Fatal Beauty: Garden Plants that Can Kill
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» Cottage_Garden - So the theatrical effect ploy worked, hunh? (It was copied from
So the theatrical effect ploy worked, hunh? (It was copied from a friend!) So far the kid hasn't knuckled down to serious heavy duty garden chores yet. Time will tell, I guess. Barbara MartinThe Cottage Garden Editor
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» Margot - Fantastic article ,Carol,as usual.I do have a guestion though.On
Fantastic article ,Carol,as usual.I do have a guestion though.On the subject of the tomatoes.I know many people who religously eat green tomatoes.No me,I don't like the tast.Were you saying don't the green ones?I'm a bit confused.And what about the Fried Green Tomatoes,from the movie of the same name? ;-)-- posted by Margot
» Carol Wallace - I love fried green tomatoes -- they are always one of the highli
I love fried green tomatoes -- they are always one of the highlights of summer to me. But eating too many will give you a bit of an upset stomach. I guess eating too many ripe ones could also do that, but it would take many more.You and I, however, are not likely to eat the amount of tomatoes a wandering deer might -- the mild toxicity in green tomatoes is more for the critters benefit than ours.
Carol virtually gardening
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» Carol Wallace - And yes, Barbara, the theatrical ploy worked -- mainly because s
And yes, Barbara, the theatrical ploy worked -- mainly because she was just theatrical enough about it to pull it off. Of course foodwise all she did was nibble daintily at a lettuce leaf -- you ought to tell her she can eat other things than garden stuff. ;-)And Eileen, what ways have you tried fried green tomatoes? I have at least three different recipes, all delicious.
Carol virtually gardening
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» Cottage_Garden - And I thought she filled up mainly on pretzels before dinner. W
And I thought she filled up mainly on pretzels before dinner. What's a party if you can't eat what you want? Oh -- and you're only eight years old!
Barbara Martin
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» Carol Wallace - Eileen, I'm afraid to give you my fried green tomato recipes. T
Eileen, I'm afraid to give you my fried green tomato recipes. They are all cholesterol nightmares, starting with dipping in beaten egg, and usually progreesing through bacon grease and even whipping cream. . . As poisonous to many as some of the plants in my article -- but delicious.Carol virtually gardening
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» Carol Wallace - All right. I'll give you my most lethal version. ;-) I fry u
All right. I'll give you my most lethal version. ;-)I fry up 6 strips of bacon first. Then I slice the green tomato into sliced about 1/2" thick, dip it in egg beaten with about a T. of water, and then in cornmeal (or sometimes crushed cracker crumbs, which I season with a bit of salt and pepper and sometimes oregano. Then I put them in the pan with the hot bacon grease and fry til one side is golden brown. When I flip it, I sprinkle brown sugar all over the browned side. When side 2 is browned, I drain off any grease that is left and instead pour in some cream and let the little dears simmer for a few minutes. Then we eat it with the bacon.
My simpler recipe simply omits the brown sugar and cream.
Don't blame me -- my husband's mother is Southern and loves cooking with bacon grease!
Carol virtually gardening
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