Fayette Fried Green Tomatoes                                                            

You'll need:

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup cornmeal

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

6 Kentucky Proud green tomatoes

1/4 cup bacon drippings

Mix the flour, cornmeal, salt and pepper in a shallow dish.  Cut the tomatoes into 1/2 inch thick slices.  Dredge in the flour mixture to coat.  Fry in the hot bacon drippings until golden brown, turning once.

Yields 6 servings.

Recipe from the "Pride of Kentucky" cookbook, published by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service.