"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>
> OR, forget about waiting for the green tomatoes to ripen and use them for
> pickles, fried green tomatoes, or green tomato pie (dessert) instead.
> You'll probably enjoy them more that way than the lackluster ripened
> tomato they become.
>
> Wayne

Uses for green tomatoes just were never part of life where I grew up--nor my
husband's. I would probably give a fair try to the items mentioned, but my
husband most definitely would not. Tucked away in his brain are many dark
rooms labeled "Don't Eat That--Suspicious Food Alert!"

Anyway, tomatoes home ripened in this manner taste nothing like the tomatoes
that we get at the grocery store in the winter. I think it probably comes
down to the varieties necessary for the rigorous life of a cross-country
grocery counter tomato vs. backyard varieties.

Janet