Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 1940

Warning to Wives

It’s that time of the year again, and my other half is chomping at the bit to get out with the gang and hunt. He’s been cleaning his guns and fooling with his old hounds and doing everything short of baying at the moon. So, get ready to say goodbye to the boys for a while. Nothing that moves is safe … Remember last year, when Jack Butts shot a hole in the bottom of the rowboat? Idgie said they all sunk to the bottom of the lake while ten flocks of ducks flew right over their heads.

Congratulations to Stump Threadgoode for winning the first prize at the school Science Fair, with his project, “The Lima Bean … What Is It?”

Second prize went to Vernon Hadley, whose project was “Experimenting with Soap.”

Idgie has a big jar of dried lima beans on the counter, down at the cafe, and says anyone who guesses how many lima beans are in the jar gets a prize.

The photograph of Mr. Pinto did not turn out as well as expected, and is just a blur.

Ruth said to tell everybody that she has thrown the shrunken head out, because it was making people sick to see it on the counter while they were trying to eat. Ruth said it was nothing but a rubber head that Idgie had bought at the Magic Shop in Birmingham, anyway.

By the way, my other half says that somebody asked us over for supper, but he can’t remember who it was. So, whoever asked us, we will be happy to come, just call me and let me know.

… Dot Weems …

P.S. Opal says again to please stop feeding Boots.