Last weekend I visited the Eveleigh Markets in Sydney’s inner-city. These markets operate every Saturday morning in the old railway sheds.  They are held undercover, so it is a perfect place to rummage around searching for something for dinner.

These are great markets for picking up the weekly food shopping – fish, meat, breads, cakes, dips, fresh fruit and vegetables are all here in abundance – but I was thrilled to find something that is often hard to get. Green tomatoes.

I wanted to make fried green tomatoes. People from America, know these as a dish from the Deep South.  I connect it with the film Driving Miss Daisy. I love its simplicity, the acidic zip of the green tomatoes against the coating - and its feel of good old down-home comfort food.

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

6-8 medium green tomatoes

flour or fine cornmeal

salt and pepper or other spices

olive oil to fry