There is a piece of well-known Life Advice that opines “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” and this is adequate advice-- as advice goes. I must confess, however, that I much prefer the sentiment “When life gives you lemons, find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.”
Life, it seems, had given me a lot of green tomatoes and I was at a loss for what to do with them. To my knowledge, nobody has ever heard of green Bloody Mary’s, so adding vodka to my problem wouldn’t seem efficacious.
I do remember in one of the Little House on the Prairie books, Ma Ingalls’ life had given her a lot of green tomatoes. If I remember correctly, it was locust, not elk that had left her in that predicament. Or maybe it was a plague of blackbirds. Whatever the reason, being a hearty pioneer woman, she rose to the occasion and turned her green tomatoes into an ersatz apple pie, impressing Pa and securing her place as the original Pioneer Woman to offer recipes.
I suppose I could turn my green tomatoes into “pie” but I don’t really want that much pie, apple or otherwise. Then I remembered the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes.” What could be better than frying a vegetable? Balance out all those vitamins and fiber and whatnot health benefits with some cholesterol and fat. And salt—salt makes everything taste better. Off to google “fried green tomatoes” and find a recipe. Tawanda!
In the interest of fact-checking myself, I first decided to google “green bloody Mary.” Alas, Gentle Reader, it turns out I was mistaken. Someone has heard of green bloody Marys ---oh wait. False alarm. The recipe calls for tomatillos and RIPE yellow tomatoes, and while the concoction is green in color, the tomatoes used to make it, aren’t.
When life gives you green tomatoes, it better have also given you a deep fryer.
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