# What do other cultures do with green tomatoes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [November 4, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976 "2019-11-04T03:55:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/21 "2019-11-05T19:02:14Z")
My mom would always wrap a bunch of them (individually) in newspaper, and put them in a cardboard box in a dark, but not too cold closet. They’d be something resembling ripe tomatoes by Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![Grave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grave)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/22 "2019-11-06T14:35:24Z")
Looks like the Deep South might qualify as other culture 🙂 Random links, not my recipes [Green Tomato Chow-Chow](https://gardenandgun.com/recipe/recipe-green-tomato-chowchow/) [Green Tomato Relish](https://www.almanac.com/recipe/green-tomato-relish) [Stuffed Green Tomatoes](https://www.myfoodandfamily.com/member-recipe/00142639/stuffed-green-tomatoes) [Pickled Green Tomatoes](https://www.tasteofsouthern.com/pickled-green-tomatoes/) ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/23 "2019-11-06T15:20:40Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > No… just tomatoes picked before they taste good. Nah, just sometimes some tomatoes refuse to ripen, and will rot before they do so. I will typically make [green tomato chutne](https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/green_tomato_chutney_41573)y. Nice with cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/24 "2019-11-06T16:21:02Z")
I don’t see why they don’t just use them to make [ketchup](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/25hvk4/a_local_convenience_store_still_carries_one_heinz/). ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/25 "2020-10-21T17:18:23Z")
Good question: we’re in the UK and we planted too late in the year, so we have a lot of green tomatoes. I did try using them as a substitute for tomatillos in a sort of Mexican Chilli Verde recipe. It was… OK… but not something you’d want to eat all the time. As you said: bring 'em on! ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/26 "2020-10-28T21:26:07Z")
I’ve never tried it but I first saw this on TV about ten years ago. IIRC the idea was that chocolate was a strong flavor and you wouldn’t taste the tomato…so it’s a way to use them up. > **[Green Tomato Chocolate Cake Recipe](http://www.grouprecipes.com/56520/green-tomato-chocolate-cake.html)** > > Unusual ingredients for a chocolate cake? The green tomatoes keep it moist and delicious. and no one will even know they are in there unless you tell them. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/27 "2020-10-29T07:07:45Z")
Yup, same, and with the ones that are unlikely to ripen at the end of the season, like Broomstick said. You can get quite a lot of really good chutney out of them. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/28 "2020-10-29T12:00:02Z")
Not sure which culture she’s appropriating, but my gf makes a chickpea soup/stew that uses green tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/29 "2020-10-30T00:01:47Z")
A pickled green tomato wedge is an essential part of the legendary Superdawg, a variation of the Chicago style hot dog. Good shot here from the Reader (though the inside of the box isn’t printed like in this publicity shoot): [Best hot dog - Chicago Reader](https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/best-hot-dog/BestOf?oid=27088865) ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/30 "2020-10-30T07:03:34Z")
British (sweet/sour) green tomato chutney: [https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/green-tomato-chutney](https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/green-tomato-chutney) Other/similar recipes available online. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/31 "2020-10-30T07:24:15Z")
Nova Scotia Chow Chow: > **[Nova Scotia Chow Chow recipe - from the The Bluhm Family Cookbook 2018 Volume...](https://www.familycookbookproject.com/recipe/3200960/nova-scotia-chow-chow.html)** > > Nova Scotia Chow Chow recipe is from The Bluhm Family Cookbook 2018 Volume 2, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. Family cookbooks are an important way to preserve our mealtime traditions for future generations with individual... A nice relish or condiment to just about anything; or eat it on its own; it’s that tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/32 "2020-10-31T17:46:41Z")
We still have a few left, and I’ve been thinking that the typical Southern cornmeal-crusted fried green tomatoes might take well to any number of different spice profiles in the breading instead of just salt, pepper, and cayenne. Garam masala, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976/33 "2020-10-31T19:54:27Z")
I had about four thousand pounds of green tomatoes when the frosts first hit here so I made a green tomato salsa verde that’s really yummy–I didn’t want to go through all the nine yards of canning and worrying about correct acidity and the like so I just vacuum sealed 1.5 cup amounts and tossed them into the freezer. I’m gonna be eating this stuff for MONTHS! > **[Roasted Tomatillo or Green Tomato Salsa Recipe to Can or Freeze (Salsa Verde)...](https://anoregoncottage.com/roasted-tomatillo-or-green-tomato-salsa-to-can-or-freeze/)** > > Use up your garden produce with an easy & flavorful roasted tomatillo or green tomato salsa that you can preserve by canning or freezing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-cultures-do-with-green-tomatoes/842976.md?page=1)