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Know when to child a cell
B eing a parent today is
not easy. We are really
up against many obsta¬
cles — sometimes it seems
as if we just can’t win. We
get the latest cable network
package, and we end up hav¬
ing to block half of the chan¬
nels because they are inap¬
propriate.
We buy our children the
latest video contraption and
after a while realize our chil¬
dren are addicted to the
games and no longer want to
pluy outside. We want our
children to be "well-round¬
ed," so we sign them up for
lots of activities, only to find
they are fatigued and severe¬
ly overscheduled. We give
our children comput¬
ers, and access to ^ .
the Internet, only t'fl
to discover we S
need major block
ing software to n
keep them from m
accidentally stum
bling upon pornog¬
raphy or perverts in
chat rooms. »
On the one hand,
our children seem to
huve so much opportu¬
nity; on the other hand, t,.
we have the added job
of policing all of these
modern technical
advances.
That brings me to the
cell phone issue. When our
oldest son, now a senior in
high school, wanted a cell
There’s an art to cooking fried green tomatoes
T ■ Unfortunately, L ried ere is green an art tomatoes. to too making many
restaurant cooks are artless.
They think they can when
they can’t.
It’s a risk sometimes to
order fried green tomatoes
from a menu. This I have
learned the hard way.
A while back, I spoke at
an event with the very sweet
and personable Melissa
Gilbert, she of Little House
On the Prairie fame. We were
in Owensboro, Ky. and after
the event, we joined a few
others for dinner. Melissa,
who was sitting by me, was
studying her menu when I
offered a suggestion.
“Melissa, they’ve got
fried green tomatoes on the
menu. If you haven’t ever
tried them, you should.” I
have to preach the Southern
gospel.
She grinned broadly. "1
was just looking at that. I
was raised in Southern
California so I’ve never tast¬
ed them,”
She ordered them then 1
excused myself from the
table to pay a visit to the
kitchen.
"This is the first time
she’s ever had them,” I told
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by Adlen m
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Robinson
for the
Forsyth
County
News
phone in sixth grade, we
thought that was ridiculous,
Why in the world would a
sixth grader need a cell
phone, anyway? As with
most things in families, he
became our guinea pig for
the whole cc
phone/children contro¬
versy. He begged us.
We held firm. He
pleaded and offered
to pay. We refused
.and insisted the
money had
nothing to do
with it.
We were
saying no
V w tut ,i. ^ w on princi¬
l ple, He
!®~0 <** insisted
that all of
his friends
had cell
phones. Could that
be true? I made a few calls
and discovered that was not
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Biting into a raw
green tomato -
which has happened
to me a few times -
isn't a pleasant
experience. I didn't
want that to happen
to Little Pint.
"
the kitchen staff. "So please
be sure to cook them well
“
He held begged firm. us.
We He
ffered pleaded and
O to pay. We
refused and insist¬
ed the money had
nothing to do with
it We were saying
no on principle. He
insisted that all of
his friends had cell
phones.
m
forgotten them.
All of that being said, I
have to udmit thut after just a
few months, I found I truly
loved that he had a cell
phone. Our cardinal rule,
was always, you had better
answer your phone when I
call. For parents, that is real¬
ly no small thing. To be able
to reach your child at any
moment is a great feeling of
comfort — especially for
mom.
The subject of texting is
also worth comment. Some
of my friends say they did
not get texting for their chil¬
dren because muny times
cyher bullying involves
children sending cruel
or inappropriate texts i
to euch other.
Of course I think
thut is terrible und
I do think texting
is something that
has to be moni- I ,
tored. But again, I *
once our chil
dren got texting, I
I found I loved '
the ability to
"talk” to them
when they were
with their friends, or
wherever they were.
I can text them and tell
them when I need them to
come home, where I will
pick them, up, etc. A great
idea is to set up your child’s
account so that there is a
specific number of texts they
the case, but that other par¬
ents were wrestling with the
decision as well.
We reluctantly caved
when he was in seventh
grade and bought him a cell
phone. We established rules,
of course, Because he is our
first child, we made lots of
rules and tons of mistakes,
I have always maintained
that those first borns children
are the true guinea pigs of
the family.
Once, he went over on his
minutes. Another time, he
signed up for ring tones and
was charged a tidy sum.
There were other bumbles,
but thankfully my brain has
done.’
Biting into a raw green
tomato — which has hap¬
pened to me a few times —
isn’t a pleasant experience,
I didn’t want that to happen
to Little Pint.
To the table, the waitress
brought a plate of the grape¬
fruit-sized slices. Melissa cut
a piece, dipped it in
remoulade sauce and
took a bite.
O It
deli
eious!” she
exclaimed, hastily cutting
another bite. She devoured -
daintily of course - the deli¬
cacy and then proclaimed
them one of the best things
she had ever eaten.
But if they had not been
cooked all the way through,
she’d surely have had anoth¬
er opinion.
I love,fried green tomato
sandwiches so I make them
regularly through the sum¬
mer months when I’m able to
pluck the tomatoes from a
nearby vine and fry them up
in my seasoned cast iron
skillet. I add crisp bacon,
cheese and mayonnaise on a
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As with all things, each
family has to decide what is
right for them. I know par
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great sandwich,
Is there anything
more deliciously Southern
than a fried green tomato
sandwich? For the record, the
best and most consistent I
have found is at actor
Morgan Freeman’s blues
club Ground Zero — in
Clarksdale, Miss. I once
drove over from Memphis,
90 miles away, just to have
one for lunch.
I had a good one at a
place on St. Simons Island,
Georgia. I couldn’t wait to
get back and have another.
The next time I was there, I
ordered a sandwich to go,
took it home and excitedly
bit into it. 1 spat it out. The
slices were thick and raw.
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should not have cell phones
until they have jobs and can
pay for them,
I think thut is some¬
thing to appluud. It’s
just not something
we decided to do in
the end. I also
know some purents
think even very
young children
should have cell
f phones,
In fact, I hear that
cell phones are now
being marketed to
children as young as 5
or 6, To me, that is just
silly, but every family is
different.
No matter what your
family’s cell phone philoso¬
phy is, be sure to monitor
your children’s cell phone
usage.
Similar to the Internet, if
you do not monitor your chil¬
dren’s cell phone habits, you
are in for trouble,
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green tomatoes; Slice them
thin. Salt them good on both
sides and let them set for a
few minutes so the salt will
draw more of the juices out.
Then dredge
them thorough
ly in corn meal
with pepper (some
times 1 make a batter
from the cornmeal
and buttermilk) and
plop them down in
hot oil in a cast iron
■ skillet. Turn the heat
down and let the toma
toes cook slowly. Putting a
lid on the skillet will help
them cook a bit quicker.
Once, they’re thoroughly
cooked, place on a paper
towel to absorb the extra oil.
Mama used to dice them
up and scramble cook them,
even adding either onion or
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My literary agent and I
once had lunch at a New
York restaurant owned by
famed television chef,
Bobby Flay. Since she also
represented him as an
author, he came over and sat
down with us.
"You should try my green
tomato sandwich,” he said to
me, grinning, It was raw, I
might add.
1 laughed. "In the South,
we fry our green tomatoes.”
He chuckled, “You guys
fry everything.”
Yes, it’s the art of frying.
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