Bacon and Fried Green Tomato Sandwiches
I was in middle school, hanging at my best friend's house with the neighborhood kids. One boy, George, showed up at the house with a tomato in his hand. He asked for the salt shaker, and proceeded to eat the whole thing like a piece of fruit. I thought he was gross. And then I tried it. Wow. A good, fresh, ripe tomato is one of life's simple pleasures. Which is why the concept of fried green tomatoes confused the hell out of me. I mean ... fried = good as an almost universal truth, but why a hard green tomato. I chalked it up to a cultural thing I'd never understand, like driving SUVs or eating okra. I first tried this recipe for fried green tomato "sandwiches" a few years ago, shortly after I discovered the joy of Boursin. Its gone through a variety of changes. In my original recipe, I actually breaded the tomato slices with panko and used one to top off the sandwich. I think the open-face version is more fun (because you can make two, meaning more B...