The Last Crop Of Summer

@vandana7 (100533)

• India

16 Sep 16

I wait for them to ripen. Usually, somewhat half ripe ones are used to with coarsely ground peanuts..a little salt, and finely chopped green chillies. I like it that way...lol. Anna, I bookmarked some posts in which you had mentioned how to keep bugs but the other day cache was cleared, and I am unable to get those posts back. Can you give what I need to do organically ...so that I can keep white aphids away...sorry to be a bother...dad cleared cache without asking me. Sorry.

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@vandana7 (100533)

• India

16 Sep 16

@LadyDuck .. Thank you for this...hugs.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

16 Sep 16

Use water and soap for the aphids. Dilute a few tablespoons of dish soap in a small bucket of lukewarm water. Pour in a spray bottle and apply the mixture to the plants where there are aphids. The soap dissolve the waxy protective coating from the aphids’ bodies killing the insects without harming the plant. Remember to treat the undersides of leaves also, they usually lay the eggs there.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

16 Sep 16

@vandana7 You are welcome, if you need other tips, just let me know.

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Silvermist

@silvermist (19702)

• India

16 Sep 16

@LadyDuck How do you make fried green tomatoes?(Have you seen the movie Fried Green Tomatoes?).

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@vandana7 (100533)

• India

17 Sep 16

oh she described something we would do with gram flour. Instead, she is using white flour and eggs. :)

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

@vandana7 The flour is just to remove the excess humidity from tomatoes.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

Yes I have seen the movie years ago while we were on a plane from Europe to New York. I make my fried green tomatoes breaded. You slice the tomatoes about 1 cm thick. In a dish mix breadcrumbs and cornmeal (half cup of each for 4 large tomatoes). First I coat the tomatoes with white flour, then in whisked eggs, finally in the breadcrumbs mix and I fry .

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Fishmomma

@Fishmomma (11377)

• United States

16 Sep 16

I don't have any unripe tomatoes this year, as I picked the last tomatoes about a month ago. This year has been chilly in my area and its not normal. Sure hope its not a hard winter, as this area grows a lot of lemons.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

16 Sep 16

This year it has been a cooler summer, usually all the tomatoes turn read by mid September, this year there are still so many unripe.

AbbyGreenhill

@AbbyGreenhill (45494)

• United States

16 Sep 16

We pulled out the plants a few weeks ago - I put the green tomatoes in a dark room in a cool spot and they are just turning red now. They say to wrap them in newspaper and then put in a paper bag in the basement. We don't have newspaper so I did the best I could.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

16 Sep 16

I have heard to pull out the plant and hang on a cool place upside down. If tomorrow it does not rain, I pull them out.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

16 Sep 16

@AbbyGreenhill My plants are not that tall, they are mainly around 6 to 7 feet.

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AbbyGreenhill

@AbbyGreenhill (45494)

• United States

16 Sep 16

@LadyDuck Our plant was way too big to do that - if it was standing up straight it was probably close to ten feet tall.....

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

17 Sep 16

I want to learn to can. Also, that is such an odd shape of tomato! not sure I have ever seen that kind before.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

18 Sep 16

@Jessicalynnt There are things that are pretty easy and safe to can, others are more tricky. I prefer to dry stuff, I feel more sure.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

18 Sep 16

If you buy whole Italian canned tomatoes, if they are good quality, you should find this kind of tomatoes inside. I do not can tomatoes, my grandmother did, it takes time because you have to sterilize the jars before and after the tomatoes are canned. In my opinion, it's not worth the effort, it's too easy that they spoil and if you eat them they are very dangerous (risk of botuline).

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

18 Sep 16

@LadyDuck mom used to can all kinds of things, I'd like to learn, or maybe I can dry some stuff if canning isnt safe

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minisam

@miniam (9154)

• Bern, Switzerland

16 Sep 16

It`S getting colder by the week in the mornings since the beginning of this month.I have never eaten or heard of tomato jam,do you use it on bread?

