“Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café”

First edition
cover
Fannie Flagg

Speech characteristic
Sipsey
«Don't you do dis, Lord… don't you do dis to Miz Idgie and Miz Ruth…»
«Miz Idgie, there's a colored boy who's axing to speak wid you.»
Ocie
«Yes'm, I knows you do.»

The "Whistle Stop Cafe" is based on the Irondale Cafe in Irondale, Alabama

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
1 medium green tomato (per person)
Salt
Pepper
White cornmeal
Bacon drippings
Slice tomatoes about 1/4 inch thick, season with salt and pepper and then coat both sides with cornmeal. In a large skillet, heat enough bacon drippings to coat the bottom of the pan and fry tomatoes until lightly browned on both sides.
You’ll think you died and gone to heaven!