But there are so many uses for the green ones: chutney, fried green (w/ bacon and gravy) ratatoulli (sp), stir fry, and sweet pickled.... If you have a cool dark place at the end of the season, pull the plant and hang it by its roots. The tomatoes will gradually ripen - well not all, but enough to make it worthwhile. >And do not try to >ripen green tomatoes in a sunny window. They'll rot instead. Green tomatoes >will ripen indoors in the absence of sun. Margaret L --