It’s been a pretty sweet week here on Table for Two so I thought I’d switch it up and give you something savory and fried, haha, not exactly helping your diet much but at least you can appreciate not having a cavity, right? You can just worry about your cholesterol now ;) just kidding. I’m so mean. But, I cook what I love and won’t cook any other way. I try to cook healthy every now and then but I seriously love indulging. I believe that if you appropriately portion control, you can eat whatever you want. That’s just my philosophy.
This whole stack needs to be in your mouth, except you might burn yourself so maybe let’s just do half a stack.
So Jason and I were driving into work on Wednesday and there’s so many things wrong with drivers in my area, and probably every where else that’s a major city. It’s pretty much a rant that everyone can relate to but I’m just actually noting it on here cause I’m pretty sure a ton of you can relate to this. I’d also like to mention that I fall into the category of perfect driver so clearly, I’m exempt from everything I’m going to say below ;)
- I seriously can’t stand people who don’t let you merge. Like, the right lane is ending and you gotta merge into their lane cause there’s a huge sign that says RIGHT LANE ENDS, MERGE. You have NOWHERE else to go except the guard rail and down the hill, but they STILL insist on not letting you merge into their lane. They act as if you’re cutting them off. IT’S A MERGE. And from what I recall, it’s also EVERY OTHER. It’s as if letting me in will get you to work faster…..in bumper to bumper traffic. Losers.
- Let’s talk about the jerks who see that your turn signal is on to switch lanes (be GLAD I even have my turn signal on cause 99% of the people in the DMV don’t even know what that is), they speed up and cut you off from switching lanes. Seriously? Seriously. What gratification does that give you? Oh, you get to be one car ahead of me now? You’re SO cool.
- Hey, left lane hugger, get the eff out of the way of those who are driving 70mph while you’re putting along at 45mph.
- Rain. Let’s drive like Mario Kart. And have amnesia about driving correctly.
- Ok, lastly, I’m not sure if every city has this but in Northern Virginia, we have HOV lanes and on a stretch of I-66, it’s HOV all lanes going East (into DC) from 630am-9am and then going West (out of DC) from 4pm-630pm. If you have a hybrid and the clean fuel license plate, you can ride in HOV without penalty/getting pulled over. THIS IS THE DUMBEST THING I’VE EVER HEARD. HOV means HIGH OCCUPANCY. People buy hybrid cars around here just so they can single handendly ride into the city and back during rush hour by themselves, they don’t care about the environment. This completely defeats the ENTIRE purpose of having HOV lanes. You might as well just open it up to everyone cause every freakin’ person up here basically has a hybrid anyway just to take the interstate into work instead of local roads.
I’m going to go eat my weight in fried green tomatoes now cause driving blows.
Fried Green Tomatoes
Yield: 12 fried green tomatoes | Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cook Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
3 large green tomatoes, sliced into 1″ thick slices
1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
1 cup Italian breadcrumbs
1/2 cup cornmeal
2 tsp. kosher salt
2 tsp. pepper
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
4 cups vegetable oil
Instructions:
- In a shallow dish, mix together both kinds of breadcrumbs, cornmeal, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine.
- In another shallow dish, mix together buttermilk and eggs.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Dip a green tomato slice in the egg wash mixture then cover with breadcrumb mixture, lightly pressing it onto the tomato. Shake off excess and gently place on prepared baking sheet. Continue until all slices have been coated.
- In a deep pot, bring vegetable oil to 350 degrees using a thermometer.
- Fry two to three tomatoes at a time, you don’t want to crowd the pot too much. Fry each side 3-4 minutes on each side, until golden brown, then flip over and fry the other side.
- Place on a plate lined with paper towels to let excess oil drip off. Repeat until all tomatoes have been fried.
- Serve hot with your favorite sauce. We created a mayo and ketchup based sauce.
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I had to navigate Dupont Circle and Georgetown on Monday. I feel your traffic pain! Definitely makes me want to eat my weight in tasty foods, like these tomatoes. They look so crispy and juicy and tasty.
I’ve been to DC twice, and both times, I knew that I didn’t know how to drive in such a big city, so I took taxis. I didn’t want to even try!
PS Fried green tomatoes + black pepper goat cheese is my deathbed meal!
Driving in and around DC certainly takes patience. Ever since moving to Bethesda I’ve learned that this is apparently where half of the agressive drivers live. Sigh.
But seriously, I was obsessed with fried green tomatoes all summer. This was my first year growing them and half of them never made it to red!
Every time I a recipe like this I remember the film, which I really liked..
Never have tried them though. I should!
Number 1 and 3 of your points drive me crazy!
I love fried green tomatoes + these look delicious! Now you’ve got me craving ‘em first thing in the morning!
