Fried Tomatoes

Ingredients

• Wash the tomatoes and cut them in slices
• quarter teaspoonful salt
• tablespoonful flour
• half cup milk or water
• half tablespoonful butter

Method

1. 1

   Mix together, sprinkle pepper, quarter teaspoonful salt and tablespoonful flour, and dredge the slices thoroughly on both sides.

2. 2

   Have ready in the frying-pan enough melted butter to cover the bottom of the pan, and when hot lay in the tomatoes.

3. 3

   When cooked, place them on a hot dish and keep them hot.

4. 4

   Add half cup milk or water to the liquid in the pan.

5. 5

   Melt and brown together half tablespoonful butter, half tablespoonful flour and quarter teaspoonful salt, and add the liquid from the pan.

6. 6

   Pour through a wire strainer and serve with the tomatoes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book (1901) by Johnson, Alice A.,, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fried Tomatoes. — Wash the tomatoes and cut them in slices without removing the skin. Mix together, sprinkle pepper, quar- ter teaspoonful salt and tablespoonful flour, and dredge the slices thoroughly on both sides. Have ready in the frying-pan enough melted butter to cover the bottom of the pan, and when hot lay in the tomatoes. When cooked, place them on a hot dish and keep them hot. Add half cup milk or water to the liquid in the pan. Melt and brown together half tablespoonful butter

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