Re: Green Tomatoes - What to do?

Pandora wrote:

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Note: I've posted a similar post to this on rec.gardens.edible so if you post on both please excuse the redundancy. TIA

I talked to my relative that grows tomatoes on a large scale. He said his would be finished in less than a week and advised me to strip my vines as there was little chance of the green tomatoes ripening. I told him about the tree rats. Well I thought I might have a little more time until two of the dang tree rats were having a party this morning in the one tomato bed :( One actually sat in a nearby tree and watched me pick the tomatoes! That determined their fate right there. I left no food source for them other than some hot peppers and I really hope they munch on those <evil grin>.

Here's pics of the damage.  They seem to go for the nicest tomatoes too :(
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My large basket is about 18" diameter and 6" deep. I picked 3 of these baskets full as well as 2 of the 3 L baskets shown beside the large basket. The large tomatoes are beefsteaks and I was sure ticked to see the tree rats had got to a couple of those too. I have them ripening on 4 lg. shelves in the greenhouse. Any ideas for using up some of the green ones now?

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I know that some people make a good "green tomatoes" marmelade.

Interesting! I'll do a web search and see if I can come up with a couple of recipes. I know most of them will ripen nicely but then I will have a tremendous amount of ripe tomatoes. I'm almost at the end of making the different tomato sauces so using up some of the green tomatoes would be great. Thanks for the tip!
Cheers
Pandora 


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