I made these a couple weeks ago, and I love them! I only drive through DC at 6 am or 9 pm, and I sometimes STILL hit traffic! Or sometimes I go during rush hours just so I have an excuse to stop at IKEA and Wegmans!
hahaha I LOVE your rant about DC traffic. I couldn’t agree with you more. My personal favorite – on sections of 395 the lovely people who ride in the shoulder to get around traffic. Because I just love sitting here and wouldn’t like to get home faster too. Jerks : )
I totally get what you’re saying Julie! People who drive in la suck just as much. And when it rains, it’s like the world is coming to an end because everyone drives so freaking slow. Unbearably slow. As for the green tomatoes, yes please! Jason’s been wanting to try green tomatoes but I just never got around to it. Definitely bookmarking this so I can make it when he returns home!
I love everything about this post, and not just the fried green tomatoes!! yummmm!!!
Seriously, don’t even get me started on traffic/driving.commuting in this town. you just said everything I feel ALL THE TIME.
OH GOD I LOVE. My favorite food right here.
I have two things to say: 1) traffic is the biggest stressor in my life. I can’t even start to go into everything that irritates me about it. 2) I love fried things as an alternate to sweets but (confession) I’ve never had fried green tomatoes! This needs to change ASAP!
Goodness, those look so beautiful. I love food. Period. I love it.
I love the texture on these ‘maters Julie!
This is a way of eating tomatoes I could get behind :) I agree, cook what you love and portion control will take care of the rest!
I don’t know whyyy I’ve never had fried green tomatoes before but I definitely need to try them. Holy crunch. These look rockin’, Julie!
Denver has HOV lanes, but they are purely HOV. And with how environmentally conscious Colorado is, I am surprised they don’t have the Hybrid rule – thank god they don’t!!
I just had fried green tomatoes for the first time last week, so good!
I ADORE fried green tomatoes. I look forward to them every year! And don’t even get me started on drivers. But it sounds like we have the same kind of drivers here in Utah!
Oh DC how I miss you, lol! My hubby and I were just talking about the traffic there a few days ago! I guess it hasn’t changed since we moved! When we would would drive on the beltway I would literally have to put my head in my lap, I couldn’t watch, especially during rush hour; forget it! I could go on and on but now we live in the country and there is no traffic just lots of tomatoes in my garden that need to be used for this delicious recipe! ;)
These look soooo good. Love the pics…good luck with the bad drivers.
I actually bought green tomatoes at the farmer’s market yesterday because I’ve been seeing so many recipes for frying them! Super excited to try them!
I toootally agree with you on all the traffic things. Except that I don’t think it’s too ridiculous to allow hybrid vehicles in the HOV Lane (we call it the “Carpool Lane”). The point of the it is to encourage people to save gas by carpooling…Using a hybrid car also saves gas, so why not reward them too? Anyway since California is full of hippies and everyone drives hybrids here, It became so crowded they changed it to a certain MPG that gets approved to ride in the carpool lane, not just all hybrids. I think that’s fair :)
The traffic everywhere in America is crazy (and always seems to be crazy when we need to get to the airport). I think it’s because you have such wide roads so when they’re all jammed, it looks like the end of the world…
Anyway, I’ve always wanted to try fried green tomatoes and now I have no excuse not to!
Nothing makes me more excited than fried green tomatoes! These look so great- I love them!
I have never had a fried green tomato, but man oh man do these ever look good!! I’ve been frying more than I probably should lately, but I love it :)
You knew we were in DC recently, and had the same thoughts about the driving there. Yikes!
Bet those fried green tomatoes tamed some of your aggression’s :D
bahaha! I love your driving rants! I’m pretty laid back when driving but omg, these Colorado people don’t know what to do in the rain. It *never* rains here so on the three days of the year that it does people think they need to go 10 mph on the interstate. Insane.
Fried green tomatoes are a favorite of mine! I want!
Wow – Seattle drivers and DC drivers are really pretty much the exact same. Asshats.
your hov situation is really weird! but the whole rant was comical. btw – you know how i feel about tomatoes but those are pretty.
I live in Brazil and I felt like you were talking about my city. Guess bad drivers are just about everywhere, you just have to go out in your car and meet them. ;)
Haha, yes, they’re everywhere! And hello to you from Brazil! :) so happy to see you’re reading from there! xo
I made these last night and they were a big success. I was really impressed with the flavor. If I ever make these again I’ll be coming back to this recipe. Thanks!
Try these on a burger.. You will never forget it!Or regret it!!
I have a secret to fried green tomatoes… add a little bit of dill to the batter.
I, sadly, am the only one in my house who absolutely adores fried green tomatoes (the food and the movie)… and mine never turn out looking this good. Maybe they will when I use your recipe.
I can also totally agree with you on the traffic idiots, and could add to the list those people who ride your bumper in the middle lane while you’re doing the speed limit to try and pass a slowpoke in the right lane, even though the left lane is completely empty!