“You can always ask your grocery store...”
Because they’re really good about not re-grinding old meat into disease-laced hamburger? *SMIRK*
I never buy fresh tomatoes unless from a local farm stand; I grow most of my own. When it’s October and there are few tomatoes to be found in the garden, I tell Husband and the kids, “Last Call For Tomatoes!” and it’s a mad dash to get the last few because they know it’ll be a YEAR before they get another fresh one.
They’ve been known to nurse a green tomato into ripening on the windowsill well into December, LOL! :)
P.S. This is where I go into my usual rant about, “knowing where your food comes from...”
We’ve been doing a “local food” challenge on my site and it’s been amazing how well one can eat with a diet based on what is grown locally within your own state.
I’m a little spoiled, though. Wisconsin seemingly has it all! Awesome baked goods, any Dairy product you’d want, homemade sausages, beef and pork right off the hoof, apples, carrots, onions and ‘taters. You can make jam from wild grapes, and other small fruits you can grow at home such a Currant, Gooseberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, etc. (Small fruits make wonderful wines as well!)
Venison, fish and turkey for the time it takes you to load a shotgun, etc. :)
Check out what’s growing in your own state. You’ll be pleasantly surprised. You don’t need to eat no stinkin’ imported foods! (Except for Olive Oil, maybe.) :)
We pick our still green tomatoes just before frost, wash them in a very weak solution of bleach and water, let them dry and store in a dark place. Have had ripe tomatoes from the garden as late as December.
About half of our green tomatoes, that are not going to ripen before frost, end up slice and fried.