On Nov 3, 2:07*pm, Peppermint Patootie >
wrote:

>
> When I was growing up, fall meant that the dining room table was covered
> with newspaper and green tomatoes, all sitting not quite touching,
> stem-end down. *
>
> PP, T2, loves tomatoes


That sounds like a happy household

I wrapped 'em in individual strips of newspaper and nestled them in 2
layers in a cardboard box in the pantry, with the greenest on the
bottom layer. Most of them were romas, so they're on their sides.