Successful FGT

I have a successful attempt at making Fried Green Tomatoes. No applause necessary.
Good coating coverage.
Good browning and crisp coating.

I found that cutting the slices thinner than 1/2 inch worked much better because the tomato cooks better.

Too bad you couldnt have tasted these, they were pretty good.

Dont cook when hungover

If you cook when you are hung-over, your Fried Green Tomatoes could turn out looking like this.
It is the result of reading the recipe ingredients but not reading the instructions.
I read the list of ingredients and threw them all in a bowl and started mixing and I realized this isn't going to be like batter to dip the sliced green tomatoes into....hmmm....so i read more of the recipe instructions and realized all of the ingredients are supposed to be all in separate bowls, to dip the slices into and get a coating on them.
It was too late for that, so I just decided to fry up the 'dough' I had in the bowl because i thought they might be good just fried. Not really.
So then I decided they might stick to the tomato slices and I could still fry the tomato inside the 'dough'. See the pictures for the results.
Not too good.
I did find that the fried 'dough' was good with red tomatoes, so that is how I ate them.

Thanks for reading my silly blog.

Tomato Overload

Yesterday I was worried about losing alot of the tomatoes we have on the vine due to the pending snow storm, so I picked about 125-130 of the ones that are closest to being ripe and brought them in the house and put them on the window sills and in paper bags.

I covered the ones still outside on the plants, but I have a feeling alot of them may have gotten a little too cold.

If anyone would like some tomatoes or knows how to store them in jars, please let me know.

I think we are going to have WAY too many for us to consume. I am thinking about giving some to the food bank if I cant figure out a way to store them in jars (canning).

Quails

Here is the last of the Quails for this season. These pictures were taken the last week of Sept 2008. Arent they cute little guys?

Thanks Mom!

Is it too early for Thanksgiving?
I just want to tell everyone how lucky I am. I am so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends and I want everyone to know about them.

My mom is so helpful and concerned, she helps me with my doctor bills, visits, and health issues. She is also doing so much to help my sister who is going through a hard time right now.
She is also helping my other sister get through school.
My mom is the most awesome person I know!
Three cheers for MY MOM!!!

Also my nanna, she is such a great person. My sisters and I spent a lot of time at her house growing up, and I thank her for the things she taught us and how she made sure we always had lots of fun.

One of these days I hope to be just like my mom and nanna.
They are awesome and amazing women.

Fly-Juice-Air

I do not like it when people swing a used fly swatter near my face.
It could get fly-juice-air in my nose or mouth.
What is fly-juice-air you ask?
You know when you smack a fly and the fly's juices get squished out?
Those juices are on the fly swatter and when you swing it through the air it makes FLY-JUICE-AIR!

Super-Fun

We had a really fun time last night; Matt, Marci, Lori & I drank some beer, bbq'd some burgers, and played cards in the back yard.
We ate dinner then played Texas Hold-em, but we didnt have any poker chips, so I improvised with leaves from the tree. Everyone started with 20 leaves.

I didnt take any pictures, so you will just have to visualize the 4 of us sitting around our backyard table under the tree(the bank), under the stars and a full moon, playing cards and betting leaves worth $1000 each. It was hilarious.
I was laughing so hard, my face hurts today.

That is what I call Super-Fun Saturday night.