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

I serve tomato jams with some mature cheese, like Parmesan, Provola or Pecorino. I make several unusual jams to serve with different kind of cheese. Red onion jam is good with blue cheese, with mild cheese pumpkin jam is very good.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

@miniam I was surprised how good they are eaten together. I have just finished to prepare a fig jam, this one is also very good with mature cheese.

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minisam

@miniam (9154)

• Bern, Switzerland

17 Sep 16

@LadyDuck Learned something totally new,thanks so much

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

17 Sep 16

Over the years I have tried a myriad of different jams, but this is the first time that I have ever heard of tomato jam.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

17 Sep 16

@LadyDuck Are you making this up to confuse me Anna? I am tempted to report you for damaging an old man's sanity.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

@Asylum

I would never dare, they are really made for the purpose to be served with cheese.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

It's not a jam that you serve in the morning with breakfast, but it's a jam to serve with some mature cheese like Parmesan or Pecorino. Have you tried red onion jam? This is also very good with some kind of cheese.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (49703)

• Mojave, California

16 Sep 16

Look tasty and can never have to many tomatoes. We pretty much use them in everything.

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@vandana7 (100533)

• India

17 Sep 16

@LadyDuck .. That I have to agree. What we pick from our garden is always better. :)

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

@vandana7 At least we are sure we do not use chemicals.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

I always plant tomatoes because I use them every day and I like to pick them up from the garden. The taste is so much better.

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90721)

• Philippines

19 Sep 16

This is the first time to see a tomato other than the ones we have here , the round ones . When i first see the picture without reading your post yet , i was saying , wow , that a nice bell pepper . I was surprised that they're tomatoes .

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90721)

• Philippines

19 Sep 16

@LadyDuck We don't have that kind of tomato here .

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

19 Sep 16

@SIMPLYD I bought them in Italy and I have planted the seeds.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

19 Sep 16

Those are the Italian tomatoes we use to make pasta sauce or to be canned. They are the best.

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Gus Kilthau

@Ceerios (4698)

• Goodfellow, Texas

16 Sep 16

@LadyDuck - Ms Anna - In our area it gets so hot during the summer months that tomatoes here are really a crop for picking only in the late springtime. The plants all expire from the summer's heat. Your tomatoes surely look like they would be real winners on the eating-table. Nice work. -Gus-

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

Thank you Mr Gus, my tomatoes are usually very healthy. This year the summer has been only warm and many tomatoes are still green. I will take them inside, it's a shame to waste them.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

@Ceerios

You are so right, now I have a good use also for old and rotten tomatoes. Do you need some there?

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Gus Kilthau

@Ceerios (4698)

• Goodfellow, Texas

17 Sep 16

@LadyDuck - Ms Anna - Wasting a tomato is much like burning paper money - There are so many other things to do with tomatoes. Even when they get old and rotten, you can still throw them at politicians.

-Gus-

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (121659)

• Gainesville, Florida

18 Sep 16

Fried green tomatoes! Definitely my number one choice for unripened tomatoes!

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

19 Sep 16

@moffittjc There are many different kinds of chutney, you can make it mild, or spicy, but it's also sweet, because sugar is also used to preserve the ingredients. I like it spicy.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

18 Sep 16

This is also my first choice, I will prepare a couple of jars of chutney, because it can last several weeks.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (121659)

• Gainesville, Florida

19 Sep 16

@LadyDuck I've always wanted to try chutney. Is it really good? Is it more sweet, or more spicy?

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Jillybean1222

@jillybean1222 (6407)

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17 Sep 16

I did not do a garden this year, sadly. I have a friend who swears you can pick the tomatoes & bring them in to ripen on your countertop. I've never tried.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

18 Sep 16

Yes, if you leave them inside after some days they ripen, but there are too many outside.

solxee

@sol_cee (38219)

• Philippines

19 Sep 16

Strangely shaped tomatoes.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

19 Sep 16

They are very common in Italy, we use those ones to make tomato sauce for spaghetti.

