Hi All,

This year in my garden I have grown tomatoes for the frist time.  Well there ready just green, and I noticed they starting to be nibbled at by animals so I picked a bunch.  I was wondering, how do I get them to go red in the house?  Put them in the window maybe or in a paperbag?  Help... :P

Here's a site with info on ripening tomatoes and peppers.  

Hope this helps!

Thanks for the link BB! I'm off to put them in the dark...

Oh Wowza BB - I'm a huge tomato hound and always have that problem - off to the closet ...g

What are your favorite tomato recipes?  And this time I don't mean for hair ;D

Ooh thanks for the link!  I had the same problem earlier this year.  Mice ate the tomatoes (well, the ONE tomato) and my basil too!!  :(

As far as recipes, hmm.  I'll eat a tomato like an apple, they are so good!  But one thing I like is baked chicken breasts with tomatoes, basil, rosemary, garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper.  I don't have exact measurements - I just kind of throw it all in a cassorole dish until it looks right.  For this, I use diced tomatoes from a can though.  Sometimes I throw in other ingredients depending on what I have, but that's the basics of it.  It goes great with rice or rosemary potatoes.

Cynde

Would teasing them and telling naughty jokes work too?

*runs off before the tomato pelting begins*

wrote on Aug 25^th, 2005 at 6:40am:

Would teasing them and telling naughty jokes work too? *runs off before the tomato pelting begins*

*getting out my spikiest hairbrush and taking off after Juri ... g

wrote on Aug 25^th, 2005 at 6:40am:

Would teasing them and telling naughty jokes work too? *runs off before the tomato pelting begins*

::)
I have plenty of ripe tomatos to start the pelting - you'd better run fast!  (even faster if Gabi is after you - I hear she can run pretty fast).

wrote on Aug 25^th, 2005 at 6:40am:

Would teasing them and telling naughty jokes work too? *runs off before the tomato pelting begins*

Heee heee I think the ones I have in the bag heared you!  There blushing already! (gets out of way of flying vegetables)  LOL!!!

wrote on Aug 25^th, 2005 at 5:58am:

Ooh thanks for the link!  I had the same problem earlier this year.  Mice ate the tomatoes (well, the ONE tomato) and my basil too!!  :( As far as recipes, hmm.  I'll eat a tomato like an apple, they are so good!  But one thing I like is baked chicken breasts with tomatoes, basil, rosemary, garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper.  I don't have exact measurements - I just kind of throw it all in a cassorole dish until it looks right.  For this, I use diced tomatoes from a can though.  Sometimes I throw in other ingredients depending on what I have, but that's the basics of it.  It goes great with rice or rosemary potatoes. Cynde

Yum!!  Never thought of that.  Do you ever fry them?  My hubby's grandfather dusts them lightly with cornmeal and then fries them.

I have no tomatoes to throw I ate them all.

wrote on Aug 25^th, 2005 at 3:13pm:

Yum!!  Never thought of that.  Do you ever fry them?  My hubby's grandfather dusts them lightly with cornmeal and then fries them. I have no tomatoes to throw I ate them all.

Mmmm that sounds good!  I've never had them that way.  I'd imagine it'd taste something like vegies in tempura batter.  

LOL Juri!

Cynde

You might want to look up some green tomato recipes -- there really is such a thing as "Fried Green Tomatoes", and green tomato relish.  

Hope no one is throwing green tomatoes here, they don't go *squish*!!!

wrote on Aug 25^th, 2005 at 6:27pm:

Mmmm that sounds good!  I've never had them that way.  I'd imagine it'd taste something like vegies in tempura batter.   LOL Juri! Cynde

Well, more tomatoes with a little bit of crunch.  The tempura batter I've had was fluffy?  Is that the word I am looking for here?

[Gabi]*getting out my spikiest hairbrush and taking off after Juri ... g [/Gabi]

[BB] I have plenty of ripe tomatos to start the pelting - you'd better run fast!  (even faster if Gabi is after you - I hear she can run pretty fast). [/BB]

EEP!!! *runs away shrieking, "It's not my fault I inherited my father's sense of humor!!"*


[Lisabelle]Heee heee I think the ones I have in the bag heared you!  There blushing already! [/Lisabelle]

*pauses running* Yay, it works! I know a couple of limericks of questionable taste, so let me know if you need to get those tomatoes ripened faster. *hears Gabi and BB getting closer and starts to run again*

Hey Gabi, better make sure the profanity filter is set on high!  ;D

Awww Geez BB - I don't even know where the profanity filter is *snork* are we set up for veggie talk - remember Tom Jones ... oh my  ::) ...g

Just remember Juri - vengeful and inspired Menopausal Warriors can do *EVILLE ;D*.  We will make you participate in a banana eating contest ... Ha!...g

Alert! Alert!  
This thread is dangerously close to reaching the maximun level of implied profanity.  
Alert! Alert!

::: runs to hide from gabi who still has the hose! :::

wrote on Aug 26^th, 2005 at 7:21am:

Just remember Juri - vengeful and inspired Menopausal Warriors can do *EVILLE ;D*.  We will make you participate in a banana eating contest ... Ha!...g

Oh-oh, run, hide, save yourselves!

A banana eating contest??? <EG> Need a judge?

Did I type and save that???

Gabi--Yikes! I'll be good. I don't want my posts to mysteriously disappear and get knocked down a couple of levels.

NR--ROTFL!