HELP! Being over run by tomatoes

I always wanted to try fried green tomatoes... if you have any green ones.. could you fry them for me.. I'm not sure what to offer as compensation...
 
Scoopons, that is SO good. With a remoulade sauce for dipping? Telllin you!
 
See.. that just makes me want to try it more.. I'm going to up the ante on the compensation... even though i have not offered anything yet... are you in need of anything?
 
So I must fry some green tomatoes and try them for you? Then I must report back on how they were? I might be able to do that. I have wanted to try that also. Mr. Squid, any recipes?
 
ravenwytch said:
Have they started talking to you yet? Perhaps you should cane them some more.
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There has been no talking yet. But, you are correct. I will need to keep the cane handy. Tomatoes can become very unruly if left unsupervised.
 
perhaps I forgot to add that.. shipping them to me would be much appreciated...
 
Faerieglamour said:
There has been no talking yet. But, you are correct. I will need to keep the cane handy. Tomatoes can become very unruly if left unsupervised.
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Quick......get the cane....................:eek:

 
The vegetables are out of control!.....


 
How about marketing "Pet Tomatoes" ala Pet Rocks?
 
You may have something there......and unlike the pet rock...they have a 'shelf life'....hence...more $$$$:wof:
 
diGriz said:
How about marketing "Pet Tomatoes" ala Pet Rocks?
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I wouldnt recommend this....since you would have the tomatoes for awhile. We had a community spaghetti dinner and someone left a whole tomato in a styrofoam bowl and I didnt find it until a week or so later and oh....my....God.....what a nasty, nasty nasty mess! I tossed bowl and all - if it would have been in a diamond encrusted crystal bowl I still would have tossed bowl and all.
 
I have had the same problem with an over flow of tomatoes in my garden, so for the last couple of weeks I have been drying them in the oven for sundried tomates. I then put them in ziplocks and freeze them.They are wonderful on :pizza:, stews, soups, casseroles and more.

Here is the recipe I use

Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Ingredients
5 pounds Roma OR any tomatoes
Fine sea Salt or any Salt

Tip: you can also sprinkle with your favorite herbs and a drizzle of EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)

I just do them plain.

Im right in the middle of another batch today, Im going to have tomatoes all winter long.


Instructions
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. (100 degrees C.; gas mark 1), or the lowest setting possible.

Remove the oven racks, place cake racks on the oven racks.

Trim and discard the stem ends of the tomatoes. Halve each tomato lengthwise.
Arrange the tomatoes, cut side up, side by side and crosswise on cake racks set on the oven racks. Do not allow the tomatoes to touch one another. Sprinkle lightly with salt.

I also place a cookie sheet in the bottom of my oven to catch any spills.

Place the oven racks back in the oven and bake until the tomatoes are shriveled and feel dry, anywhere from 6 to 12 hours. Check the tomatoes from time to time: They should remain rather flexible, not at all brittle.

I also leave the oven door open a crack with a wooden spoon when first drying so the moisture from the tomatoes can escape. It helps the driyng process to speed along a little faster.

Once dried, remove the tomatoes from the oven and allow them to thoroughly cool on cake racks. (Smaller tomatoes will dry more quickly than larger ones. Remove each tomato from the oven as it is dried.)

Transfer the tomatoes to zipper-lock bags. The tomatoes will last indefinitely in the freezer.

Yield: 2 cups

ENJOY :)
 
Thanks for the recipie! This sounds much easier then "caneing" them.

Can you cook them into sauce like this or are they pretty much a topping at this point?
 
4 things NOT to do with tomatoes
-stuff them in peoples faces
-throw it at them
-stuff it into a VCR
- last but not least mutate them into KILLER TOMATOES, unless u intend to eat them
 
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