Knob Creek
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Got some green tomatoes left in the garden. What to do with them. Freeze? Can? Relish?
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Slice, egg wash, dredge in seasoned cornmeal, and pan fry in olive oil. Yummy!
Fried green tomatoes. Delicious!
I definitely second the fried green tomatoes idea, but if you've got time and patience, many a tomato will ripen in a sunny window. It's late in the season and the fruit isn't on the vine anymore, but you'll still get a ripe tomato that's pretty darn good.
Green tomatoes also pair nicely with tomatillos in a nice salsa verde. Just chop 'em all up, add salt and lime juice to taste, toss in some chopped cilantro and maybe something for some extra heat if you need it. Great with corn chips.
They are also good pickled.
Much faster than a sunny window is to put them in a brown paper bag and throw in a green banana. The gasses that the ripening banana gives off will hasten the ripening process of the tomatoes. Close the bag, wait a few days and check. This is what I have been doing for years. It really works! Note that some tomatoes will not ripen no matter what you do...good luck.
I definitely second the fried green tomatoes idea, but if you've got time and patience, many a tomato will ripen in a sunny window. It's late in the season and the fruit isn't on the vine anymore, but you'll still get a ripe tomato that's pretty darn good.
Green tomatoes also pair nicely with tomatillos in a nice salsa verde. Just chop 'em all up, add salt and lime juice to taste, toss in some chopped cilantro and maybe something for some extra heat if you need it. Great with corn chips.