Fried Green Tomatoes with Milk Gravy
Serves: 4
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3 tbs Bacon grease
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4 Tomatoes: green, firm, sliced into 1 cm pieces (discard ends)
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2 Eggs, beaten
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2 cups breadcrumbs
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Flour
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Milk
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Salt
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Pepper
Step 1 - Heat your bacon grease in a heavy frying pan. Dip tomatoes in eggs, then in bread crumbs. Slowly fry them in the bacon grease until golden brown on both sides. Put your tomatoes on a plate.
Step 2 - For each tablespoon of grease left in the pan, stir in one tablespoon of flour and blend well; then stir in one cup warm milk and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Add salt and pepper till you like it.
Step 3 - Pour over the tomatoes and serve hot.
The best there is.
Sipsey Peavey, Whistle Stop Café
Whistle Stop, Alabama
From the book "Fried Green Tomatoes" by Fannie Flagg