Friday, November 05, 2010
Tomatoes
My tomato plants are loaded with tomatoes but I fear all of the good warm days are gone. Can I pick them and let them ripen on the counter? Do I keep them on the vines a bit longer? Is it time to say adios to this garden experiment? Because ultimately, with the weird weather we had this summer, it would have been a LOT cheaper to just buy a few tomatoes every time I went to the store instead of planting 'em myself. I'm on the fence as to whether or not I'll try again next year.
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I wouldn't have thought it was possible, but I know lots of people who have picked the green ones and let them ripen on the counter. Couldn't hurt, right?
You can find recipes for green tomatoes. One year, a long time ago when we were first married, we wrapped the green ones in newspaper and put them in a cool place --can't remember if that worked or not--but I am sure you could find out on the internet--where you can find everything!
The home grown ones taste so much better.
You gotta try one more year! Or maybe you could switch crops: zucchini (or other summer squash) grows if you even cast a sideways glance at it. And homegrown squash is also scrumptious.
Ideas for green tomatoes:
tart
relish
fried
all things I've tried in the past. Honestly, I just don't like the astringency in green tomatoes. But some do.
@Ms.A - Fried Greed Tomatoes?! That's the craziest thing I've ever heard. It would make a good movie title tho.
The big gardener at my work does it every year, picks them and they ripen over the next few months! I will experiment with different tomatoes next year and less of them . . . tomatoe overload this year! But only the little ones!
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