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Ok, no offense to anyone who has posted but the closest Correct way to fry these babies was posted by "cashflyer" from Greenville, South Carolina. Beer batter is better for onion rings or mushrooms.
However, he came close, but didn't hit the nail on the head. I live about 15-minutes from the Irondale Cafe in Irondale, Alabama which was the model for the cafe in Fannie Flagg's book, "Fried Green Tomotoes at the Whistlestop Cafe" that the movie - the one without lesbians, but who knows how that could have advanced the plot - was based. I've eaten them there. They are divine.

Being born and bred in the Deep South where we know how to fry anything, and I mean anything, follow the instructions on "cashflyer's" post but mix in some corn meal with the flour, about a 70-30 corn meal/flour ratio. You Must use a hot Cast Iron skillet to properly fry whatever you can grab hold of.

There was a great line in that movie. The character played by Kathy Bates was searching for a parking space in a shopping center lot. She'd driven around, waited, etc. until her patience was worn thin. All if a sudden she sees a space opening up and starts to roll toward it. Just then a young, hot-tail girl slips in front of her. The girls makes the mistake of saying to Bates, whom I seem to remember was having some sort of age crisis at the time, "Face it, I'm younger and quicker" or something along those lines. Bates, who's had enough, puts her car in reverse, backs up, then speeds forward ramming the bimbo's car repeatedly. As the girl shrieks in horror. Bates then says to her, "Face it, I'm older and have better insurance."

I see Fannie Flagg from time to time when she comes home to Birmingham. She's an excellent writer as well as actress. She played in Five Easy pieces with Jack Nicholson as the waitress who Jack and his cronies were giving a rough time in this little diner... there's a scene where Jack keeps ordering something they didn't normally serve and goes all "Jack" on her. He keeps telling he doesn't want something on his sandwich or some substitute and she's all they don't do it that way, etc. She finally asks him what he wants her to do with the cheese, eggs, or whatever, and he tells her to 'Put it between your knees" in the evil, low drawl Nicholson has. A classic movie!

I'll sugest to Fannie she do a sequel to Friend Green Tomatoes featuring lesbians.
Who should be in the movie?

Just saw the post from "vash" you're right about the corn meal being the base!!!