking is a creation."
__Piero Selvaggio
"'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
__William Shakespeare
David would eat these for lunch every day of the week
if I'd make 'em.
Fried Green Tomato Sandwiches
Ingredients:
8 slices, thick-cut bacon
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
I/4 cup stone-ground cornmeal
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
1 cup milk
1/4 to 1/3 cup olive oil, as needed
4 large green tomatoes, sliced 1/4" thick
1/4 cup mayonnaise1 tablespoon chili sauce
8 slices lightly toasted light rye bread
plenty of fresh lettuce
Instructions:
1) Cook bacon over medium heat 'til just browned and crisp.
Drain on paper towelin' and set aside.
2) Strain the bacon grease into a cup and then wipe out the skillet
with a paper towel.
3) Combine the flour, cornmeal, salt and pepper
in a medium-sized bowl.
4) Add the milk and stir well.
The mixture should have the consistency of pancake batter.
5) Add 1/4 cup olive oil to the cleaned skillet along with the strained bacon grease. Set the skillet over medium-high heat.
6) Workin' in batches, dip the green tomato slices in the batter,
allowin' any excess drip back into the bowl.
6) Fry battered tomato slices for about 3 minutes per side,
or 'til golden brown, addin' more olive oil to the pan as needed.
Drain the fried green tomato slices on paper towelin'.
7) Combine the mayonnaise and chili sauce in a small bowl.
8) Spread about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the mayonnaise mixture
on one side of all eight slices of toast.
9) Place 2 slices of bacon over each of 4 slices of toast,
topped with 2 fried green tomato slices and lettuce.
10) Cover with the remainin' 4 slices of toast, mayonnaise-side down.
11) Cut sandwiches in half and serve immediately.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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