Fried Green Tomatoes

Although the ever-adventuresome Thomas Jefferson was growing tomatoes in 1782, it was not till well into the nineteenth century that the general public fully overcame the universal fear of tomatoes as poisonous and the vegetable (actually a fruit) developed the same popularity it enjoys today. Southern fried green tomatoes evolved simply as a breakfast or supper dish to be made with the season’s last fresh tomatoes that refused to ripen before being hit by frost. I can stil