freeze-damaged green tomatoes
We had our first hard freeze here last night. I stripped all the ripe
and near-ripe tomatoes a couple of days ago. Haven't been out to the garden yet today to see the carnage. I have a good recipe for green salsa, using tomatillos. Do you think it would work to substitute green tomatoes for most/all of the tomatillos? Bob |
freeze-damaged green tomatoes
zxcvbob wrote:
> We had our first hard freeze here last night. I stripped all the ripe > and near-ripe tomatoes a couple of days ago. Haven't been out to the > garden yet today to see the carnage. > > I have a good recipe for green salsa, using tomatillos. Do you think it > would work to substitute green tomatoes for most/all of the tomatillos? > > Bob Shouldn't make it taste bad. Do you have a cellar Bob? I've a gardening friend in a cold climate like yours who takes her tomato plants out of the ground and hangs them upside down in her cellar and then waits for the tomatoes to ripen. Never tried it myself as a cellar here would be an instant under-the-house swimming pool. |
freeze-damaged green tomatoes
George Shirley wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote: >> We had our first hard freeze here last night. I stripped all the ripe >> and near-ripe tomatoes a couple of days ago. Haven't been out to the >> garden yet today to see the carnage. >> >> I have a good recipe for green salsa, using tomatillos. Do you think >> it would work to substitute green tomatoes for most/all of the >> tomatillos? >> >> Bob > > Shouldn't make it taste bad. Do you have a cellar Bob? I've a gardening > friend in a cold climate like yours who takes her tomato plants out of > the ground and hangs them upside down in her cellar and then waits for > the tomatoes to ripen. Never tried it myself as a cellar here would be > an instant under-the-house swimming pool. I thought about that, but it only has a 7' ceiling 8-) Besides, it's too late because the plants have already frozen. I covered one of the pepper plants I'd like to keep going. Not sure if it survived or not, but if so I'll dig it up and pot it. Bob |
freeze-damaged green tomatoes
sometime in the recent past George Shirley posted this:
> zxcvbob wrote: >> We had our first hard freeze here last night. I stripped all the ripe >> and near-ripe tomatoes a couple of days ago. Haven't been out to the >> garden yet today to see the carnage. >> >> I have a good recipe for green salsa, using tomatillos. Do you think >> it would work to substitute green tomatoes for most/all of the >> tomatillos? >> >> Bob > > Shouldn't make it taste bad. Do you have a cellar Bob? I've a gardening > friend in a cold climate like yours who takes her tomato plants out of > the ground and hangs them upside down in her cellar and then waits for > the tomatoes to ripen. Never tried it myself as a cellar here would be > an instant under-the-house swimming pool. Did that once too George. Before I had a concrete floor, I hung them up as you said. IIRC, though, they ripened, but lacked much flavor. -- Wilson 44.69, -67.3 |
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