Green uncooked tomatoes are rumored to be toxic. I made this video about the subject. What do you all think of this topic? I've once made a green tomato sauce and didn't feel very good after eating it. But small quantities of fried green tomatoes seem to be ok for me. Do you have any experience with eating green tomatoes?
A green tomato does have some Solanine in them... it is a toxic substance, but there is so little of it that you'd have to eat quite a bit for it to really make you sick..
I've eaten green uncooked tomatoes with no problem, but I prefer then fried...
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"Fried Green Tomatoes" are more than just a movie, they're a great side dish with hamburgers! Or hotdogs! Or pretty much everything. Just like simi-steading, we've also eaten a bunch over the years with no ill effect. Curt
The jury is still out a bit when it comes to whether or not tomatoes in general (ripe or unripe, cooked or uncooked) are toxic. They are a nightshade, after all.
I have never noticed any problem from eating them, but I know some people who report pain in their joints after eating too many plants in the nightshade family.
So no, you're not likely to drop dead from eating them, but there might be some other health effects specific to you and your own body.
Be warned though.. if you have a cat, they are VERY toxic to them.. birds too...
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"Fried Green Tomatoes" are more than just a movie, they're a great side dish with hamburgers! Or hotdogs! Or pretty much everything. Just like simi-steading, we've also eaten a bunch over the years with no ill effect. Curt
Fried green tomatoes are delicious indeed. At the end of this past summer I made green tomato sauce though and didn't feel very good the whole day. I had found the recipe online. I wonder if eating the concentrated green tomato sauce could cause adverse effects.
The video you posted said it is unclear if they are toxic. I have eaten them unripe and aside from the taste they are good for you. Be aware that you can eat many and get stomach ache from them like any food.
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No, I've never gotten sick from green tomatoes. I even cann a green tomato "mincemeat" for pies,tho it does not have any meat in it. I eat fried green tomatoes in the summer, and a person I know will not even eat a ripe tomato,but only eats green ones.
No, I've never gotten sick from green tomatoes. I even cann a green tomato "mincemeat" for pies,tho it does not have any meat in it. I eat fried green tomatoes in the summer, and a person I know will not even eat a ripe tomato,but only eats green ones.
Do you particularly like the smell of tomato plants? I personally do not. It is a bit repulsive for me. But I love ripe tomatoes. I noticed that the green ones have a similar smell to the leaves. Maybe I am more allergic to them since when handling the plants too much I get a rash.
Fried green tomatoes are delicious and I've been eating them since I was a young child. Sometimes I've eaten large amounts. Sometimes I've eaten just plain (not cooked) green tomatoes. Not nearly as tasty as the fried ones. Neither has ever killed me.
There are a lot of things that some people claim are toxic which are not. A little miss-information goes a long ways.
Fried green tomatoes are delicious and I've been eating them since I was a young child. Sometimes I've eaten large amounts. Sometimes I've eaten just plain (not cooked) green tomatoes. Not nearly as tasty as the fried ones. Neither has ever killed me.
There are a lot of things that some people claim are toxic which are not. A little miss-information goes a long ways.
I would suspect toxicity has to do with amount and sensitivity.
Fried green tomatoes are delicious and I've been eating them since I was a young child. Sometimes I've eaten large amounts. Sometimes I've eaten just plain (not cooked) green tomatoes. Not nearly as tasty as the fried ones. Neither has ever killed me.
There are a lot of things that some people claim are toxic which are not. A little miss-information goes a long ways.
A little botany goes a long way too.
Almost ALL plants produce some sort of toxin to repel their natural predators or to control the timing of their seed distribution.
For example, the tomato is toxic to BIRDS before it is ripe. Why?
Because before the seeds are properly ready to be spread, the tomato plant doesn't want the birds eating all its fruit. But when the seeds ARE ready to be spread, then the fruit turns red (which attracts birds, as any chicken owner knows) who eat the fruit and then spread the seed in their ridiculously fast digestive systems.
Nobody here would argue that wheat is toxic, but yet grains produce anti-nutrients which prevent early germination and to protect the plant from predation. In some people (such as myself) with sensitivities to these specific anti-nutrients, it will make us ill.
So all plants are, in their own way, toxic. All plants produce toxins to deal with their natural predators, in some lesser or greater amount. Yet humans being omnivores, our stomachs are more readily able to handle these toxins. Some people for either genetic reasons or because of damage done by the industrial agricultural diet, cannot handle those toxins.
For a century or more, British people thought the tomato (a New World plant) was deadly toxic, but it was because of its interaction with the pewter cookware they most commonly used. A tomato is very acidic.
My advice to the OP would be to try some cooked the way you think you might prefer and then gauge your own feeling of health afterwards.
Yes , I do like the smell of tomato plants. I used to get a rash on my face from eating ripe tomatoes like an apple, as a child. In the Victorian days tomatoes were quite feared because they were thought to be deadly.
It could be your are allergic , having a dislike to the smell could be your body telling you something. I have an adversion to sweets, they brought on severe migraines. Migraines gone with Meds. but I will never look at a sweet the same way, a learned reaction.
I like fried green tomatoes but can't imagine eating green tomatoes raw . My BIL can't eat ripe tomatoes without getting a mouthful of sores so green ones might do him in .
I like fried green tomatoes but can't imagine eating green tomatoes raw . My BIL can't eat ripe tomatoes without getting a mouthful of sores so green ones might do him in .
That's the acid, I bet. If he eats them cooked (like in a pizza sauce) does it still have that affect on him?
There's some foods that upset my stomach raw but if I ferment them or cook them in a stew then I can handle them with no problem.
Solonine gets de-potentiated if the cooking temperature is high enough. French fried potatoes are safer than baked in that way. Nightshade reactions vary according to the person. A common sensitivity cluster is eggplant, Bell peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, which can worsen into some of the onion family.
I like fried green tomatoes but can't imagine eating green tomatoes raw . My BIL can't eat ripe tomatoes without getting a mouthful of sores so green ones might do him in .
Maybe this will help you picture eating them raw...
If you get enough of the right peppers and liquefy part of the salsa, It's almost as good as the red when you don't have any ripe tomatoes yet, and are wanting some salsa for your chips.. Something different.. not a replacement..
BTW, I'm sort of from Texas.. lived there 9 years or so... You won't ever catch me Q'ing or smoking meat without Mesquite..
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