Fried Green Tomato BLT with Remoulade Sauce

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1 cup rice flour

1 cup water

Few dashes hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco)

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 cups fine yellow cornmeal

3 green tomatoes, sliced 1/4-inch thick

Canola oil, for frying

8 slices pain de mie, or other white sandwich bread, lightly toasted

Remoulade Sauce, recipe follows

1 pound applewood-smoked bacon, thinly sliced about 1/8-inch thick, cooked until crisp

Watercress

Remoulade Sauce:

2 egg yolks

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

1 teaspoon white wine vinegar

Canola oil

Salt and freshly ground pepper

1/4 cup whole grain mustard

4 cornichons, cut into small dice

1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme

Salt and freshly ground black pepper