Down-home Cookin'
There are numerous Southern style recipes included in the back of Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Café. Listed below are some of my favorite comfort foods as seen in the novel.
Salt White cornmeal
Bacon Drippings
Slice tomatoes about 1/4 inch thick, season with salt and pepper and then coat both sides with cornmeal. In a large skillet, heat enough bacon drippings to coat the bottom of the pan and fry tomatoes until lightly browned on both sides.
FRIED CATFISH-
2 pounds catfish, cleaned and skinned Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup sifted flour 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
3 tablespoons bacon fat or crisco
Wipe the fish with a damp cloth. Mix the flour, salt, pepper and cornmeal. Roll Mr. Catfish in the mixture and fry in hot bacon fat until golden brown on one side. Then turn and brown the other side. Total cooking time about 8 to 10 minutes.
PECAN PIE-
9-inch pie shell, unbaked 1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups peacans, chopped 1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar, brown or white 3 eggs
1 cup light corn syrup 2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon flour
Line the pie shell with chopped pecans. Combine the sugar, corn syrup, flour, vanilla, and salt and mix until blended. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well each time. Pour into the nut-lined pie shell, and dot with butter. Bake at 350 degrees until firm-about 1 hour.
*Being able to read, comprehend, and carry out the skills necessary to make these enjoyable foods requires literacy. You must be literate in order to read the information and operate the technology required to cook the items. Usability also comes into play when working ovens, fryers, etc. One must have been taught or learned through experience how to operate these appliances.
- FRIED GREEN TOMATOES-
Salt White cornmeal
Bacon Drippings
Slice tomatoes about 1/4 inch thick, season with salt and pepper and then coat both sides with cornmeal. In a large skillet, heat enough bacon drippings to coat the bottom of the pan and fry tomatoes until lightly browned on both sides.
FRIED CATFISH-
2 pounds catfish, cleaned and skinned Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup sifted flour 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
3 tablespoons bacon fat or crisco
Wipe the fish with a damp cloth. Mix the flour, salt, pepper and cornmeal. Roll Mr. Catfish in the mixture and fry in hot bacon fat until golden brown on one side. Then turn and brown the other side. Total cooking time about 8 to 10 minutes.
PECAN PIE-
9-inch pie shell, unbaked 1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups peacans, chopped 1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar, brown or white 3 eggs
1 cup light corn syrup 2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon flour
Line the pie shell with chopped pecans. Combine the sugar, corn syrup, flour, vanilla, and salt and mix until blended. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well each time. Pour into the nut-lined pie shell, and dot with butter. Bake at 350 degrees until firm-about 1 hour.
*Being able to read, comprehend, and carry out the skills necessary to make these enjoyable foods requires literacy. You must be literate in order to read the information and operate the technology required to cook the items. Usability also comes into play when working ovens, fryers, etc. One must have been taught or learned through experience how to operate these appliances.