Green tomatoes

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I've made this recipe for pickled green tomatoes from Splendid Table; it's pretty good. If you've got grape tomatoes, though, you should definitely make tomolives:

 

Pack the tomatoes snugly into a jar. Add 4 cloves garlic and a tsp of pickling spice. Bring ¼ c. salt, a pint of Heinz white pickling vinegar, and a pint of water to a boil. Pour over tomatoes, let cool, and store in the fridge. The Temple Bar in Manhattan served an "old South martini," garnished with tomolives, which is where I first had them. They're also great in bloody marys.

 

I made this last night. I couldn't resist trying one this morning and they already taste divine!

 

 

That's great! Be warned, they're addictive. At least for me, an irredeemable brine-aholic.

[Sneakeater]

God didn't make little green tomatoes, and it ain't hot in old Laredo, in the summertime.

[Maison Rustique]

God didn't make little green tomatoes, and it ain't hot in old Laredo, in the summertime.

 

That's hilarious. I had that song as an ear worm all day yesterday!

[Sneakeater]

I didn't want it to only be me.

[Rich]

Thankfully, though, it does rain in Indianapolis in the summertime.

[Sneakeater]

Mongo can tell us about the snow in Minneapolis when the winter comes.

[GerryOlds]

In case you still have any left over from whatever you've decided to do with them, there's also Patti Jackson's green tomato pie from Delaware and Hudson.