Gifted Gourmet

When I was writing the Southeast Forum Digest this week, the lead article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution had southern fried green tomatoes as its focus .. which led me to think a bit more about this classic dish and its origins and how it has evolved over time. Nowadays, one can find the very basic dish, enrobed in cornmeal and deep fried in bacon fat, but also in a very chic, upscale form, as in "Fried Green Tomatoes With Herbed Cheese and Roasted Red Pepper Coulis Over Jalapeño Cheese Grits ".. so have we come a long way baby here or simply found yet another dish which can be magically transformed into haute cuisine?? There are numerous ways to coat and fry your tomatoes; use bread crumbs, cracker crumbs, cornmeal, or flour. Some people dip them in beaten eggs before dredging, while some just dredge then fry. If you live in the South, what are your recollections or thoughts on this dish? If you live elsewhere in these United States, is this something you might see on your menu in some variation on a theme?

check out these Knoxville websites and see what kind of dining appeals to you! Have a marvelous trip! more great choices here as well!

Aaagh! I need to get busy and do my submissions this weekend! Thanks for the warning on the pans used!!

I guess that is not "degrading" but it sure ain't exactly nonjudgmental either ... You are right, Pan, as usual, most of the thread was complimentary and entirely correct in praising his work on PBS .. the rest is none of our business really .. when they took his show off the air, that was probably the most degrading part of it for him ... he remains a bright, cheerful memory to me .. all else is merely conjecture ...

You do remember when Jamie Oliver did this exact kind of thing and wound up in hospital (as the Brits say) on Valentine's Day... and made it up to Jools, his wife, by taking her to Paris ... we had a thread here on it .. I couldn't make this up if I tried ( see below .. no, not that below!! ) ... From Ananova when it occured: 4/6/04

That good? Brilliant, ag-baby! Is this the lead-in to your "boiling water contest"??

I think this poster wants some more quotes, unless I have missed my guess here ...

Mellow with age, huh? I can even watch Bobby Flay when my meds kick in .. and have no residual nausea ...

more sayings from wise food people ... Jason Perlow, on the subject of Ms. Lucy ... circa January 2004

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness ...

Let the best toast win!! Got bread??

Shabbat shalom, Rodney! I will pass on the pork roast .. dunno but it seems all wrong somehow for the spirit of the day ... I was born in a Catholic hospital in Manhattan .. and I turned out okay, so there is hope! Glad to see someone else has joined our tiny thread! All are welcome! b'Shalom, ya'll! I repeat my offer from last week .. see? even Rodney has joined us ...

Voila here it is!! after my grilled cheese contest, and my KFC sidedish contest, this will be a piece of cake .. then a cake contest??

Post # 2001: a Shabbos Odyssey peaches and blueberries very big right now here .. deep dish cobbler chicken with vegetables, Chinoise style, and a rice pilaf oops, having dessert first!

Got gas?? C'mon down .. or east, anyway! Would love to see you enter this thing, FistFulla ... an entire new meaning for "fisting"?? My 2000th post and I am doing this??!!

Well I shall out-anal you on my intricately crafted directions, ag ... That didn't come out right but I know I will win in the "seniors division"!! Headlines: Gullet Gourmet Grinds Down The Grueling Competition!Filmz at 11!!

What have you done now, put that Miracle Whip in your shampoo, ag? Lissen up, baby: GG nevah evah asks only one question ... so are you actually planning a grilled cheese entry (entree)?? Spill!!

absolutely you are going to be a girl?? absolutely you are willing for me to call you "ag baby"?? absolutely you will stop drowning your sandwiches in Miracle Whip?? Clarify already, ag!!

Never hurt Bourdain, you realize!! His career is in full swing!!

ewwwww ... if you were of the "female persuasion", ag-baby (I can call you ag by now, no??), I'd say "You go girl!!" but that doesn't work here ...

All you have to do is be able to "perform" under pressure for the cameras ... and how many of us old curmudgeons can pull that off with panache?? .. charismatic curmudgeons?? I wish!!

I want to have this award go to one of us from eGullet .. the publicity alone makes it valuable ... I am entering and hope some of you will join me in doing so!! and the written part is not particularly difficult ... how about it? any takers? The rules say thirteen and older .. this is good news for you, agbaber, even though you advocate the use of Miracle Whip ...

Jail bait, agbaber??? and you in Italy still?? the gods must not be watching out for you today .. you coulda been a contender .. thanks and RIP Marlon ...

The first is in Brookhaven and the second is in Midtown ..

Possibly .. there are now a number of posters from eG who live here in town .. The FoodTutor, Micropundit, agbaber (now in Italy), and some others .. Dave the Cook is here in Atlanta so we might encourage him ...