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(16,104 posts)"the secrets in the sauce.'
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)PJMcK
(22,037 posts)Theyre especially good at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)PJMcK
(22,037 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)I've only eaten them a few times while visiting relatives in central Calif and we bought some at a huge farmer's market, but I honestly don't recall what they tasted like.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)smaller specialty stores!
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)Lochloosa
(16,065 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)Marthe48
(16,963 posts)My family does. We'll have a fry in the late summer: zucchini,green tomatoes and sweet onion rings. And corn on the cob, green beans, fresh tomatoes, cukes, and peppers. I better stop. I'm wishing away half a year
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Fat and salt predominate the flavors for so much of it.
The BBQ is good though
nolabear
(41,984 posts)Some of the finest herbs on the planet goes into it.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Great cuisine, but I would consider that "Louisiana cuisine", not "Southern food"
nolabear
(41,984 posts)pork and biscuits and fried chicken and such.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)That is how I associate it
nolabear
(41,984 posts)You likely know but its poverty food. Grease, flour and salt, made remarkable by whatever you can get-neck bones, gizzards, poke salet, green tomatoes because youre hongry today, not in June.
Itll kill you but for decadence and if youve got the money to eat high on the hog (I.e. not the feet) its good for special. Pass the fried okra. 😄
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)I grew up on New Mexico and Piedmontese cuisine, also peasant food but lots of different ingredients and techniques
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)Marthe48
(16,963 posts)Let me have the zukes and the onions!
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)ploppy
(2,162 posts)Also loved the book and the movie.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)applegrove
(118,674 posts)Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)n/t
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)cut thick and accompanied by goat cheese and drizzled with some balsamic concoction. Our appetizer plates go back so clean they don't have to wash them.
On the rare occasion when we exhibit a modicum of self-control, we'll have some goat cheese left over to spread on the warm, crusty bread they bring.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)Shrek
(3,980 posts)It's pretty much like a salad.
ploppy
(2,162 posts)MontanaMama
(23,319 posts)that serves a fried green tomato BLT po-boy that I fantasize about. Is that weird?
nolabear
(41,984 posts)Because I might consider it. 😄
MontanaMama
(23,319 posts)You should nolabear ans I will take you the Cafe Zydeco for a fried green tomato BLT po-boy.
nolabear
(41,984 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)I was skeptical but my daughter insisted. I loved them.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)I've made them. I like dipping them in Ranch dressing.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)In moderation.
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)Sancho
(9,070 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,256 posts)Panko crumbs make especially good FGT