Fried Green Tomatoes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 or 5 medium green tomatoes
1/3 c. meal
3/4 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
1/4 c. shortening

Preparation

Wash tomatoes; remove stem ends.
Cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices.
Combine meal, salt and pepper; coat tomato slices with meal mixture.
Brown in shortening on one side; turn.
Reduce heat; cook until slices are brown on both sides.
Serve hot. Yield:
4 to 5 servings.