I gave some green tomatoes to a friend earlier this summer and he entered a jar of it in the State Fair (up here in Dallas). I'm looking forward to hearing how they do.

Last year I wasted a lot of green tomatoes that didn't look like they'd ripen. I pulled the plants the night before a big frost and hoped they'd ripen on the vines, but instead they were attacked by mites. Those went in the compost and the dogs ended up eating them. :)

Now I would take those same tomatoes directly from the plants and let them ripen slowly in the house. The ones I did take in ripened gradually and tasted good. I had tomatoes all winter, actually. And a neighbor gave me a jar of her green tomato relish this spring, so I 1. knew how good it is and 2. have at least two people to give green tomatoes to if I end up with an overage. In exchange for a jar or two of relish, I think this exchange would work out just fine!

SRS