Green Fried Tomatoes

 Ingredients

• Four large green tomatoes
  
• One cup of lard
• 1/2 cup of butter
• One cup of all purpose flour
• Salt and pepper to taste
  

Directions

1. Take the four full grown tomatoes, wash, cut off part next to the stem.
2. Cut tomatoes into thin slices.
   
3. Add salt and pepper to the tomatoes to your liking.
   
4. Mix the lard and butter in a pan over medium-high heat.
5. Roll the slices of tomatoes in flour, covering both sides.
6. Fry until brown on both sides.
   

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Gunnar Peterson
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2021