Freezing green tomatoes.
I have a ton of green tomatoes on my plants. The weather has suddenly turned cooler, dipping into the mid 30's some nights, and I'm going to be moving in the next couple weeks so they're not gonna have a chance to ripen. My plan is to make chow chow but I don't really have the extra time to spend a day canning right now between my job and preparing to move. I'm wondering if they can be frozen and then used for that purpose after I get settled in at my new home? Or will they just be wet mush that won't survive the salting and rinsing process?
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Maybe try adding a little "crisp" (calcium chloride) to the relish, and refrigerate a day or two, then freeze? Ripe tomatoes freeze well, but turn to mush, when thawed, but maybe try a little of this for several days, then thaw it, and see how it worked. Adding that food grade calcium chloride to pickles keeps them crispy pretty much forever, though I've never used it for freezing - just a thought.
Maybe try adding a little "crisp" (calcium chloride) to the relish, and refrigerate a day or two, then freeze? Ripe tomatoes freeze well, but turn to mush, when thawed, but maybe try a little of this for several days, then thaw it, and see how it worked. Adding that food grade calcium chloride to pickles keeps them crispy pretty much forever, though I've never used it for freezing - just a thought.
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This just popped up in my apple news. I’m going to try the recipe with my green tomatoes
The Surprising End-of-Summer Dessert You Need to Try
It tastes just like apple pie.
Read in Kitchn:
https://apple.news/APctJorScRbyFd5TojybVkA
…as always, I found the recipe link for non apple news users here
Green Tomato Pie Recipe | Kitchn
https://www.thekitchn.com/green-tomato- ... e-23392073
The Surprising End-of-Summer Dessert You Need to Try
It tastes just like apple pie.
Read in Kitchn:
https://apple.news/APctJorScRbyFd5TojybVkA
…as always, I found the recipe link for non apple news users here
Green Tomato Pie Recipe | Kitchn
https://www.thekitchn.com/green-tomato- ... e-23392073