Recipe: Fried Yellow Squash

Fried Yellow Squash
rec.food.recipes/M. Messer (1999)

I have a wonderful recipe for frying yellow squash - as follows

Vegetable oil - 1" depth, heated until just before smoking
yellow squash, cut in 1/8 - 1/4-inch slices
1 cup buttermilk
mixture of:
1/2 yellow cornmeal
1/2 all-purpose flour
salt to taste

Soak squash in buttermilk to cover, at least 5 minutes Dredge in cornmeal, flour, salt mixture ( I use a Ziploc baggie & shake until covered) Fry in vegetable oil until golden, turn and fry until lightly golden on other side Salt lightly as remove from oil & drain on paper towels.

This is delicious - also works for fried green tomatoes (cut green tomatoes at least 1/4-inch slices). If you like fried okra - batter should be 1 cup milk + 1 egg. Dredge in same mixture as above & salt as you do for squash & drain on paper towels.