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Hi All,

"Saturday NightMostly clear, with a low around 29."

Well all fifty of my green tomatoes will be lost.

Any way to get them to ripen before then?

-T
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On 10/7/2025 5:02 PM, T wrote:

Hi All,

"Saturday NightMostly clear, with a low around 29."

Well all fifty of my green tomatoes will be lost.

Any way to get them to ripen before then?

-T

Pick them and leave them in a sunny window .
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Snag
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when they stayed foreign ...
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T wrote:

Hi All,

"Saturday NightMostly clear, with a low around 29."

Well all fifty of my green tomatoes will be lost.

Any way to get them to ripen before then?

pick them and bring them inside.

better than losing them.

green tomatoes are edible, but even if you don't
eat them green they may eventually ripen.

just keep an eye on them for ones the begin to rot.


songbird
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On 2025-10-08, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:

T wrote:

Hi All,

"Saturday NightMostly clear, with a low around 29."

Well all fifty of my green tomatoes will be lost.

Any way to get them to ripen before then?

pick them and bring them inside.

better than losing them.

green tomatoes are edible, but even if you don't
eat them green they may eventually ripen.

just keep an eye on them for ones the begin to rot.

i'll take any unwanted green tomatoes. :)

due to life events i missed out on bingeing on green fried
tomatoes this year. :/
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Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> writes:

On 10/7/2025 5:02 PM, T wrote:

Hi All,

"Saturday NightMostly clear, with a low around 29."

Well all fifty of my green tomatoes will be lost.

Any way to get them to ripen before then?

-T

Pick them and leave them in a sunny window .

I've heard some say it is better to cut the part of the vine(s)
with fruit and bring that in. But I don't have any experience
trying that.
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| And say it's dangerous to try
| Well they just don't know
| That love eternal will not be denied
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On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 15:02:45 -0700, T <T@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

Hi All,

"Saturday NightMostly clear, with a low around 29."

Well all fifty of my green tomatoes will be lost.

Any way to get them to ripen before then?

Will the chill be sufficiently short lived that you can
cover them up one night?

The *really* green ones make a nice addition to giardienera.
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flood of sins wrote:
...

i'll take any unwanted green tomatoes. :)

ha!

due to life events i missed out on bingeing on green fried
tomatoes this year. :/

sad...

for some reason we've never been into putting any
coating on them and just fry them in butter.


songbird
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Drew Lawson wrote:

In article <10c4ad4$19mfn$1@dont-email.me>
Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> writes:

On 10/7/2025 5:02 PM, T wrote:

Hi All,

"Saturday NightMostly clear, with a low around 29."

Well all fifty of my green tomatoes will be lost.

Any way to get them to ripen before then?

-T

Pick them and leave them in a sunny window .

I've heard some say it is better to cut the part of the vine(s)
with fruit and bring that in. But I don't have any experience
trying that.

i've never done any experiments to know what is
better or not, but it works well enough without having
to deal with all those stems. sometimes we've had
several tables set up in the garage for all of them
to be able to be left to ripen but this year i brought
most of them into the house in stages so we didn't
have many decent tomatoes left to worry about. so many
have deep splits in them this late season (due to heat
and me not watering) that they've been left to be buried.
i didn't want to water them that much because the flavor
was so sweet and i didn't want to dillute it.


songbird
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On 10/8/25 10:27 AM, flood of sins wrote:

i'll take any unwanted green tomatoes. EfOe

due to life events i missed out on bingeing on green fried
tomatoes this year. :/

What is your recipe?
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On 10/8/25 4:49 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:

Will the chill be sufficiently short lived that you can
cover them up one night?

32F I could get away with, but when it hits 29F
everything is toast.

On the bright side, I have a ton of goji berries. They
get really yummy when they have gone through a freeze
(removes the bitterness).
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On 10/8/25 4:34 PM, songbird wrote:

for some reason we've never been into putting any
coating on them and just fry them in butter.

I can't bread anything due to the diabetes. You
just use butter? Fry one side and flip them?


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On 10/8/25 5:22 PM, T wrote:

On 10/8/25 4:34 PM, songbird wrote:

for some reason we've never been into putting any
coating on them and just fry them in butter.

I can't bread anything due to the diabetes.-a-a You
just use butter? Fry one side and flip them?

How thin do you cut them?
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On 2025-10-08, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:

flood of sins wrote:
...

i'll take any unwanted green tomatoes. :)

ha!

:)

due to life events i missed out on bingeing on green fried
tomatoes this year. :/

sad...

we bought some tomato plants at a nursery and got them in the
beds very late. they didn't grow well or produce much. pulled
them up last night. frost is very near. they didn't root like
i'm used to seeing and think it may be from the weather already
being hot when they were planted.

the pepper plants i got at the nursery on the other hand did
great.

for some reason we've never been into putting any
coating on them and just fry them in butter.

we toss them in a bit of flour and fry in butter.
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On 2025-10-09, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 10/8/25 10:27 AM, flood of sins wrote:

i'll take any unwanted green tomatoes. EfOe

due to life events i missed out on bingeing on green fried
tomatoes this year. :/

What is your recipe?

i like them crispy and well browned on the outside and juicy in
the middle. i cut them 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick, set the slices on
a saucer with some flour in it, flip, fry both sides in butter.
no particular time, they're done when they look and feel right.
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T wrote:

On 10/8/25 5:22 PM, T wrote:

On 10/8/25 4:34 PM, songbird wrote:

for some reason we've never been into putting any
coating on them and just fry them in butter.

I can't bread anything due to the diabetes.-a-a You
just use butter? Fry one side and flip them?

How thin do you cut them?

about 1cm, flip after a bit. i like things on the
firm side so they don't get too mushy, but you can do
what you like according to your own preferences. :)

with a coating on them i'd probably want it cooked
to golden brown at least (or more) and that is too
mushy for me.

you mention bitterness being an issue but that hasn't
ever been a problem for me as i tend to like things
tart.


songbird
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On 10/9/25 3:31 AM, songbird wrote:

you mention bitterness being an issue but that hasn't
ever been a problem for me as i tend to like things
tart

Fresh goji's are not really very tasty.

I do consume choke berries, which are very tart.
Love them.
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On 10/9/25 3:49 PM, T wrote:

On 10/9/25 3:31 AM, songbird wrote:

you mention bitterness being an issue but that hasn't
ever been a problem for me as i tend to like things
tart

Fresh goji's are not really very tasty.

I do consume choke berries, which are very tart.
Love them.

I think I know why the frying. The heat destroys the
acid that causes the sour taste.
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