Our Vienna Farmers Market Website Recipe Contest has concluded and we have a Winner!

Tina McElhatton is the winner. Please join us in congratulating her. She has won $50 redeemable in vendor foods at the Vienna Farmers Market.

Grandma McElhatton's Fried Tomatoes (serves 2)

Ingredients

• 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled (Old Pioneer Kitchen)
  
• 4 slices toast (Becky's Pastries – cheddar bread or bun bread)
  
• 3 -4 tblsp olive oil
  
• 1 onion, chopped (Lois's Produce, McLeaf's, Kuhn's, Friendly Hall, or Westmoreland)
  
• 1 tea chopped garlic (Westmoreland, McLeaf, Kuhn's, Friendly Hall, or Lois's Produce)
  
• 4 large very ripe tomatoes (McLeaf's, Kuhn's, Westmoreland, or Friendly Hall)
  
• Flour – about 1 cup
  
• Salt and pepper to taste
  
• ½ to 1 cup (South Mountain Creamery) milk
  

Preparation

• Slice tomatoes and dredge in flour.
  
• Heat olive oil in large skillet.
  
• Add tomatoes and onions and sauté over medium heat, turning and breaking up tomatoes.
  
• Add more tomatoes as they break up, along with chopped garlic.
  
• Sauté about 5 minutes, until tomatoes are chunky and soft.
  
• Season with salt and pepper.
  
• Add milk, a little at a time, and continue to cook till thickened.
  

To serve, toast bread, top with crumbled bacon, and pour fried tomatoes over.

This recipe was passed down and is from the 1950s! It is Tina's husband's grandmother's recipe. Easy to make it passed all tests by our judges—easy to make, great taste, and includes wonderful products from multiple Vienna Farmers Market Vendors.

Stay tuned next year for the same contest! Try this recipe out. It is delish! Yum.