Cabbage, Broccoli, Cauliflower

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(Sunshyne) said:

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To the gardeners in here. I have tons of tomatoes. But they aren't ripening.
The weather has been cooler than the norm. High in the lower seventies. Then
at
night, in the fifties and sixties. What a weird summer its been here with
weather. Any suggestions on how to get the tomatoes to ripen more quickly? I
have at least 60 huge green tomatoes, that I can see right now. [...]

My folks had a veggie garden for decades. My mom used to make a
wonderful green tomato casserole. I never got the recipe (figured if I
had it I'd be expected to make it!) but I bet googling on green tomato
recipe will turn up a bunch of good ideas.

Aloha...Sue

Piggies in the blanket...yummy 🙂

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(Sunshyne) said:

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To the gardeners in here. I have tons of tomatoes. But they aren't

ripening.

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The weather has been cooler than the norm. High in the lower seventies.

Then

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at
night, in the fifties and sixties. What a weird summer its been here

with

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weather. Any suggestions on how to get the tomatoes to ripen more

quickly? I

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have at least 60 huge green tomatoes, that I can see right now. [...]

My folks had a veggie garden for decades. My mom used to make a
wonderful green tomato casserole. I never got the recipe (figured if I
had it I'd be expected to make it!) but I bet googling on green tomato
recipe will turn up a bunch of good ideas.

Aloha...Sue

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To the gardeners in here. I have tons of tomatoes. But they aren't ripening.
The weather has been cooler than the norm. High in the lower seventies. Then at
night, in the fifties and sixties. What a weird summer its been here with
weather. Any suggestions on how to get the tomatoes to ripen more quickly? I
have at least 60 huge green tomatoes, that I can see right now. The cherry
tomatoes are doing good though, they are ripening fine.

I'm no gardener either, but my Dad would pull up the entire plants
bearing the green tomatoes and hang them upside-down (the whole
plant!) in the garage, and the tomatoes would eventually ripen!

Good luck!

Myron...in "Hurricane Alley"

Sunshyne,

DH and his dad used to work for a local tomato farmer. They both have told
me that if you can see a 'white star' on the bottom of the tomato (opposite
the stem) it can be picked to ripen indoors. The star is made of white
streaks that look like ribs spreading from the center.

We're having the same problem here in Indiana. (I know it HAS to be the
unusual temperatures we've been having---Indianapolis set a record low and
high of 46/low 60s yesterday!!!) I don't know what the solution is for
making them ripen sooner. I tried making fried green tomatoes using crushed
pork rinds for breading; they were only marginally satisfying.

--
Linda
296/208/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html

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I been playing around, making different concoctions. Trying to use up the
cabbage I have in my garden.

Last night. I went to make some broccoli and cauliflower with butter and
cheese. For a side dish at dinner. I also was making hamburger patties. It
didn't seem like enough to eat. My teen sons eat alot. (Yet low carb). So

I

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went out to the garden. Got a head of cabbage. Shredded it, and cooked it

along

Quoted message said:

with the Broccoli and Cauliflower. Added in some diced garlic. Got to

looking

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at the hamburger patties. Said what the hey. I cut them all up, addded it

right

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on in with the the vegetables. It turned out well. The concoction was
delicious. I put some saltless salt, and ground pepper on mine. Added in a
small amount of red onion. Yummy!!

I was visiting a friend earlier today. She is just starting the low carb

diet.

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Doing Atkins. I don't usually like yellow or green squash. The way she

made it

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it was really good. She used 2 medium of each. Diced onion, garlic. Then

fryed

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it with some butter, on low. That was really good.

I have a bunch of squash in the garden. Can't wait to use it up.

To the gardeners in here. I have tons of tomatoes. But they aren't

ripening.

Quoted message said:

The weather has been cooler than the norm. High in the lower seventies.

Then at

Quoted message said:

night, in the fifties and sixties. What a weird summer its been here with
weather. Any suggestions on how to get the tomatoes to ripen more quickly?

I

Quoted message said:

have at least 60 huge green tomatoes, that I can see right now. The cherry
tomatoes are doing good though, they are ripening fine.

(Sunshyne) said:

To the gardeners in here. I have tons of tomatoes. But they aren't ripening.
The weather has been cooler than the norm. High in the lower seventies. Then at
night, in the fifties and sixties. What a weird summer its been here with
weather. Any suggestions on how to get the tomatoes to ripen more quickly? I
have at least 60 huge green tomatoes, that I can see right now. The cherry
tomatoes are doing good though, they are ripening fine.

