Cultured Palate: Dishes from the American Southeast
| May 2, 2018
5. Fried Green Tomatoes
This dish is so popular it even inspired the title of a movie. Fried green tomatoes are ingenuity at its finest – instead of getting rid of tomatoes that never ripened, green tomatoes are battered in buttermilk or beaten egg, dredged in cornmeal, and shallow-fried. During the frying process, the astringent green tomatoes turn soft and sweet inside a deliciously golden, crisp crust. In Creole cuisine, they’re often served with shrimp remoulade, but in other Southern cities they’re most often found with a side of pepper vinegar for dipping.
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