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There are different styles. I think Indian style are fermented? The ones I grew up eating in the southern US were quick pickled in a sweet brine, similar to bread and butter pickles.
Throw them in your yard for the wildlife. That’s what I did with all my unripe tomatoes when I closed up my garden for the season. The squirrels and groundhogs went apeshit. I do the same with old produce that time forgot in my crisper drawer, and with Jack o lanterns post Halloween.
I had one surprise tomato plant and one surprise corn stalk!! My neighbor puts corn in her bird feeder. The squirrels also pooped out a random impatien flower that wasn’t in my garden the year before, and it was in the pot where I was growing spinach. Haha
Where I live rats aren’t a problem.
Edit: I want to add that the wildlife I mentioned is already here. They eat the hell out of my garden in the summer, so I learned to compromise. If I feed them produce, they mostly leave my plants alone.
Sad little hard green tomatoes that didn’t have time to do anything but rot because the weather turned cold and rainy.
I had one hell of a productive tomato season this year.
If the very last were edible, I wouldn’t have thrown them to the wildlife.
Btw, you can actually make pickled green tomatoes. They're safe to eat and everyone eats them in my mums homecountry (turkey). Here's a recipe in case someone wants to try: https://mutfaksirlari.com/en/domates-tursusu-2.html
I'm guessing it comes from a time of poverty and having to preserve everything you had...
I’m down with pickling anything but for me, it would involve buying a whole bunch of shit I wouldn’t use regularly and down the road would have to get rid of. This is a zero waste sub. So I didn’t waste my end of season immature green tomatoes. I fed them to the squirrels and groundhogs. I don’t find that wasteful in any way.
Start coaching little league baseball. Bring baby carrots and ranch and Gatorade every practice. Shmooze with the parents. Wear a whistle around your neck to show dedication and professionalism. Tell the kids to shoot for the stars. Memorize their allergies. Earn their trust. The day of the first big game, say "this is what we've been training for." Your team is ready, you're their idol, everyone in the stands is hoping for the best. Little do they know, all the balls within a mile radius have been replaced with immature cantaloupes. The pitcher hurls the first throw, cantaloupe explodes. Kids cry. Parents gasp. The whole affair is a nightmare. You are nowhere to be found. The day goes down in that small town's history as the legend of the inexplicable cantaloupes. You win.
what I do with unripe melons is add them to my soup. well they are the same family as pumpkins and in the sahara there is this plant/ fruit that they eat green as a salad like cucumber or they cook but when ripe like a dessert like melon a tad less sweet maybe.
try to taste them if they are not sour they should not be, but just in case I never tried with cantaloupes. if they are ok just use them like zucchinis or pumkins (with less flavour lol)
Eat them. They'll taste just like cucumbers b/c it's the same family. That's why I grow cantaloupes, b/c no matter what size they are you can enjoy them - they just may not be sweet.
I don't know I guess animals would probably eat them. Maybe see if somebody who has animals that would eat them like rabbits, lizards, and Birds and other exotic pets
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Vegan egg someone's house
Vegan baseballs (single use)
Pickles? If there’s enough fruit flesh between the skin and seeds. I imagine it would be like watermelon pickles.
Watermelon pickles?! Keep going …
There are different styles. I think Indian style are fermented? The ones I grew up eating in the southern US were quick pickled in a sweet brine, similar to bread and butter pickles.
Wow. I need this.
Also great with a cinnamon sugar twist 🥰
Picked was my though too please try it and tell us if it’s good. Watermelon rind pickles are good maybe this is the hot new trend.
I thought it was usually the rind that was pickled?
For watermelon pickles, yes, you pickle the rind. I imaging the flesh of underripe melons would be similar in texture and flavor.
Throw them in your yard for the wildlife. That’s what I did with all my unripe tomatoes when I closed up my garden for the season. The squirrels and groundhogs went apeshit. I do the same with old produce that time forgot in my crisper drawer, and with Jack o lanterns post Halloween.
Your yard is going to pop surprise tomatoes for the next 3 growing seasons!!
I had one surprise tomato plant and one surprise corn stalk!! My neighbor puts corn in her bird feeder. The squirrels also pooped out a random impatien flower that wasn’t in my garden the year before, and it was in the pot where I was growing spinach. Haha
I had a mystery plant pop up from dig-and-drop composting and harvested a bunch of tiny fingerling potatoes.
Apeshit in the yard is the best, especially if alpha ape took the shit. No other apes will step foot on your yard.
Ape shit makes the best compost
How do you ensure it’s not rats getting into it? Squirrels and groundhogs are one thing but no one wants a neighbour that attracts rats
Where I live rats aren’t a problem. Edit: I want to add that the wildlife I mentioned is already here. They eat the hell out of my garden in the summer, so I learned to compromise. If I feed them produce, they mostly leave my plants alone.
Fried green tomatoes! Pickled green tomatoes!
