Just 2 things - if you find Fried Green Tomatos too sour, sprinkle a WEE bit of sugar over the slices before you bread them.

Also, when you make a big batch of spaghetti sauce, and it is almost done and smelling so good, put a thick slice of Italian or French bread in a bowl. cover with sauce, add cheese if you wish. Eat with a fork or spoon. No need to wait until supper! We always did this when my stepmom made sauce.

Wow oh wow. You are are my kind of cook. Yummy yummy :)

Judy in Phx, AZ

For fried green tomatoes-
Yes, I use cornmeal too.......then after fried, I sprinkle just a tad of sugar on top!

When kids were small we would go to a farm, pick 5-6 bushels of Roma tomatoes....then I would make red sauce..jars and jars....to last the winter.....kids would come home from school....." Mom's canning red sauce!" Did peaches, pears and apples for applesauce too.......but my then house had a "summer kitchen" in the basement, so my house kitchen was not in total turmoil during canning season....also had a "wine cellar" for keeping all those jars.......was an old farm house........and as a newlywed watching my mother in law doing all that and saying "not me".... But later enjoying the process........now girls are grown and I am widowed....just me and cat......so why bother........but memories are good!

Still do that when cooking sauce...call this a gravy sandwich

How wonderful all this is. MY neighbor brought over a patch of green ones now but I had them sitting so some got ripe but will try to fry some greens ones today..

Do they have to be green? Can you use ripened at all? How do green tomatoes taste ?
They sound yummy...

I never did do the green ones lol. The all got ripe. I do make a special Mex sauce with the ripe ones to put over eggs. It is called eggs motulanios. I put a little olive oil in the pan, add chopped tomatoes and chopped onion, salt B pepper and let it cook down. I normally add a piece of Scotch Bonnet (habanero Pepper).....