"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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>
> "Goomba38" > wrote
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> I wish my neighbors would offer me tomatoes, no one has
>>> vegetable gardens, though. I didn't grow tomatoes this
>>> year,
>>> far too busy last spring. Next year. And I'm planting that
>>> lettuce leaf basil people talked about, too.
>
>> I grew two huge pots of tomatoes on the deck this year. One
>> has since died and is already in the composter but the other
>> is still producing and has a batch of green tomatoes on it as
>> well as many new buds. Cool weather has arrived today (80s)
>> and I'm not sure how long until it gets too cold? My fall
>> back plan is a fried green tomato meal if nothing else?
>
> When cold weather threatens the last of my tomatoes, I pick
> them
> and sit them somewhere and use them as they ripen.
>
> If I remember, next year I will try making fried green
> tomatoes
> because when I did make them, I didn't care for them. Weird
> because I *adore* fried pepper rings.
>

Have you tried wrapping green tomatoes in newspaper? They do
turn red tho' I don't think the flavor is the greatest.



--
Jim Silverton
Potomac, Maryland