For the most part, you just have to wait.

In the late fall a couple or three weeks before frost, I top the
plants, remove any growing tips, and pinch off blooms or smaller
fruit. This allows the plant to put more energy into the larger
fruit. But I don't do this earlier in the growing season, as
obviously you're removing other potential harvest. If you're really
impatient and have several plants, I suppose you could try it with
one.

Nice recipes.

We just put the tomatoes on the windowsill and they eventually ripen, no
matter how green.

Have you tried fried green tomatoes?

Barb

Sunshyne said:

I been playing around, making different concoctions. Trying to use up the
cabbage I have in my garden.

Last night. I went to make some broccoli and cauliflower with butter and
cheese. For a side dish at dinner. I also was making hamburger patties. It
didn't seem like enough to eat. My teen sons eat alot. (Yet low carb). So I
went out to the garden. Got a head of cabbage. Shredded it, and cooked it along
with the Broccoli and Cauliflower. Added in some diced garlic. Got to looking
at the hamburger patties. Said what the hey. I cut them all up, addded it right
on in with the the vegetables. It turned out well. The concoction was
delicious. I put some saltless salt, and ground pepper on mine. Added in a
small amount of red onion. Yummy!!

I was visiting a friend earlier today. She is just starting the low carb diet.
Doing Atkins. I don't usually like yellow or green squash. The way she made it
it was really good. She used 2 medium of each. Diced onion, garlic. Then fryed
it with some butter, on low. That was really good.

I have a bunch of squash in the garden. Can't wait to use it up.

To the gardeners in here. I have tons of tomatoes. But they aren't ripening.
The weather has been cooler than the norm. High in the lower seventies. Then at
night, in the fifties and sixties. What a weird summer its been here with
weather. Any suggestions on how to get the tomatoes to ripen more quickly? I
have at least 60 huge green tomatoes, that I can see right now. The cherry
tomatoes are doing good though, they are ripening fine.

I like green tomatoes and all. But not that much. Not to use the 60 or 70 I
have in the garden. My window sills are full of green tomatoes also. Some are
turning red. Most aren't. Its the weather, has to be.

From: "John"

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Piggies in the blanket...yummy 🙂

Yes, definite yummy!

I am going to wait untl the end of August. I just don't see the tomatoes
turning red anytime soon. Its not warm enough, the sun is not out enough.

That is a great idea. I can pull all the plants, hang them upside down, along
my back porch.

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I'm no gardener either, but my Dad would pull up the entire plants
bearing the green tomatoes and hang them upside-down (the whole
plant!) in the garage, and the tomatoes would eventually ripen!

Good luck!

Myron...in "Hurricane Alley"

From: "Lady o' the house"

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We're having the same problem here in Indiana. (I know it HAS to be the
unusual temperatures we've been having---Indianapolis set a record low and
high of 46/low 60s yesterday!!!) I don't know what the solution is for
making them ripen sooner. I tried making fried green tomatoes using crushed
pork rinds for breading; they were only marginally satisfying.

--
Linda
296/208/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html

It is the weather. It is something else isn't it. I got a cold/bronchitis thing
going on. From sleeping with the window open on the 50 degree nights.

I like fried green tomatoes alot also. Just not that much.. LOL.

I tryed atkins bake mix. The bake mix turned out a little on the clumpy side.

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I been playing around, making different concoctions. Trying to use up the
cabbage I have in my garden.

Last night. I went to make some broccoli and cauliflower with butter and
cheese. For a side dish at dinner. I also was making hamburger patties. It
didn't seem like enough to eat. My teen sons eat alot. (Yet low carb). So

I

Quoted message said:

went out to the garden. Got a head of cabbage. Shredded it, and cooked it

along

Quoted message said:

with the Broccoli and Cauliflower. Added in some diced garlic. Got to

looking

Quoted message said:

at the hamburger patties. Said what the hey. I cut them all up, addded it

right

Quoted message said:

on in with the the vegetables. It turned out well. The concoction was
delicious. I put some saltless salt, and ground pepper on mine. Added in a
small amount of red onion. Yummy!!

I was visiting a friend earlier today. She is just starting the low carb

diet.

