green unripe tomotoes not good?

[joyce09]

I had thrown green unripe tomatoes from my garden into my freezer before I went on a long vacation. Today I put a lot of frozen green tomatoes into my morning smoothie. After consuming the smoothie my stomach felt poorly for several hours. I am not sure if it was because of the tomatoes. Has anyone heard that unripe green tomatoes are unfit for food?

[streetsurfer]

I imagine they'd give me an upset stomach too. How many and what size where they? Maybe it was just too much. We've eaten one or two green zebras at a time in early stages without problems though, so I don't know.

You can keep green maters quite a while by gently storing them wrapped in newspaper or tissue paper, placed a couple to a lunch bag. I think I've had them store a couple months over the winter while they slowly ripened at near 70 degrees F. I suppose you could extend the storage time at lower temps. Next time you are away, would that work for you, instead of freezing?

[Stancel]

The tomato is a fruit, like other fruit it ripens. The green tomato is not a different kind of tomato, it's just an unripe tomato. Unripe fruit is very acidic. When fruit ripens it becomes more alkaline.

So I would only eat red tomatoes.

[Tenuviel]

Hi there! I wouldn't eat raw green tomatoes, as they contain solanine, just as green on potatoes do. Cooking would neutralize this, aka. "fried green tomatoes" but raw would be bad for the tummy.

[joyce09]

Thanks for all the useful responses!