Is it okay to eat a green tomato that hasn't ripened?

Question

One of our tomatos fell off the vine before it was ripe, and we wondered if we could still eat it? I've had green heirloom tomatos, but this is an early girl variety.

Answer 1

Oh yes, fried green tomatoes are great!  Or you can just eat it raw.  To fry, dip in flour then in an egg & milk mixture then back in salt and peppered flour and fry in a pan with oil.

Answer 2

bread it and fry it, pickle it, or just sit it in your window sill until it gets ripe. final answer = its fine to eat green tomatoes.

Answer 3

YES , have u ever heard of fried green tomato's THEY TASTE AWESUM

Answer 4

well i was at a garden center yesterdays and there was tomato plants so i had a few ripe cherry tomatoes..they were really good and then i saw some green normal tomatoes (there were defenatly not ripe) but i had one anyway ...and i went into a huge embarresing coughing fit cuz it had litterally just been sprayed in bug killer..serves me right but my throat is still stinging now...so if it had bug killer on it DO NOT EAT IT...or just go wash it

Answer 5

Health wise,I see no reason why not-I'm not a specialist though.I suppose that it will be harder and a bit tasteless though.

Answer 6

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Fried green tomatoes are the best!

Answer 7

bread it and fry it!  it's delicious.

Answer 8

mmm....fried green tomatoes !! YUMMY !

Answer 9

yes. eat green fried tomatos!

Answer 10

Aside from fried, green tomatoes are used in chow-chow relish. So, yes they are safe to eat.

Answer 11

You sure can.  They are great sliced, battered, and fried.

Answer 12

Slice it, dip it in some batter and fry it up - fried green tomatoes - wonderful!!

Answer 13

Sure...just cut it up into the fry pan or make piccalilli with it.

Answer 14

It is as long as you clean it, it is just the same as a red 1 obviously just different color