[Sca-cooks] Period substitute for tomatoes?

[Judith Epstein]

On Aug 21, 2009, at 12:25 PM, chawkswrth at aol.com wrote:

>
> Wait a minute-are you saying that Fried Green Tomatos?could be  
> considered?Period?
>
> The reason I say that, Ripe tomatos are too watery to fry up. Only  
> the green ones have the firmness one needs to lats through the  
> frying process.

Yes, barely! But they would probably not be fried with cornmeal  
coating the way they are today. Maybe rice flour, though, or millet  
flour.