Waste not want not, green tomatoes make wonderful Chutney, me I never ever pinched anything except apples from here, tomatoes from there, any vegetable that grew on the edge of the fields (so I could reach and run like hell if anyone saw me) or any other thing else(edible) I could find, including the odd rabbit or hen now and again. At the time we didn't really consider it as stealing but as a game, however some lads did it to make sure they were fed.