Trivia / Fried Green Tomatoes

• Queer Show Ghetto: In the film version, the lesbian romance was toned down to being implied instead of explicit to market to mainstream audiences.
• The Red Stapler: Fried green tomatoes, believe it or not, were not widely associated with the South prior to the release of this film, nor could they be easily found there. When you consider that green tomatoes are unripe, and so are picked from the vine to be eaten prematurely (i.e. ahead of an early frost, which most of the subtropical South does not experience), this makes sense. Today you can find fried green tomatoes throughout the South, in restaurants running the gamut from the greasiest spoon to the most genteel fine dining.

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