At the end of the season I have wrapped green tomatoes in a piece of newsprint and stored them double layered in a box for a couple of weeks before unwrapping. If I find a ripened tomato then, great! If I find one that went bad, it had been separately wrapped and the ick didn’t get all over the others.
Yes, that will work. I'm picking them when they blush and allowing them to fully ripen indoors on my kitchen counter. No paper bag needed if they have blushed. The rest will become fried green tomatoes!
Or… slice 1/2" thick, dip in egg wash (egg and milk), dip in (cajun) seasoned cornmeal, and pan fry in peanut oil. You can also freeze the cornmeal covered tomato slices in a single layer on parchment paper, once frozen, toss them in a freezer bag and enjoy year round! Also works with squash and zucchini.
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At the end of the season I have wrapped green tomatoes in a piece of newsprint and stored them double layered in a box for a couple of weeks before unwrapping. If I find a ripened tomato then, great! If I find one that went bad, it had been separately wrapped and the ick didn’t get all over the others.
Yes, that will work. I'm picking them when they blush and allowing them to fully ripen indoors on my kitchen counter. No paper bag needed if they have blushed. The rest will become fried green tomatoes!
My mom and dad would do this and we would have tomatoes at least till Christmas.
Going to YouTube now !!!!
Fried green tomatoes are awesome.
I'm going to try pickling some of my green tomatoes this year.
You actually don't have to wrap them or put a apple or banana peel in the bag. Put them in a dark place….they rippen up anyway!
Sounds like fried green tomato season to me.
Or use a blusher or ripe tomato.
They will be better than what you can buy in the store.
Or… slice 1/2" thick, dip in egg wash (egg and milk), dip in (cajun) seasoned cornmeal, and pan fry in peanut oil. You can also freeze the cornmeal covered tomato slices in a single layer on parchment paper, once frozen, toss them in a freezer bag and enjoy year round! Also works with squash and zucchini.
Or make green tomato relish.. best stuff ever. I love to pull all the green tomatoes at end of season..
I harvested green tomatoes and used them for green tomato salsa
stick them on your kitchen window sill. no need to give them the gas
We prefer just having fried green tomatoes 🙂
Green tomato salsa time 😊
And it works great, I use a cardboard box works better especially if you have a bunch