tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post2344392276332998577..comments2023-10-29T04:31:51.216-05:00Comments on Whistlestop Cafe Cooking: A Novel EventSandi @the WhistleStop Cafehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06113437420890699732noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-64486931011673482122007-10-07T09:15:00.000-05:002007-10-07T09:15:00.000-05:00My mouth is pure watering for fried green tomatoes...My mouth is pure watering for fried green tomatoes now! Beautiful!Deborah aka Miss Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333710343286697009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-8918433044594143352007-09-28T01:03:00.000-05:002007-09-28T01:03:00.000-05:00The book was so good! Talk about seasonal! I lov...The book was so good! <BR/>Talk about seasonal! I love these on the banner and I love them on my plate. I'll be hoping there are some late tomatoes on my plants when we get back to Dallas in mid October.<BR/>Excellent.MyKitchenInHalfCupshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07321041059604871286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-48653337855668776382007-09-26T23:38:00.000-05:002007-09-26T23:38:00.000-05:00Oh yum! I'll be trying this recipe this weekend f...Oh yum! I'll be trying this recipe this weekend for sure. Thanks.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08423696800295940382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-13179827018231520392007-09-23T19:55:00.000-05:002007-09-23T19:55:00.000-05:00I just love that book, Sandi. I also love fried gr...I just love that book, Sandi. I also love fried green tomatoes. Have you had FGTs at Jim 'n' Nicks? They're wonderful. <BR/>Actually, I like all of Fanny's books; I've read them all. They're so much fun, and so funny.Susan @ Blackberry Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16422203856244038266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-70347766395419518022007-09-23T18:12:00.000-05:002007-09-23T18:12:00.000-05:00Thanks for visiting my blog. My grandmother used t...Thanks for visiting my blog. My grandmother used to make fried green tomatoes and everyone still talks about how much they miss them since she passed away. The movie was filmed in my hometown, in my friend's parent's home. Isnt' that cool?sugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10417704452630702732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-56584818643203678802007-09-23T13:47:00.000-05:002007-09-23T13:47:00.000-05:00Sandi - what a wonderful post!I just made fried gr...Sandi - what a wonderful post!<BR/>I just made fried green tomatoes the other day and I was not happy with them. The recipe said to dip first in flour, then egg, then cornmeal. So, they came out really cornmeally, almost gritty...Now your recipe seems just right, to mix more flour with less corn meal together. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-29480748721453714462007-09-22T22:59:00.000-05:002007-09-22T22:59:00.000-05:00Lisa~ thanks for hosting it!Dee~ We are the cafe F...Lisa~ thanks for hosting it!<BR/>Dee~ We are the cafe Fannie wrote about... kind of.<BR/>DebraK~ GOOD!<BR/>MaryAnn~ I was flipping through the cannels and saw it too. I wondered if any of you watched it.<BR/>Paz~ I have posted another recipe that is a little different... check the side bar.Sandi @the WhistleStop Cafehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06113437420890699732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-9416840699703027452007-09-22T20:45:00.000-05:002007-09-22T20:45:00.000-05:00This is sooo ignorant of me, but I didn't know thi...This is sooo ignorant of me, but I didn't know this was a book. I enjoyed the movie very much and have always wanted to make fried green tomatoes. With your recipe, now I can. Yay! Thanks!<BR/><BR/>PazAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-88280779743601092172007-09-22T19:02:00.000-05:002007-09-22T19:02:00.000-05:00oooo..I knew you were making fried green tomatoes!...oooo..I knew you were making fried green tomatoes! haha. Great job. They look so yummy. And the movie was just on 2 nights ago :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-84309917512891332432007-09-22T14:24:00.000-05:002007-09-22T14:24:00.000-05:00I feel faint with hunger lust!!! I love Fannie Fl...I feel faint with hunger lust!!! I love Fannie Flagg and freid green tomatoes. Thank you for giving us the inside story, so to speak. Wonderful post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-58357934255112454452007-09-22T14:08:00.000-05:002007-09-22T14:08:00.000-05:00Gosh, I've NEVER had fried green tomatoes.....are ...Gosh, I've NEVER had fried green tomatoes.....are they really good?<BR/><BR/>Love the idea of a novel & a recipe.Debra from Bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539362962804034595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-69713971052446280982007-09-22T13:01:00.000-05:002007-09-22T13:01:00.000-05:00I wondered if their was a relationsheip between yo...I wondered if their was a relationsheip between your "Whistle Stop Cafe" and the book!!! I loved the movie (never read the book) infact it is one of my all time favorites!!!<BR/><BR/>And fried green tomatoes are one of my favorite things to eat (fried green tomatos with fried ochra!!! Nothing better!!)Dee Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168414683688931601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-58466433360155678392007-09-22T11:36:00.000-05:002007-09-22T11:36:00.000-05:00Sandi, I must be losing it. I thought I had alread...Sandi, I must be losing it. I thought I had already left a comment on your wonderful tomatoes. Thank you so much for taking part in our event. I'm going to use your recipe the next time I make these!<BR/><BR/>I really must read the book. I adore the movie, of course, but have never actually read the novel.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01970997615781244805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-19570976206854652452007-09-22T11:15:00.000-05:002007-09-22T11:15:00.000-05:00Mallow~ thanks for stopping inBecky~ You must get ...Mallow~ thanks for stopping in<BR/>Becky~ You must get the movie, or read the book!