Green tomatoes

Green tomato is the unripe tomatoes, which is the fruit of the plant Lycopersicon lycopersicum and is a member of the Solanaceae, or Nightshade family. Green tomatoes have fleshy internal segments filled with slippery seeds surrounded by a watery matrix. Cooking tempers the acid and bitter qualities in tomatoes and brings out their warm, rich, sweetness.Although green tomatoes are wonderful when cooked or pickled, they should be avoided in large amounts when raw. Green tomatoes contain large amounts of tomatine, a toxin in the same alkaloid family as solanine which may be found in green potatoes, another member of the nightshade family.Chopped green tomatoesRefers to the finely chopped or roughly chopped green tomatoes They may be chopped with and without peel as per recipe requirements. Another interesting way of chopping green tomatoes would be to chop into big chunks or quarters.Halved Green tomatoesRefers to halved and deseeded tomatoes.Sliced green tomatoesSlice the tomatoes in thick (1/2 inch) or thin slices( ¼ inch), with or without the skin.