@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

19 Sep 16

@sol_cee They are shaped like pears, in fact we use to call them "perini" (small pears).

solxee

@sol_cee (38219)

• Philippines

19 Sep 16

@LadyDuck They are shaped like capsicums.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

16 Sep 16

It has been getting cooler here, too. I've only made fried and pickled green tomatoes, but that was years ago when I gardened.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

16 Sep 16

I wonder if it is worth spending time making chutney and jam, we do not eat those things a lot.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

@DianneN

Sometimes doing nothing is the best, but I hate to waste food.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

16 Sep 16

@LadyDuck Lol! Then don't make it! Or you can give it as gifts to friends and family....

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Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

17 Sep 16

We don't have any tomato plants but we love fried green tomatoes so that is probably what we would do with them.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

I will surely use some to make fried green tomatoes, but not all, there are still so many unripe.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

18 Sep 16

@simone10 I am not going to waste them, it would be a shame.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

18 Sep 16

@LadyDuck At least you have other ideas to use the rest of the tomatoes.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

17 Sep 16

I lightly fry them in olive oil and eat them as such

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

18 Sep 16

I like the ripen tomatoes baked in the oven with olive oil and thyme, the green ones are too acid.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

18 Sep 16

@LadyDuck a sprinkle of sugar over the top takes the acid away - just a dash

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

18 Sep 16

@LadyDuck sounds like a feast I would enjoy

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

16 Sep 16

I heard that if you keep the green ones in a lighted place, but cool, they will redden and be quite good. Once the weather cools, they produce more starch than sugar so leaving them on does not really improve them. This was from some gardening site.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

16 Sep 16

Yes, it's surely time to bring them inside. Right now it's pretty cold outside and the plants are wet due to the heavy rain. If tomorrow the sun dry them up, I pull them out.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

16 Sep 16

@JamesHxstatic We are down to 50 now, it's time to pick up all the summer vegetables now.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

16 Sep 16

@LadyDuck I brought some in the other day, and it is 46 here this morning so will pick the rest.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

16 Sep 16

I use to add them to the salsa that I made @LadyDuck .

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

16 Sep 16

Do you mean that you add the green tomatoes to the salsa? I believe the Mexican style "salsa fresca", not to the sauce. This is a good idea.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

@nanette64 My husband also love the last one, if it's not (too) spicy, he does not like.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

16 Sep 16

@LadyDuck Yup, I dice the green toms into the salsa. I use to make 3 different kinds of salsa that I sold. Mild, Spicy and Take the Hair Off Your Feet. The Mexicans loved the last one.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

17 Sep 16

I don't buy them. Ha Ha. Stopped growing veg when the weather became unreliable. It was 59F here is morning too. Brrr.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

It's incredibly cold today, the temperature dropped to 54 F last evening and the trees are shredding their leaves. Tomorrow I start to pull out everything from the garden.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

17 Sep 16

@LadyDuck Sorry about the garden. Too bad they don't survive the winter.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

18 Sep 16

@ElizabethWallace I am going through my seeds and see if I can plant something for the winter, this prevents the weeds to invade the vegetable garden.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Sep 16

Fried green tomatoes every time.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

I will make a few, but I do not make a lot of fried food, it's not very healthy.

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@LadyDuck (472000)

• Switzerland

18 Sep 16

@RubyHawk I bake the cherry tomatoes in the oven with thyme, garlic and olive oil. I tried the green ones, but we do not like so much the taste, fried they are good.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 Sep 16

@LadyDuck I never find any green tomatoes since I don't have a garden. They don't sell green tomatoes in groceries. We used to have fried green tomatoes just before the frost got the last of the crop. You can prepare your green tomatoes, and coat with a little olive oil, then bake in the oven. I sometimes did that. They are just as good as fried.

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