Quoted message said:

Doing Atkins. I don't usually like yellow or green squash. The way she

made it

Quoted message said:

it was really good. She used 2 medium of each. Diced onion, garlic. Then

fryed

Quoted message said:

it with some butter, on low. That was really good.

I have a bunch of squash in the garden. Can't wait to use it up.

To the gardeners in here. I have tons of tomatoes. But they aren't

ripening.

Quoted message said:

The weather has been cooler than the norm. High in the lower seventies.

Then at

Quoted message said:

night, in the fifties and sixties. What a weird summer its been here with
weather. Any suggestions on how to get the tomatoes to ripen more quickly?

I

Quoted message said:

have at least 60 huge green tomatoes, that I can see right now. The cherry
tomatoes are doing good though, they are ripening fine.

From: Concordia [email hidden]

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For the most part, you just have to wait.

In the late fall a couple or three weeks before frost, I top the
plants, remove any growing tips, and pinch off blooms or smaller
fruit. This allows the plant to put more energy into the larger
fruit. But I don't do this earlier in the growing season, as
obviously you're removing other potential harvest. If you're really
impatient and have several plants, I suppose you could try it with
one.

I think its just too chilly, the sun is not out long enough to ripen them. I am
going to wait until end of August, see what happens.

Of course the cabbage is doing great.

Thanks for the tips.

🙂

Sunshyne,

Just had another thought: you could pickle the green tomatoes, if you have
some left at the end of the season. I've never done it myself, but
Sechler's makes wonderful (dill) pickled green tomatoes. You might try
googling for a pickle recipe.

--
Linda
296/208/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html

"Sunshyne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I been playing around, making different concoctions. Trying to use up the
cabbage I have in my garden.

Last night. I went to make some broccoli and cauliflower with butter and
cheese. For a side dish at dinner. I also was making hamburger patties. It
didn't seem like enough to eat. My teen sons eat alot. (Yet low carb). So

I

Quoted message said:

went out to the garden. Got a head of cabbage. Shredded it, and cooked it

along

Quoted message said:

with the Broccoli and Cauliflower. Added in some diced garlic. Got to

looking

Quoted message said:

at the hamburger patties. Said what the hey. I cut them all up, addded it

right

Quoted message said:

on in with the the vegetables. It turned out well. The concoction was
delicious. I put some saltless salt, and ground pepper on mine. Added in a
small amount of red onion. Yummy!!

I was visiting a friend earlier today. She is just starting the low carb

diet.

Quoted message said:

Doing Atkins. I don't usually like yellow or green squash. The way she

made it

Quoted message said:

it was really good. She used 2 medium of each. Diced onion, garlic. Then

fryed

Quoted message said:

it with some butter, on low. That was really good.

I have a bunch of squash in the garden. Can't wait to use it up.

To the gardeners in here. I have tons of tomatoes. But they aren't

ripening.

Quoted message said:

The weather has been cooler than the norm. High in the lower seventies.

Then at

Quoted message said:

night, in the fifties and sixties. What a weird summer its been here with
weather. Any suggestions on how to get the tomatoes to ripen more quickly?

I

Quoted message said:

have at least 60 huge green tomatoes, that I can see right now. The cherry
tomatoes are doing good though, they are ripening fine.

Sunshyne <[email hidden]> quoth:

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I like green tomatoes and all. But not that much. Not to use the 60 or 70 I
have in the garden. My window sills are full of green tomatoes also. Some are
turning red. Most aren't. Its the weather, has to be.

Just be patient. I picked my first red cherry tomatoes this week. I
don't expect any red big tomatoes for at least two weeks.

What part of the world are you in?

Priscilla

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Just be patient. I picked my first red cherry tomatoes this week. I
don't expect any red big tomatoes for at least two weeks.

What part of the world are you in?

Priscilla

Central Ohio. I am trying to be patient. I am just used to the tomatoes
ripening already.

I made a broccoli/cauliflower salad. I just cut up the broccoli and
cauliflower added some diced onions a little bit of sweet and low and
mayo. It was really good.

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the house said:

Sunshyne,

Just had another thought: you could pickle the green tomatoes, if you have
some left at the end of the season. I've never done it myself, but
Sechler's makes wonderful (dill) pickled green tomatoes. You might try
googling for a pickle recipe.

Which brings up the possibility of a green tomato salsa or a green
tomato gazpacho!

Aloha...Sue