Author Topic: I had green fried tomatoes and fried Zucchini with my dinner tonight. (Read 1264 times)

DalesCarpentry · « **on:** August 09, 2009, 04:24:27 PM »

I had green fried tomatoes and fried Zucchini with my dinner tonight. Boy was it good. I only picked a few green tomatoes (the size of my fist) for my wife to fry up. She nor my daughter eat tomatoes that way. The Zucchini came from a neighbor. I have never liked Zucchini until this year. It is strange I seem to like different things as I get older. I also dislike many things I always liked as I get older. For example pizza. I have loved it my whole life. Now I can't eat but a couple pieces and I am sick of it. When I was young I could eat a whole pie myself. It just does not apeal to me any longer. Then there is the heart burn thing that goes with it at 2:00am in the morning. Well I had good eats tonight and my pole beans will be ready in a couple weeks. I can't wait for some ham and beans. Dale

victorcharlie · « **Reply #1 on:** August 09, 2009, 04:29:22 PM »

MUMMMMM MUMMMMMM sounds good to me....

We're starting to get a lot of stuff out of the garden.

I'm having a terrible time with Tomatoes this year. I got the garden in late, but Tomatoes usually grow well here......not this year....

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #2 on:** August 09, 2009, 04:34:58 PM »

Yea my tomatoes are not doing as good as other years but I will still have lots of them. They claim there is something affecting them here in PA this year. It might be blight but not sure. I have something else affecting my tomatoes this year and I will have to move my garden next year. Dale

billy_56081 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 09, 2009, 04:38:39 PM »

Dale have your wife and daughter tried the fried green tomaotoes? THis year was the first Itime I have ever had them, everyone agrees that they are delicious. A little ranch dressing really fixes them up. My daughter just got home from basic friday night and she just attacked the fried green maters. You can keep that zucchini though. The maters are mall here this year too, but I am just starting to get some ripe ones too. MMMMM MMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMM

Oh yeah been eatin cuc's too yummy.

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2009, 04:47:07 PM »

Quote from: billy_56081 on August 09, 2009, 04:38:39 PM

Dale have your wife and daughter tried the fried green tomaotoes? THis year was the first Itime I have ever had them, everyone agrees that they are delicious. A little ranch dressing really fixes them up. My daughter just got home from basic friday night and she just attacked the fried green maters. You can keep that zucchini though. The maters are mall here this year too, but I am just starting to get some ripe ones too. MMMMM MMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMM

Oh yeah been eatin cuc's too yummy.

My wife or daughter will not try them for anything.!!!!!! Now I do have a bunch of cukes and a guy I work with claims he fries them too. I never heard of anyone frying cukes

He claims they are great that way.

Dale

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #5 on:** August 09, 2009, 04:51:15 PM »

Oh yea. That is just what I dip them in. RANCH DRESSING!!! Now that is good. Dale

m-g Willy · « **Reply #6 on:** August 09, 2009, 04:54:22 PM »

Don't even mention tomatoes!
I put 24 beefsteak plants in.
THEY ANI'T BEEFSTEAKS!!!!!
Expecting tomatoes the size of your fist and getting tomatoes smaller than a baseball is a heart breaker.

Must of put the wrong tags on them at the greenhouse

But!! my 48 pepper plants is unbelievabe!
Each plant has 15-20 peppers growing on them and new blossoms budding too.
We've picked over 400 peppers 6"-8" already this year.
Never seen them grow this good before!

billy_56081 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 09, 2009, 05:01:17 PM »

Dale lookin at the recipe fried cucumbers are the same recipe as fried greem maters.

Oldshooter · « **Reply #8 on:** August 09, 2009, 05:08:42 PM »

You musta made up with the dear wife if she is frying anything for you but your "valuables"

mechanic · « **Reply #9 on:** August 09, 2009, 05:10:20 PM »

Down here in God's country, (The South), we'll fry anything. Even dill pickles. Thats because it's good!

powderman · « **Reply #10 on:** August 09, 2009, 05:22:08 PM »

We like fried green tomatos on buttered bread, with salt and pepper. POWDERMAN.

Oldshooter · « **Reply #11 on:** August 09, 2009, 05:32:10 PM »

Quote from: powderman on August 09, 2009, 05:22:08 PM

We like fried green tomatos on buttered bread, with salt and pepper. POWDERMAN.

thats what I'm talking about, Charlie

m-g Willy · « **Reply #12 on:** August 09, 2009, 06:08:42 PM »

The proper way to eat fried green tomatoes is give them a squirt of vinger and salt.

Oldshooter · « **Reply #13 on:** August 09, 2009, 06:28:54 PM »

Beg to differ Pard, if your gonna squirt em with anything it should be tobasco! ours has salt in the batter already! and tobasco has the vinegar

m-g Willy · « **Reply #14 on:** August 09, 2009, 06:37:29 PM »

Quote from: Oldshooter on August 09, 2009, 06:28:54 PM

Beg to differ Pard, if your gonna squirt em with anything it should be tobasco! ours has salt in the batter already! and tobasco has the vinegar

I can buy that

Siskiyou · « **Reply #15 on:** August 09, 2009, 06:54:05 PM »

I worked up an appetite this morning riding my mountain bike. After showering I went looking for something to eat. I got out the cutting board and cut up a baked potato left over from dinner the night before, put some olive oil in a frying pan, added the potato, half a cut up red Spanish onion, and a red tomato and added them to the pan. After the potatoes browned up I added the last of Jack Cheese, and cheddar Cheese from the frig. In the process I added some garlic salt and pepper. After the cheese started melting I added a couple of eggs.

