Eventually the skies at least calmed down and those that toughed it out were treated to a hastily revised program. And the fewer still that stuck it out to the very end were able to hear Brian Ganz perform Rhapsody in Blue. It is always stirring piece, a combination of classical and jazz, and even after 85 years, it’s still worth listening to. Especially when performed by such a talent as Brian Ganz. I had a pretty distant view, but he seemed to really enjoy performing it..
So the sun sets on another ert concseason,
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hard to believe it’s been a decade.
Saturday morning, after I dried out (from the rain, see) I decided to go over to the farmer’s market in the BAE parking lot to make sure we got some sweet corn to add to the evening’s menu which included grilled steak. You know that “seed catalog” syndrome? That’s the one where you pick up (or these days log into) the catalog because you just want to quickly order some tomato seeds, and by the time the order is placed you have succumbed to multiple “gee, that looks good!” thoughts and have 35 items for a hundred bucks. Well, a form of that got me at the market yesterday, and here was what resulted from the singular quest for corn:
Closer inspection will reveal I did get some smaller versions of zucchinis, and notice the green orbs below those little squash. Walking around the market, I spied some green tomatoes along side the plethora of ripe ones. Hmm, I thought, what the heck can you do with those? Then it hit me! Fried Green Tomatoes!! Into the bag!
Back at the digs, I started looking around for recipes for FGT’s. I started in my Cajun/Creole library but apparently that isn’t a Cajun tradition. The only one I found was in Egerton’s venerable “Southern Food”. Basically it’s what you would think, coat them with (something), and fry them. A Tyler Florence recipe turned up some nuances, like soaking in buttermilk, a couple others used panko bread crumbs, some flour, but most used an egg wash for binder. I pretty much opted for the Southern Food style, just some stone ground corn meal, added a dash of smoked paprika, and decided on using the beaten eggs.
Frying is always a bit problematic for the feeder, it always seems to result in not only coating the food in oil, but also the general cooking area. Cooking the tomatoes and generating a clean up job resulted in:
And they ultimately shared the plate with the grilled steak (Penzey’s Chicago steak seasoning) and corn (with lime zest and butter) which started the whole mess. Paired with a domestic Cab in the glass (and some peripheral reading material) it wasn't a bad meal:
I wasn’t real thrilled with the final product, the cornmeal tended to burn a little, and clumped to form an uneven coating. The tomatoes were pretty acidic (which I suppose is to be expected). But, it’s worth a try if you have a viable frying scheme…
A little tale (for the tail end): When I driving out of the farmer’s market, I happened to be behind the car of one of the other shoppers I had noticed stocking up on healthy, locally grown products. No doubt she would be making dinner for those kids in the car, teaching them the joys of real, not from Giant, healthy food. And, I was surprised to see them also turning on Millstone landing. Guess what? Left turn arrows go green, around the corner we go, her turn signal illuminates, and she turns into McDonalds!! What’s wrong with this picture..
Bet she didn’t
DFD
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