Fried Green Tamadas - Yum!

[Stinky The Clown]

Our local produce stand had some massive green tomatoes. I bought one. Must have been 1-1/2 lbs. I got four honest 1/2 thick slices, even after trimming the top and bottom.

I shook the slices in a brown paper bag with flour in it. I then dipped them in an egg with a few table spoons of milk. From there, they went into a mix of panko breadcrumbs, raw grits (the slow cooking, old fashioned kind), salt, pepper, and lemon pepper. A good bit of lemon pepper.

I fried them in a cast iron skillet on the side burner of the grill while I did the flap meat "steak." I got them golden brown. Drained them on a cake rack for a few minutes and called it done.

I've made FGTs many times. I always used corn meal. The panko and grits changed the texture a lot - all for the better. Nicely crisp and crunchy. The lemon pepper changed the whole taste profile, again for the better.

[beac]

1. Sounds like a winner!

Extra points for creative use of grits. :applause:

Do you know if the tomato you bought was an unripe red or a ripe green variety?

[Stinky The Clown]

2. It was an unripe red. There was juuuuuuust a bit of red starting on the bottom.

Also, it was from the same farm as all the tomatoes they were selling. They had lots of the same variety, fully ripe. I didn't ask, but I think the few greens they had were "mispicks" (mistakenly picked before ripening).

Funny thing abut the grits. Obviously they're corn, just like the traditional corn meal in which FGTs are fried. But the texture in this application was actually more interesting to the bite. I think I'll experiment with the grits in other applications, too.

[beac]

3. Do keep us posted on any new gritventures.

I may not embrace all my Southern heritage, but I do LOVE me some grits!

[grasswire]

4. do you get any of those eastern shore tomatoes, stinky?

I have always read that they are something special, along with the melons.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. These were very local, not Eastern Shore.

I brought back some melons and tomatoes when I was on the Eastern Shore week before last. This wasn't a banner year. The local stuff is actually much better this year.

Actually, the very best tomatoes seem to come from New Jersey.

[Callalily]

5. To be honest, I've never

had fried green tomatoes, and yours do sound scrumptious!

[Zoigal]

7. Sound great. I love fried tomatoes but haven't tried the totally green ones.

Panko crumbs sound good,too. Never have acquired
the taste for grits though. Will try the green ones......z