Made for a good brunch with a few mugs of coffee for a chaser.

At my age such a meal needs to be followed up with a little nap.

Love a garden but the deer would have it eaten down to nothing, so store bought is the option with a little homemade venison sausage.

Glanceblamm · « **Reply #16 on:** August 10, 2009, 04:27:48 AM »

Don't overlook those pumpkin blossoms for frying.

Dixie Dude · « **Reply #17 on:** August 10, 2009, 04:37:05 AM »

Dale, can you grow okra that far north? It is delicious fried. You can also cut it up and boil it with red tomatoes for a gumbo. My stepson is a chef and lives in Illinois. He said anything tastes better fried. Try to get your wife and daughter to at least take one bite. They can always reject it. My grandmother told me a long time ago as a child, to always try something once. You might like it. I have and I like almost anything. Don't like crab, and found out I was allergic to crab. Only meat I am allergic to. I am mildly allergic to tomatoes, but eat them anyway because I like the taste, but have to limit myself. I causes me to have heartburn and gurd at night. I usually don't eat them at night.

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #18 on:** August 10, 2009, 04:43:03 AM »

I have eaten fried Okra before when I lived in Florida. I did like it. I don't know if it can be grown up here or not. I really don't see why not though. Dale

Dixie Dude · « **Reply #19 on:** August 10, 2009, 05:00:29 AM »

It likes hot weather. We can't plant it in central Alabama until May to get it growing good, and it doesn't start producing for a couple of months. However, once it starts, it will produce until frost. You could probably start it in a green house or a hot bed cover over where you plant it in the ground earlier to get it going. You know fried green tomatoes should be eaten as soon as the come off the stove. Once cold they are not as good. They also seem to taste better to me if they have a slight tinge of red/orange or just starting to turn. Not much though.

Oldshooter · « **Reply #20 on:** August 10, 2009, 05:30:40 AM »

I know the ground has to be warm for them to germinate, no need to,plant until late spring early summer

blind ear · « **Reply #21 on:** August 10, 2009, 06:05:04 AM »

To get okra or spring spinach to come up cover the row with clear plastic and keep it damp. You can get it up a little bit earlier.

streak · « **Reply #22 on:** August 10, 2009, 06:53:34 AM »

Wow Dale!
Sounds like you are eating" high on the hog"!

billy_56081 · « **Reply #23 on:** August 10, 2009, 07:30:43 AM »

Okra grows well in MN it should grow about anywhere.

slim rem 7 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 10, 2009, 08:20:37 AM »

m g willy have you tasted those baseball size tomatos,,for flavor...
could be a blessing in disguise

...
dale you hurt me fella bringing up all that good eatin while i can t get it right now..

the best place,,helens kitchen closed..helen done folded her tint an went on..
a big loss for the local men that really ain t into cooking...if i fix it ,,for some reason ,i just don t like the food[except for cold sands].... both mama and my wife of 30 some yrs. could really make it right...
i knew if i waited they would fix me something GOOD..ok im lazy in that department,,mabe :)slim
my present wife does great also but as a nurse ,,she works hard,,i don t ask...she just surprizes me sometime..

m-g Willy · « **Reply #25 on:** August 10, 2009, 10:07:37 AM »

Quote from: slim rem 7 on August 10, 2009, 08:20:37 AM

m g willy have you tasted those baseball size tomatos,,for flavor...
could be a blessing in disguise ...

Yeah,
No complaints about the taste
---but--- when your expecting one slice of tomatoe that covers a sandwich, then anything else is just -eh, big deal $:-\$
You are right though,
I am thankful that I do have tomatoes.
I guess it ani't that bad after all!

DDZ · « **Reply #26 on:** August 10, 2009, 11:47:58 AM »

Something I like with vegtables from the garden is something we call hot mix. Its cabbage, sweet bell pepper, onion, zucchini, hot peppers, hot sausage, and a good sized tomato all cooked together. The hot sausage should be cut up and fried first before adding to the mix. Eat it with good Italian bread. If ya have a garden its a good cheap meal, and its good.
After eating this you can leave the metamucil in the cupboard for a couple of days you won't need it.

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #27 on:** August 10, 2009, 12:03:33 PM »

Quote from: DDZ on August 10, 2009, 11:47:58 AM

Something I like with vegtables from the garden is something we call hot mix. Its cabbage, sweet bell pepper, onion, zucchini, hot peppers, hot sausage, and a good sized tomato all cooked together. The hot sausage should be cut up and fried first before adding to the mix. Eat it with good Italian bread. If ya have a garden its a good cheap meal, and its good.
After eating this you can leave the metamucil in the cupboard for a couple of days you won't need it.

That really does sound good and I will give it a try. I think I would use sweet italian sausage instead of the hot because with the Jalapeno peppers I have I think it would be plenty hot. Or I could use the Hungarian hot wax peppers I have in the garden. That will set you on fire.

Do you boil the cabbage a little first? Dale

mechanic · « **Reply #28 on:** August 10, 2009, 12:10:24 PM »

OK, enough of this. I'm starving. Gotta' go fix something to eat.........

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #29 on:** August 10, 2009, 12:15:03 PM »

Well I will let you know how it turns out. I am on my way to the store to get some cabbage and sausage.

Dale