If there was any doubt that garden season was over, snow over the last few days sealed it. Thanks to a poor growing season, blight and worms, I only got a handful of red plum tomatoes this year, and none of the bigger ‘big boy’ hybrids.
Instead, I ended up with several plants falling over from the weight of green tomatoes that refused to turn red. As the frost loomed last week, I finally plucked them all and decided the best approach was to search for green tomato recipes.
Many people have heard of fried green tomatoes, but I’d never tried them in any form. Tonight I sampled some and found them to have an interesting flavor. The bigger version seemed a little sweeter, while the plums were a little more tart. The only flavors I can compare them to are a very tart apple, an element of green pepper and some having more or less of the developed tomato taste.
I found a list of recipes at http://tipnut.com/green-tomato-recipes/. Based on the recipes I spent tonight dividing approximately 25 tomatoes into several cups each of diced and pureed tomatoes. I put some in the freezer to use later for green tomato bread. This week I may try the following green tomato soup I found on several sites online. I’ll be sure to let you know how it turns out!
Green tomato soup
3 c Tomatoes; green -peeled & chopped fine
1 Onion; chopped
1/4 ts Cinnamon
1/8 ts Cloves; ground
1 ts Sugar
1/4 ts -Pepper
2 c -Water
1/4 ts Baking soda
3 tb Butter
3 tb Flour; all purpose
4 c Milk
Place in the saucepan; the tomatoes, onion, cinnamon, ground cloves, sugar, pepper and water. Bring to a boil and boil for 30 minutes. Add the soda. Melt the butter, add the flour. Mix and add the milk. Cook till creamy, stirring constantly. Add green tomatoes to the cream. Mix thoroughly. Salt to taste and serve.