<BR/>Janet~ I bet you've fried a green tomato or 2<BR/>Jamie Dawn~ We could be your one stop christmas shop Ho-Ho-Ho<BR/>Kat~ ((hugs)) <BR/>TW~ scrumptious!<BR/>Sandie~ come back often, we love sandi's of all spellingsSandi @the WhistleStop Cafehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06113437420890699732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-4976592768834347442007-09-22T03:42:00.000-05:002007-09-22T03:42:00.000-05:00Hi Sandi and Bill,Great movie and recipe! I've lov...Hi Sandi and Bill,<BR/>Great movie and recipe! I've loved the film since I won the video in a local newspaper competition and often play it when I'm feeling challenged, i.e when I have difficult descisions to make. This film has it all, love, laughter sadness, devotion, family values and so much more.<BR/>Wonderful blog by the way, I shall be visiting often!<BR/><BR/>Best wishes,<BR/>Sandie (Sandie's Patch)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-53450271088085813172007-09-21T20:45:00.000-05:002007-09-21T20:45:00.000-05:00Great idea! There are all sorts of tasty food sc...Great idea! There are all sorts of tasty food scenes in novels! The fried green tomatoes look scrumptious!T.W. Barritt at Culinary Typeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08707931838240978818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-84603194158491982332007-09-21T20:38:00.000-05:002007-09-21T20:38:00.000-05:00I love the book and I love fried green tomatoes. ...I love the book and I love fried green tomatoes. It makes my mouth water just to think about them! Yum Yum!<BR/><BR/>Hugs!<BR/>KatJustabeachkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06730467440181411875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-18545480487989398362007-09-21T18:20:00.000-05:002007-09-21T18:20:00.000-05:00Oh my, oh my!!!What a find this blog of your is!Th...Oh my, oh my!!!<BR/>What a find this blog of your is!<BR/>Thanks so much for your visit to my place.<BR/><BR/>Fried Green Tomatoes are YUMMY to the max!<BR/><BR/>I love the movie Fried Green Tomatoes, and it is so neat that some of it is based on your cafe.<BR/><BR/>My dad, son, brother, and I went on a five day driving vacation in early August. <BR/>We did the World's Longest Yard Sale which began at its southernmost point in Gadsden, AL, at Noccalula Falls. <BR/>How FUN it would have been to visit your cafe if we were in your neck of the woods!!!<BR/><BR/>Maybe we'll stop in someday for some good comfort food. Who knows??<BR/><BR/>I also am glad you have an online store. I may do some Christmas shopping there.Jamie Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036600186909466411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-21031897291836964022007-09-21T18:14:00.000-05:002007-09-21T18:14:00.000-05:00These fried green tomatoes look crispy in the pict...These fried green tomatoes look crispy in the picture. Thanks for sharing this recipe.JANEThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410943352661289818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-27754606595623381432007-09-21T11:59:00.000-05:002007-09-21T11:59:00.000-05:00What a great story! I love Southern Cooking and g...What a great story! I love Southern Cooking and grew up on it. My mom is from Missouri...kinda Southern...and she fried everything!! Yum!<BR/><BR/>I am going to have to read the book now!!! <BR/><BR/>xo,<BR/><BR/>BeckySweet Cottage Dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585280807777813283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-6469848928989545282007-09-20T21:10:00.000-05:002007-09-20T21:10:00.000-05:00What a great idea for a post - I love it!What a great idea for a post - I love it!Mallowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567055146387609802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-54191197468234080112007-09-20T17:30:00.000-05:002007-09-20T17:30:00.000-05:00Simona~ Ciao! I will email you back about the apro...Simona~ Ciao! I will email you back about the apron!<BR/>Cherry~ Even Yankee's like good southern cookin'... just ask Beachy<BR/>Jill~ you gotta try them once<BR/>Shabby~ I know where you can get one.<BR/>Pat~ can't wait to hear about it.<BR/>KJ~ I'd love to hear it.<BR/>Sandi~ Check out Lisa's for the rules.Sandi @the WhistleStop Cafehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06113437420890699732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-16385855039809538122007-09-20T17:03:00.000-05:002007-09-20T17:03:00.000-05:00Just came in from our Thursday night Date...dinner...Just came in from our Thursday night Date...dinner out every Thursday, no matter what...I had much rather have those fried green tomatoes than what I had at the Golden Nugget in Jefferson...altho the bloomin' onion wasn't half bad! Do you need to post a recipe with the book and quote? I need to go reread your post, and get my head out of the batter!Sandi McBridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033518416111957858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-12406214835620440212007-09-20T15:56:00.000-05:002007-09-20T15:56:00.000-05:00What a warm and wonderful legacy to be commemorate...What a warm and wonderful legacy to be commemorated in Fannies book! Wow! I have Fannie's audio version of "Standing in the Rainbow." I feeling rather inspired to pick up "Green Fried Tomatoes..."<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the recipe!<BR/><BR/>KJAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15167917352305953212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684275374358423421.post-47007896155509924062007-09-20T10:30:00.000-05:002007-09-20T10:30:00.000-05:00You know I HAD to go out and buy that book once I ...You know I HAD to go out and buy that book once I did my first Whistlestop order! =)Cape Cod Washashorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07267024473330532083noreply@blogger.com