We purposely pick a few of our tomatoes green to make fried green tomato sandwiches. Drench the slices in egg yoke, coat with seasoned flour (we use Farm Dust seasoning) and cook in skillet until batter is lightly browned. For the bread we use my wife's sourdough bread with a think spread of mayo and a thicker layer of pimento cheese. So delicious.
Glad to have been of help. Ours are still ripening on the vine, but maybe it's time to bring them in and freeze them. We're always experimenting with growing tomatoes and trying to find the best place. While we've had some successes with various crops, if we really had to feed ourselves, we'd starve. There's really so much involved in it and a steep learning curve.
My wife has had some success with growing the tomatoes in cloth bags. Maybe give that a go. Although you do have to keep an eye on the dirt in the bag not drying out.
Our tomatoes this year really love the oak wine barrels. Who wouldn't! It's just been a short growing year here. Yeah, our daugher used cloth bags and found she couldn't keep them watered enough. Between that and the local fauna, her garden was a bust. But we're puttering along. You're in the northwest, right? How long is your growing season, etc. If the soil is anything like coastal CA, you must be able to stick anything in the ground and grow triffids. BTW, kudos to your wife.
We purposely pick a few of our tomatoes green to make fried green tomato sandwiches. Drench the slices in egg yoke, coat with seasoned flour (we use Farm Dust seasoning) and cook in skillet until batter is lightly browned. For the bread we use my wife's sourdough bread with a think spread of mayo and a thicker layer of pimento cheese. So delicious.
OMG! sound awesome. I like tomato and mayo sandwiches, but yours sound really luscious.
Thank for the info Sue! We had a good crop of tomatoes and I needed a way to preserve them all.
Glad to have been of help. Ours are still ripening on the vine, but maybe it's time to bring them in and freeze them. We're always experimenting with growing tomatoes and trying to find the best place. While we've had some successes with various crops, if we really had to feed ourselves, we'd starve. There's really so much involved in it and a steep learning curve.
My wife has had some success with growing the tomatoes in cloth bags. Maybe give that a go. Although you do have to keep an eye on the dirt in the bag not drying out.
Our tomatoes this year really love the oak wine barrels. Who wouldn't! It's just been a short growing year here. Yeah, our daugher used cloth bags and found she couldn't keep them watered enough. Between that and the local fauna, her garden was a bust. But we're puttering along. You're in the northwest, right? How long is your growing season, etc. If the soil is anything like coastal CA, you must be able to stick anything in the ground and grow triffids. BTW, kudos to your wife.