I always pick any green tomatoes whenever the first frost threatens. I put them in my basement (or any cool dry place) to ripen.... and it always works. Just lay them on newspaper and make sure none are touching. I'll have fresh tomatoes for a couple months past the end of my season. Now that is definately a good thing!
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I do the same thing to ripen my green tomatoes at first frost...I always have alot..and they do fine.
I love fried green tomatoes and pickled green tomatoes too. What do they taste like??? Hmmmmm they have a taste all their own I guess...crispy and good..depends on the seasoning you use and what you fry them in I guess. I use butter myself and sprinkle them while cooking with some fresh or dried herbs, onion powder and lots of pepper and salt.I think this year we may have alot of those things.
Clare & Aunt Jenny - thanks so much for your input. The house I had before I married, didn't have a basement and I never ended up with as many green tomatoes as it looks like I'll have now. I'm going to definitely try keeping them in the cellar to ripen them, if the frost comes before the red does! Maybe I'll try frying them too, but somehow I can't get used to the fact that they're green (makes me think they'll be bitter).
It is amazing that those silly hard little things do ripen in time! I picked about 5 lb of green ones this morning to make pickled green tomatoes this afternoon. I need to start picking cellar tomatoes though. I have way too many to pick quickly when frost threatens..and that could be any day now!!
When life gives you tomatoes....
Posted - Sep 09 2004 : 1:17:29 PM
