Talk:Fried green tomatoes

As a Southerner, I can tell you that Fried Green Tomatoes are NOT traditionally considered to be a breakfast dish. They are usually served as a side dish at supper. I have heard of them occasionally being served for breakfast, but not by Southerners. I changed this to simply say that they are a side dish. BettyAnn 08:59, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

think anybody could find a picture of these?as a non-american, i've never seen what they look like, and am curious. 80.179.37.23 17:29, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I recall reading that "green tomatoes" in the southern USA sometimes refers to a a different vegetable which resembles green tomatoes in appearance, rather than unripe tomatoes. Is this true? --Singkong2005 · talk 12:49, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I think tomatillos are sometimes called "green tomatoes". Interestingly, that article says that unripe (regular) tomatoes can be poisonous and should not be eaten. Is this recipe dangerous? —Angr 09:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

That article says that unripe tomatillos are NOT unripe regular tomatoes, and that the unripe tomatillos should not be eaten because they are toxic. Unripe regular tomatoes are perfectly fine, and the fried green tomato recipe is not dangerous in any way. BettyAnn 03:15, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Have you got a source for that? Them somehow not being poisonous? Because I've been under the impression *all* green/unripe tomatoes are poisonous (but seemingly mildly enough for the dish to have endured). I remember this was spoken of in media back when the movie came out--in a "Despite this movie, please don't try this at home" kind of sense. Snowgrouse (talk) 16:33, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

This whole article is essentially a recipe, which Wikipedia is not. If you're familiar with this topic, please clean it up. Isopropyl 03:05, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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Need to add the photo http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Fried_green_tomatoes.jpg . Badagnani (talk) 22:46, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

This seems very subjective: "This recipe is best when heirloom tomatoes which remain green when ripe, such as Aunt Ruby's German Green or Green Zebra, are used instead of unripe tomatoes."71.131.180.57 (talk) 04:06, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Such varieties exist, but to make real fried green green tomatoes even green tomatoes would have to be unripe. Ripe green tomatoes are squishy and watery just like regular ripe tomatoes and not suitable for the recipe which requires firm slices. User:Fred Bauder Talk 04:04, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Why are green tomatoes used as opposed to ripe tomatoes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.248.240.226 (talk) 02:55, 2 November 2018 (UTC)