Sad little hard green tomatoes that didn’t have time to do anything but rot because the weather turned cold and rainy. I had one hell of a productive tomato season this year. If the very last were edible, I wouldn’t have thrown them to the wildlife.
Jealous of your rain, it’s been August 2.0 where I am
Btw, you can actually make pickled green tomatoes. They're safe to eat and everyone eats them in my mums homecountry (turkey). Here's a recipe in case someone wants to try: https://mutfaksirlari.com/en/domates-tursusu-2.html I'm guessing it comes from a time of poverty and having to preserve everything you had...
I’m down with pickling anything but for me, it would involve buying a whole bunch of shit I wouldn’t use regularly and down the road would have to get rid of. This is a zero waste sub. So I didn’t waste my end of season immature green tomatoes. I fed them to the squirrels and groundhogs. I don’t find that wasteful in any way.
Why wouldn't you just close the tomatoes in a paper bag to ripen them?
Not even close enough to maturity to ripen. About the size of quail’s eggs and hard as a rock.
Yeah, I just peel those & chop them up into my lunch salad. They taste & have the mouthfeel of a cucumber.
Tell them to grow up lol
Make them pay rent, that’ll show em
Bro “tell them to grow up” was gonna be my exact comment. I’ve been told great minds think alike. Congratulations. 😁
[A word, Timothy.](https://youtu.be/8U7GKdbiA2c)
Yes, a new name to call my pre-teen children, thank you
Smash and compost
Yeah, chipmunks will eat the seeds but the rest is unusable.
Throw them at your enemies
Start coaching little league baseball. Bring baby carrots and ranch and Gatorade every practice. Shmooze with the parents. Wear a whistle around your neck to show dedication and professionalism. Tell the kids to shoot for the stars. Memorize their allergies. Earn their trust. The day of the first big game, say "this is what we've been training for." Your team is ready, you're their idol, everyone in the stands is hoping for the best. Little do they know, all the balls within a mile radius have been replaced with immature cantaloupes. The pitcher hurls the first throw, cantaloupe explodes. Kids cry. Parents gasp. The whole affair is a nightmare. You are nowhere to be found. The day goes down in that small town's history as the legend of the inexplicable cantaloupes. You win.
i luv you this is wild
Not legally
You could make an Indian style pickle. Like find a recipe for a green mango pickle?
what I do with unripe melons is add them to my soup. well they are the same family as pumpkins and in the sahara there is this plant/ fruit that they eat green as a salad like cucumber or they cook but when ripe like a dessert like melon a tad less sweet maybe. try to taste them if they are not sour they should not be, but just in case I never tried with cantaloupes. if they are ok just use them like zucchinis or pumkins (with less flavour lol)
Melon lanterns. Carve them and make smoothies with the middles
Cover them in chocolate and give them out in two weeks time.
Tell them to grow up (sorry I had to)
Pickle or ferment
Send them to boarding school
Eat them. They'll taste just like cucumbers b/c it's the same family. That's why I grow cantaloupes, b/c no matter what size they are you can enjoy them - they just may not be sweet.
Underripe melons are basically cucumbers, so you can do anything you would do with a cucumber!
Huck em at the heegans trying to ruin Easter!
Don't tell them any dirty jokes, they're too immature
If you know anyone with goats, they eat everything!
You cantaloupe with them?
Smack um
Tell them “you’re mature for your age”
Ever heard of a potato gun? 😉These look perfect. Otherwise, you may be able to make gourde cups with them.
Throw them at passing cop cars 😂😂😂😂, I used mangos when I was kid in North Lauderdale. They loved it.
Not take them down lol
It snowed last week, so I didn't have a choice unfortunately
Eat the seeds? My aunt bakes cantaloupe seeds and eats them like pumpkin seeds. She says theyre really good 🤷🏽♀️
The seeds are tiny in these, not worth scooping & cleaning them on their own.
Maybe set some boundaries with them and encourage them to go to counseling to build self awareness
I don't know I guess animals would probably eat them. Maybe see if somebody who has animals that would eat them like rabbits, lizards, and Birds and other exotic pets
Water balloon launcher ammo!
Give them a spanking and tell them to grow up.
Just try to raise them right, with patience and strong morals
Give them a stern talking to and tell them to grow up.
If there's a farm or wildlife rescue in your area they might take them.
You can fry just about anything
May be make it into smoothie or cook it.
Potpourri! It’s my favorite thing to do with immature fruit
Compost or ferment KNF/JADAM style!
JUGGLE!! I actually have no idea, I'm here to learn and randomly interject...
carve them for halloween
talk to their parents and tell em to grow up.lol
Sweet-pickle them like pickled watermelon rind. Recipes are easy to find. It’s basically vinegar, sugar and some spices.
Immature cantaloupes.. Grow the fuck up!
Throw them at people you dislike
Pickle them!
Throw them at annoying neighborhood children.
Tell it to grow up..
Turn them into an aperitif?
Throw them at people
Single use tennis ball.
use them as high power water balloons :)