Fried Tomatoes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 large green tomatoes or firm red tomatoes
1 egg
1 c. yellow corn meal or flour (I prefer flour)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 c. vegetable oil
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine

Preparation

Get a large frying pan and place the vegetable oil and butter in it, but do not melt yet.
Rinse off tomatoes.
Slice tomatoes 1/4 inch thick.
Beat egg in a small mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
Set aside.
Combine the corn meal (or flour), salt and pepper.
Place this last mixture in a shallow bowl (wide cereal or soup size).
Dip the tomatoes in the egg batter first, then coat the tomato with the corn meal (or flour) mixture.