Fellow country folk will recognise the scene. Green Tomatoes brought in from the garden in the hope that they'll ripen on a windowsill, in the airing cupboard, or elsewhere.
Some will ripen, but most won't. In the past I've made chutney, that no-one ate. This year I've made short term pickles (they only keep for a month). Slices of Green Tomato in vinegar, water, sugar, salt, and black peppercorns. I have tasted them, and they're good.
I may hang some loaded tresses from a beam somewhere, and hope they ripen like that. We'll see.
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We slice green tomatoes 🍅 and roll them in cornmeal and fry them in oil. A southern delicacy which is a delicious accompaniment to a meal. (fried green tomatoes) I’m sure there are many variances to the recipe on Google.
I have eaten fried green tomatoes, they were very good. Thanks for reminding me; I shall do some more.
You've got quite a lot there . I hope many do ripen for you. Any sunshine now?
Yes, it was warm yesterday, and should remain so for a few days. Thank goodness!
Apparently putting them in a paper bag with a banana tip end them. I've never tried it though so it may not be true!
Not tip end, to ripen.
I second the fried green tomatoes. My grandmother made the best.
I pop mine in a paper bag and leave them in my shed, they all ripen and not all at the same time.
Another fried green fan here, but this year every one has ripened for me.
My washing up bowl full of green tomatoes are ripening nicely in the utility room, at a good spaced out pace.
I've also done some exactly like that, but no luck so far.
I shall have some for lunch today!
The one's above are behind a big glass window, which gets lots of sun. I think they will ripen eventually; but it's never the same as ripening in the open sunshine.
You're lucky. Our crop has been hopeless, and very late. Using them green is the best solution.
I haven't looked at mine for a couple of days, perhaps they are ripening too. I shall inspect this afternoon. I was going to use your pickling recipe, but decided to do a quick non-preserved method.
Give me green tomato chutney any day.
I dehydrated some of our tomato crop when they did ripen, then used them to see if it would be worth doing in future. Adds an extra good note to dishes
I think we left ours too late at the allotment. The red ones had split and the green ones went black. We have already had loads though but next year will remember to pick the last ones sooner.
I heard that green tomatoes will go red if you sing to them. Popular songs by Little Mix and Stormzy have proven to be especially successful. You can find their lyrics via Google.
Another week or two and Paul will be removing all this year's tomato plants from the greenhouse. A depressing thought.
I've made it in the past, but it tended to go to the back of the fridge.
I was hoping to do lots of sun-dried tomatoes this year, but I had a total crop failure. Next year!
Some of my green ones are now split. We had lots of rain just at the wrong time, and they swelled too quickly.
I've been singing 'Simply Red' songs; maybe that's where I've gone wrong.
I took out all my Courgette plants yesterday, and dug-over the bare patch. Winter approaches.
I am still picking red, but next week, it will probably be all green. I could try putting them in a paper bag, but even if they ripen, they don’t taste as good. Frying them will be better.
Green tomato marmalade is rather good (recipes on t'internet).
Another vote for fried green tomatoes here! I once had a veggie burger with a slice of FGT on it and it was delicious!
Avocados in my case. They fall off the tree, hard as artillery shells but I collect them all, stuff 'em into plastic bags and pray. I have even tried including a ripening banana into the mix. Marcia tells me to leave the windfalls and enjoy the real stuff in November, but where's the fun in that?
I'm thinking of the film title, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
They all look so good, red or green !
They really do need hot sunshine to ripen properly. That's where the flavour comes from.
That's a new one on me; thanks, I'll look it up.
Plenty of votes for FGT's. I need to experiment a bit more; mine never taste quite right.
It's hard enough trying to buy ripe Avocados in the shops. I once bought a small bag of about 6, and they refused to ripen. I had to throw them all away.
It was an unforgettable title, but I never got to see the film.
We often use semi-ripe ones in our salads, maybe I should try green ones!
I grew my cherry tomatoes specially to use them in place of tomatillos to make green enchillada sauce. It worked very well too, I had so many that I have bagged them up and put them in the freezer for more sauce later on.
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