{"product_id":"va-va-green-tomatoes-960g-33-9oz-834839005994","title":"Va-Va Green Tomatoes 960g (33.9oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVa-Va Green Tomatoes is a 960g jar of whole green tomatoes pickled in savory brine from Va-Va — a North Macedonian specialty food producer known for Balkan-style pickled vegetables and condiments — in the classic Eastern European pickled green tomato format: the firm, unripe tomatoes preserved in a dill-and-garlic brine that produces the specific tangy, slightly vegetal, crunchy pickled tomato that is a staple of the Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, and broader Slavic pickled vegetable tradition. Va-Va is a North Macedonian specialty food brand producing ajvar, pinjur, and pickled vegetables, and the pickled green tomatoes represent one of the most specifically Eastern European pickled-vegetable products in the Balkan pantry range — the green tomato pickled whole in the harvest-and-preserve tradition of the Eastern European garden and dacha when autumn frosts arrive before the tomatoes can ripen fully. Pickled green tomatoes hold a beloved position in the Russian, Ukrainian, and Balkan pickled-vegetable tradition: the crunchy, tangy pickled tomato eaten as a zakuska alongside black bread and vodka, that sits on the Eastern European cold table beside the pickled cucumbers and sauerkraut, and that the diaspora kitchen stocks as the pickled vegetable most associated with the autumn harvest-and-preserve ritual. Eat straight from the jar as the classic Eastern European pickled green tomato alongside black bread and cold meats, serve at a zakuski table or cold buffet, use in salads as the pickled-tomato component, or keep in the pantry as the Va-Va green tomatoes for the household that follows the Balkan pickled-vegetable tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Va-Va","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49071793209572,"sku":"PAN-VAVA-GTOM960","price":12.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/834839005994.jpg?v=1780449003","url":"https:\/\/hamiltoneuromarkets.com\/products\/va-va-green-tomatoes-960g-33-9oz-834839005994","provider":"Hamilton Euromarket","version":"1.0","type":"link"}