Green Tomatoes

[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

[kelownagirl]

Yum, except I fry them in butter ( ) and ketchup?? To each his own I guess...

[smilingcat]

Ketchup is a universal sauce. It goes on hamburger, it goes on omlette, it goes on just about anything else heck I even used it on herbed potato tonight ...

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