Green Tomato Recipes, Please!!

pdxwindjammer · August 22, 2010

Well, it seems that September is right around the corner and I will be left with countless unripened tomatoes by the time our season ends. I would guess that many others in the NW part of the USA will be faced with the same issue unless growing in a greenhouse.

Although I have a few plants with ripe fruit, they are in the minority. For others in the Pacific Northwest, I would love to hear how your plants are doing and what early varieties have red fruit right now!

We have had a few very hot days but our summer started late and it didn't quit raining until June. We have also had nightly temps falling into the 50's each night and many weeks with temps that didn't hit 80 degrees.

Last year I made a wonderful spicy green tomato relish with my leftover green tomatoes. I realize there are many recipes on the web but I would love to see a "Green Tomato Recipes" catagory under the recipes section and have all of you kind folks post your favorite green tomato recipes!

Zana · August 22, 2010

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Originally Posted by pdxwindjammer

Well, it seems that September is right around the corner and I will be left with countless unripened tomatoes by the time our season ends. I would guess that many others in the NW part of the USA will be faced with the same issue unless growing in a greenhouse.

Although I have a few plants with ripe fruit, they are in the minority. For others in the Pacific Northwest, I would love to hear how your plants are doing and what early varieties have red fruit right now!

We have had a few very hot days but our summer started late and it didn't quit raining until June. We have also had nightly temps falling into the 50's each night and many weeks with temps that didn't hit 80 degrees.

Last year I made a wonderful spicy green tomato relish with my leftover green tomatoes. I realize there are many recipes on the web but I would love to see a "Green Tomato Recipes" catagory under the recipes section and have all of you kind folks post your favorite green tomato recipes!

There already is a thread for Green Tomato Recipes. I've snagged more than a few from there. The Green Tomato Mincemeat is totally delish! I need to make more this year, as I'm totally out now. Might even go in search of more green/unripe tomatoes so that I can make more than I'll have unripe fruit for.

MikeT_PDX · August 22, 2010

This season has been a real eye opener for me in terms of what varieties can thrive during an unusually short, cool summer.

Of my 25 or so plants, Paul Robeson and Gregori's Altai are the clear winners. Both are HUGE with tons of large green tomatoes. No blossom end rot like last season. Also very few ripe ones, but I think they're just a week or so away.

Winners: (by that I mean healthy plants loaded with fruit that are nearly ripe)
Paul Robeson
Gregori's Altai
Brandywine Red
Dora
Thessaloniki
Sandul Moldovan
Pruden's Purple
Black Krim

Losers: (undersize plants or few/no fruit and obviously weeks away from ripening)
Kellogg's Breakfast
Omar's Lebanese
Great White
Coustralee
Sierra Leone

BlackestKrim · August 22, 2010

Here are the threads:

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=27
http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=84

I have a bunch of green cherry tomatoes, from some sick plants I tore up to prevent the others from being contaminated. They're too small for frying- which recipe do people recommend for those? Relish? Salsa?

Zana · August 22, 2010

Last year I made the mincemeat with about 6 quarts of green cherry tomatoes. But up to you. I should think anything you want to make fast, that would work, since it would not involve as much chopping.

pdxwindjammer · August 23, 2010

Ah, I will have a look at the green tomato recipe thread in the recipe forum. I must have missed it.

Mike, did you get the Sierra Leone from me? I gave a few seeds to two people that I got as a gift from Tatiana but I can't remember who I gave them to. I have two plants, one in e SWC that didn't do didly and the other planted in my community garden plot that is loaded with interestingly ridged fruits. People that garden around me keep asking what kind of vegetable it is and are amazed when I tell them they are tomatoes. I am hoping to get some ripe ones before our short season ends!

August 22, 2010	#1
pdxwindjammer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 625	Green Tomato Recipes, Please!! Well, it seems that September is right around the corner and I will be left with countless unripened tomatoes by the time our season ends. I would guess that many others in the NW part of the USA will be faced with the same issue unless growing in a greenhouse. Although I have a few plants with ripe fruit, they are in the minority. For others in the Pacific Northwest, I would love to hear how your plants are doing and what early varieties have red fruit right now! We have had a few very hot days but our summer started late and it didn't quit raining until June. We have also had nightly temps falling into the 50's each night and many weeks with temps that didn't hit 80 degrees. Last year I made a wonderful spicy green tomato relish with my leftover green tomatoes. I realize there are many recipes on the web but I would love to see a "Green Tomato Recipes" catagory under the recipes section and have all of you kind folks post your favorite green tomato recipes!

August 22, 2010	#3
MikeT_PDX Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 17	This season has been a real eye opener for me in terms of what varieties can thrive during an unusually short, cool summer. Of my 25 or so plants, Paul Robeson and Gregori's Altai are the clear winners. Both are HUGE with tons of large green tomatoes. No blossom end rot like last season. Also very few ripe ones, but I think they're just a week or so away. Winners: (by that I mean healthy plants loaded with fruit that are nearly ripe) Paul Robeson Gregori's Altai Brandywine Red Dora Thessaloniki Sandul Moldovan Pruden's Purple Black Krim Losers: (undersize plants or few/no fruit and obviously weeks away from ripening) Kellogg's Breakfast Omar's Lebanese Great White Coustralee Sierra Leone

August 22, 2010	#4
BlackestKrim Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 147	Here are the threads: http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=27 http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=84 I have a bunch of green *cherry* tomatoes, from some sick plants I tore up to prevent the others from being contaminated. They're too small for frying- which recipe do people recommend for those? Relish? Salsa?

August 22, 2010	#5
Zana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,521	Last year I made the mincemeat with about 6 quarts of green cherry tomatoes. But up to you. I should think anything you want to make fast, that would work, since it would not involve as much chopping.

August 23, 2010	#6
pdxwindjammer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 625	Ah, I will have a look at the green tomato recipe thread in the recipe forum. I must have missed it. Mike, did you get the Sierra Leone from me? I gave a few seeds to two people that I got as a gift from Tatiana but I can't remember who I gave them to. I have two plants, one in e SWC that didn't do didly and the other planted in my community garden plot that is loaded with interestingly ridged fruits. People that garden around me keep asking what kind of vegetable it is and are amazed when I tell them they are tomatoes. I am hoping to get some ripe ones before our short season ends!