It's Not Just A Chick Flick!

It's fall and the tomatoes on the vine are all green now. Dad used to have a tomato garden in the backyard but, I don't remember him or Mom ever making this.
I looked at other recipes on the web and this one is pretty easy. The corn meal doesn't stick as well as expected, so I really had to press it on and get some juice from the tomato to mix with it.

My camera batteries were low so still no pictures. We served this with cold grilled chicken sandwiches. That was my wife's idea. She used one of the ripe tomatoes we had and some of the left over spinach from the spinach salad recipe. It was a delicious lunch.

We're off on our cruise up to New England and Canada tomorrow.

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES - SOUTHERN STYLE

6 slices of green tomatoes, 3/8 inch
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp butter
1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 tsp coriander
Salt and pepper

Season flour with salt, pepper and coriander and coat tomato slices. Then coat with cornmeal so they are heavily coated and set aside on waxed paper. Heat the oil and butter in a heavy non-stick skillet. Place a layer of tomatoes in the skillet and sprinkle each slice with about 1 tsp of brown sugar. Press the sugar onto the slices with your fingers. Fry over medium heat for 2 or 3 minutes. (I used medium high) Turn and again sprinkle 1 tsp sugar on each slice pressing with your fingers and continue to cook until the sugar caramelizes. Turn once more until the sugar on the second side caramelizes. The entire cooking process should take about 8 minutes. Watch carefully that the sugar does not burn. Remove to a warm platter and serve.