Fried Green Tomatoes (food)
Fried green tomatoes are a side dish usually found in the Southern United States, made from unripe (green) tomatoes coated with cornmeal and fried.
Read more about Fried Green Tomatoes (food): Traditional Preparation, Fried Green Tomatoes With Shrimp Remoulade, Pennsylvania Dutch Version, Other Uses
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Your hooves have stamped at the black margin of the wood,
Even where horrible green parrots call and swing.
My works are all stamped down into the sultry mud.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
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