What to do with green cherry tomatoes?

Cafe Society
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So frost is finally hitting tonight here, and we went out this afternoon to madly pick the last of the tomatoes and peppers (can I tell you how bizarre it is to still have tomatoes ripening on the vine the weekend before Thanksgiving in northern Illinois? but I digress…)

Now we have ~ 5 lbs. of decent-sized green tomatoes ripening in a cardboard box wrapped in paper, a half-dozen more set aside for fried green tomatoes, and then maybe 4 qts. of green cherry tomatoes.

What can we do with them? Last year we had much more, and I made green tomato chutney, salsa, pickles…we still have chutney and pickles. Suggestions? Salsa was handy, but I’d like to try something new (or maybe just a new salsa recipe).

Also, what can we do with half a dozen unripe ghost peppers? Is there any way to tell how hot they are without ruining a recipe or searing my tongue?

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Pickle them…

Tomolives very yummy!!

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My mom has a bunch to use up, too. Ordinarily she’d make relish (green tomato relish is really good), but we already have plenty of that canned up right now, so she’s going to try pickling them this year.

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Agreed, pickle them. Mi pantry es su pantry. PM for shipping instructions.

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Fried green tomatoes. Green tomato pie. Basically, use them in any cooked dessert recipe calling for apples. Make a bunch of sauce/filling, and freeze it. Or just throw bags of fresh tomatoes in the freezer, they’ll be fine for cooking when thawed (do that with ripe ones, too). Google the recipes, or call somebody you know who is from Missouri, its the national dish there.