Tomatoes Too Soon. A Question

AlittleSalt · June 30, 2014

We are having a 4th of July party and the tomatoes I want everyone to enjoy got ready to pick all at the same time - a week too soon. Some of the guests like the tomatoes be really firm, and others like them to be dark red and sweet. The tomatoes are SS Cherry 100s and Porter. Normally, we store them in an open tub/container on our kitchen bar. I've read that storing tomatoes in the refrigerator causes them to go soft, tasteless, and mealy. The 4th is still 5 days away, so my question is:

How would you store about 150 small tomatoes to where they do not get overripe? Oh, and I picked these tomatoes 2 and 4 days ago.

June 30, 2014	#1
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Tomatoes Too Soon. A Question We are having a 4th of July party and the tomatoes I want everyone to enjoy got ready to pick all at the same time - a week too soon. Some of the guests like the tomatoes be really firm, and others like them to be dark red and sweet. The tomatoes are SS Cherry 100s and Porter. Normally, we store them in an open tub/container on our kitchen bar. I've read that storing tomatoes in the refrigerator causes them to go soft, tasteless, and mealy. The 4th is still 5 days away, so my question is: How would you store about 150 small tomatoes to where they do not get overripe? Oh, and I picked these tomatoes 2 and 4 days ago.