Tomatoes

[darlene]

I too, like tomatoes. All kinds but, I especially like green tomatoes, sliced with oil dabbed on, rolled in brown flour and baked on a pan in the oven. When I was growing up we used to eat this at home in the fall. We'd pick all the green tomatoes, (large enough) put them in the root house and the ones that didn't ripen we ate in this way. I haven't had then this way for so long because, where do you buy green tomatoes?

[LifeHiscost]

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not genetically modified, still warm from the vine.

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While our garden is the best for taste, sometimes less than a warm day on the kitchen counter will prove too much for the tomato to remain fit to eat raw. The genetically altered can remain out on an open counter in moderately warm (55 degrees to 65 degrees) temperatures as much as a week and still be fit to slice. Not the best flavor but still better than refridgerated home grown.

Keep the faith!

[Dr. Shane]

Sometimes I get real crazy and dice up some tomatoes and potatoes, toss them in a pot and cook them together. I made that dish for my wife's family when we were dating. It won them over. Her dad and brother had never seen a man cook before. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

[Planey]

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Shane said:

Her dad and brother had never seen a man cook before.

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After that dish, perhaps now they understand why!!

Graeme

[NormF]

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It won them over. Her dad and brother had never seen a man cook before.

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I don't mean to sound sexist, but it's always been my contention that a real man can out-cook 90% of the ladies. Virtually all of the world-class chefs are men (nurture or nature?). I'm nowhere near that category, but I do love to cook, anything and everything. Never know it by the way I look, but ... oh well, can't have everything.

Regards,

Norm

[cricket]

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I don't mean to sound sexist, but it's always been my contention that a real man can out-cook 90% of the ladies.

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I don't mean to sound sexist either, but I'd have to say that the only reason for your contention is that women are expected to do 90% of the cooking. When something becomes a chore, and not a delight, it gets a bit tedious and hum-drum.

If I had to cook only 10% of the time, I might be inclined to be a bit more creative too.

Just something to think about.

[NormF]

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If I had to cook only 10% of the time, I might be inclined to be a bit more creative too.

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Agreed, Chrys!

... Which is yet another thing that underscores the validity, for both men and women, of the Good Book's council, "Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."

If we all pitched in with our might, on everything, wouldn't life be a lot closer to grand?

Regards,

Norm

(Still don't know why so many of those chefs are men though.)

[Neil D]

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(Still don't know why so many of those chefs are men though.)

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Perhaps in the career of the woman, if she is so inclinded [and being the male chavenistic person that I am inclined to be], she has to interupt her career with children and is not prone to figure out the logistics of childbearing and the desires of the customer [which interestingly enough, seem rather simlar to figuring out children]. And who the heck wants to do the same job 24/7/365 ?

Just some similarities that I thought would bring to the surface....

[cricket]

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And who the heck wants to do the same job 24/7/365

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Ever see a house-cleaner's house? Not the prettiest one on the block!

[Clio]

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NormF said:

I don't mean to sound sexist, but it's always been my contention that a real man can out-cook 90% of the ladies.

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Then I'm in the 10% of the ladies.... We had a BBQ cookoff at one of our friend's homes last week....

An all day into the evening type of a thing... I won for best dessert, best side dish, best ribs, and best chicken... heheheh and I was the only lady who cooked....

None of the other ladies even participated except to eat because two of the guys there always have walked off with all the honors in the past...

Oh you should have seen their faces.... Especially the one who was CERTAIN he was gonna win the chicken category.... LOL!

I do believe we may need to do it again... he claims to want revenge....

What's really bad... I didn't realize it was a cookoff... I just brought what I thought was a contribution to a huge barbecue.... I didn't even cook my own meats... well, I did sorta... I prepped 'em at home, and anyone who didn't burn them would have gotten the same result.

Clio

[Gail]

I think that part of it is because of men's more (for lack of a better word) reckless nature.

My son makes ginger soup and jalepeno soup and comes up with all kinds of kinky combinations, and guess what? They taste pretty good!

[Ron Lambert]

Darlene, my mother is from Arkansas, so I grew up with fried green tomatoes. However, I found I could prepare them the way you describe, baked, with far less oil (although I usually use corn meal), and they still taste very good. There is still a tangy tartness, but also an extra sweetness from being concentrated.

Hint: Do the same thing with sliced summer squash (zucchini, etc.), and it also tastes very good, and extra sweet. I usually prepare green tomatoes along with summer squash. They complement each other very well taste-wise in a meal.

Right, green tomatoes are not readily available. You have to grow them yourself. But since anyone who grows tomatoes usually winds up with ten times what they can ever eat of ripe tomatoes, you can harvest plenty of them while they are still green.

For that matter, summer squash costs a lot in stores, but you can grow bushels of it in a modest-sized garden.

[NormF]

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Then I'm in the 10% of the ladies....

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Hooray! Good for you! <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I'm always for anyone who can cook well.

Did you know EGW had some very positive things to say about those who learn to be good cooks? The Bible makes note of good cooks, too. Though some of them misused their gift - Jacob with his pot of lentil stew, for one. There are lessons to be learned here, aren't there?

What do you think, is it something about Alaska that does good things for cooks and cooking? Too bad Alaska is so far away; I'd gladly help evaluate the next one of your cookoffs. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> (Texans sure seem to think that about their Hill Country and Tex-Mex cooking, too.)

Sorry if I'm pulling this OT, though tomatoes ARE such a basic part of good cooking.

Regards,

Norm

[NormF]

Hey, Ron, my mother is from Arkansas too, although she grew up mostly in Texas and the Missouri Ozarks. That cornmeal trick does good things for lots of veges. Fried sliced okra practically smothered in chopped onions, for one. Mmmmm ....

Have you ever tried green tomato preserves? Yummy on everything from buckwheat pancakes and tenderlite waffles to good old peanut butter sandwiches. Another of Mom's specialties.

Come to think of it, there are certain notable exceptions to that male-dominated chef thingy.

Regards,

Norm

[Amelia]

*tacking on

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And then you spank the chicken.

[Neil D]

Better to spank the chicken than to cry over spilt milk....

[Dr. Shane]

Being a homemaker is an awesome carear that more and more women are choosing. The idea of taking care of a family's needs - washing, cleaning, cooking, emotional & spiritual - is wrought with job sastisfaction.

The more a homemaker puts into her job, the more sastisfaction she gets out of it. Like most things in the world, it is all about attitude. If a woman looks at housework as a chore, a burden she must bear, she will be unhappy and unfulfilled. If she looks at it as an opportunity to take care of a family and nurish their needs, she will forever be grateful for what God has given her and will die with a smile on her face.

In my house, I do most of the cooking for myself. My wife cooks for the kids. My dream is to someday establish that evening dinner time <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> I make my own breakfast and lunch and most of the time dinner. But I love cooking. I worked as a cook in college for 4 years. What I really love is making other people happy and I have found that cooking is a way to do that. For me, cooking is a delight. If I was a homemaker, I think that would be a delight too.

I am currently making home cooking videos in Spanish to teach those interested how to make nutritious vegetarian meals.

[NormF]

Wicked cooks: spanking chickens, beating eggs, whipping cream, crushing garlic, scalding tomatoes, tearing lettuce, shredding cabbage ....

Such vicious behaviors! Have they no mercy? When will it end? <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Regards,

Norm

[Amelia]

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When will it end?

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When the cows come home?

[darlene]

Yummmmm. I never thought of the summer squash or zuchini thing. I'll have to try that along with the corn meal. I think corn meal would taste even better than ww flour. Thanks for the suggestions, Ron and Norm. Now......I'll have to find some green tomatoes.........