Green Tomatoes

[yellow]

So I harvested the last of the red tomatoes from the garden today (sad, sad day ), the last of the peppers, a quantity of basil that can be descibed in POUNDS (from 5 plants that were about 2.5' tall) AND about 10 pounds of green tomatoes (probably another 10 still on the vine).

So tomorrow after I go to the last farmer's market of the year to stock up on winter vegetables (stored in the basement), I will be busy making pesto, roasting peppers for freezing, and green tomato ________________. My plans are to make baked green tomatoes (as a substitute for fried) and I am going to try a green tomato cake recipe that I found on About.com.

What do you do with your green tomatoes????

Happy fall!

[withm]

I used to wrap them in newspaper and store them in a single layer on shelves in the basement. Periodically I'd go down and feel em and bring up a couple that felt like they might be ripe. They DO ripen this way, and what a treat to have fresh home grown tomatoes at say Thanksgiving..... for your turkey sandwiches. You have to keep on them though - or you might come to find a bunch of tomato mush if you let them go too long.

Martha

[Zen]

There ain't much better on this earth than a green tomato fried right.
I say have a big Tomato Fry!

[Blueberry]

Pickles!! They taste sort of like a watermelon rind pickle! YUMMMM!!!!

[mtbdarby]

How do you fry green tomotoes right? I have them in my basement on cardboard and they are slowly ripening but I still have a bunch of green ones.

I have read, but never tried, leaving your tomatoes on the vine and hanging them over a water pipe. They are supposed to slowly ripen on the vine.

[smilingcat]

Slice into circles just under 1/2 inch thick, salt and pepper lightly, flour, then dip into egg mixture then bread them.

heat canola oil in cast iron just under 1/2 inch deep. bring oil up to about 350F (test by dropping bread crumb, it should sizzle and float but not burnt). slide breaded tomato cook for about one minute then flip over carefully, then cook until golden brown. Remove, drain oil and I do the no-no by placing it on clean paper towel to remove wick away any extra oil.

I like it with ketchup.

smilingcat

[Hub]

There ain't much better on this earth than a green tomato fried right.
I say have a big Tomato Fry!

Yummilicious - and I am glad y'all are using salt instead of cornmeal to fry-

Canuck- ever see the Jessica Tandy/Kathy Bates movie- Fried Green Tomatoes ?-- the fried tomatoes Kathy Bates character 'fixed' (that's southern for prepare) were sliced thick and dusted in cornmeal- Pauline-
that's my momma always sliced them kinda thin & used flour, salt & pepper-

she would fry up a big colander full & we would clean it out!

[Zen]

oh, i want some green tomatoes so bad. I saw a compost pile yesterday that had green tomatoes sitting on top.
I did consider stopping but was too chicken

[crazycanuck]

What exactly to Fried Green Tomatoes taste like??

They sound a bit unhealthy to me...but are they a treat?

C

[kelownagirl]

Fried green tomatoes taste like red tomatoes actually, only "stronger". I was leary at first but they are delish. I guess if you think butter is bad, you might think they aren't good for you, but other than the butter, they're a pretty good food to eat, imho.

I've always believed that "Life's to f'ing short to eat margarine".

That phrase pretty well sums up my philosophy that we need to eat healthfully most of the time but we also need to enjoy life. (Hope I haven't offended anyone... )

[vinbek]

I'm with Sandra. Fry them in corn meal and flour mix after lathering in egg.
Tastes as good as fried okra! Sounds like something you would buy at the Whistle STop Cafe. I was raised in Mississippi.....Bekki