Green tomatoes

[Mrs Boilerman]

Because of a recent frost warning and the plethora of tomatoes I've already canned this year, I stripped my garden Wednesday night. There are plenty of things I can do with the buckets full of peppers, but does anyone have ideas about what to do with the green tomatoes?

I made salsa verde a few years ago, but used tomatillos. Has anyone tried it with plain green tomatoes? Or has anyone out there successful with trying to turn them red in a paper bag? I heard it works, but have not tried it.

I hate the idea of all of these tommies going to waste, but like I said, have already processed about 150 pounds of the buggers into salsa and sauce and juice, so its not like I feel cheated or anything

[Get'n Jiggy]

I guess it would depend on if you want them to turn red, if so I've wrapped

them individually in newspaper and put them in a box. They'll ripen up at

room temp after a while. Some may go bad but individually wrapping them will

keep them so they don't all go bad.

[goblueM]

yes you can make salsa verde with green tomatoes, one of my mom's canning books (by Ball) had a recipe for that

you can also make green tomato chutney, which is very popular down south

or fried green tomatoes

[reinhard1]

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

4 large green tomatoes

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup cornmeal

1/2 cup bread crumbs

2 tsp. coarse kosher salt

1/4 tsp. gr. black pepper

vegetable oil

slice tomatoes 1/2 in thick. discard ends. wisk eggs and milk together in a medium size bowl. scoop flour onto a plate. mix cornmeal, bread crumbs and salt and pepper on another plate. dip tomatois into flour and coat. then dip the tomatos into milk and egg mixture. dredge breadcrumbs to completly coat.

in a large skillet, pour vegetable oil [enough so that there is 1/2 inch of oil in the pan] and beat over medium heat. place tomatoes into the frying pan in batches of 4 or 5, depending on the size of your skillet. do not crowd the tomatoes. they should not touch each other. when the tomatoes are browned, flip and fry them on the other side. drain on paper towels. good luck.

[Finns]

Might do a search for 'dilled green tomatoes'. Sidekick makes them and they taste so good!

[IlliniWalli]

pickled green tomaters are great. can make them as hot as you want.

GREEN TOMATO PICKLES

3 gallons green tomatoes, quartered or sliced

1 gallon chopped onion

1 qt. hot green peppers, or bell peppers

1/4 crushed red peppers (opt. if you want hot pickles)

3 pts. vinegar

6 c. sugar

1/2 c. salt

Combine all ingredients, cook, let come to a boil. Cook until they begin to change colors, pour into jars and seal. Do not over cook or they will not be crispy.

theres dozens of green tomato recipes at cooks.com

[OnAFly]

Green tomato relish is really good, but I never got the recipe for the one I tried.

[Cicada]

Big fan of tomato jam. Cook the ripe tomatoes with equal parts sugar and a few broken cinnamon sticks. Cook until reduced to jam consistency. Grandma always had some around and I didn't think I'd like it. She finally got me to try it a couple of years before she died and I now love the stuff.

My dad recently made green tomato jam. I have yet to try it. He put one package of raspberry jello for every cup of green tomatoes and threw in a few cinnamon sticks and reduce. He said it looks and tastes like raspberry jam with larger, softer seeds.

[buddha]

The garden guy on Fox 9 said to put them in the basement on a cardboard box. I did that last week and they are turning red.

[Crow Hunter]

+1 on the tomato jam. Here is our recipe:

Mix 3 cups mashed ripe tomatos (skins removed) and two cups sugar, boil for 12 minutes. Take it off the heat and add a box of lemon jello and stir.

[reinhard1]

GREEN TOMATO MINCEMEAT

1 1/2 pecks green tomato

4 1/2 lbs. brown sugar

3 lbs. raisins

1 1/2 cups suet

3 tbsp salt

3/4 cup water

4 lemons, ground up

3 tsp. cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp. cloves

3 tsp. nutmeg

5 cups chopped appoles

grated rind and juice of 1 orange

sprinkle chopped tomatoes with salt; let stand 1 hour then drain. cover with boiling water; let stand 5 minutes and drain. add other ingredients and cook until thick. good luck.

[reinhard1]

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

this one is right out of an old 1950's Kentuky cookbook.

slice green tomatoes, sprinkle with salt, pepper and little brown sugar. roll in corn meal, fry in hot bacon grease until golden brown. remove tomato slices, add flour and milk to remaining grease and make gravy. add salt and pepper to taste. serve with tomatoes and crisp bacon and hot biscuits, for late breakfast. good luck.

[thirdeye]

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

this one is right out of an old 1950's Kentuky cookbook.

slice green tomatoes, sprinkle with salt, pepper and little brown sugar. roll in corn meal, fry in hot bacon grease until golden brown. remove tomato slices, add flour and milk to remaining grease and make gravy. add salt and pepper to taste. serve with tomatoes and crisp bacon and hot biscuits, for late breakfast. good luck.

Hmmm, the gravy is a nice touch as is using bacon drippings. I was going to fry some green ones this evening and I do have some lard, so I might give that a go. I should skip the gravy this time, it would go straight to my thighs. Heheheee.