[CH] ground cherries
Margaret Lauterbach (mlaute@micron.net)
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 09:12:49 -0600
This sounds like a cape gooseberry (choke cherries are mostly one large
seed, no husk, grow on trees). A friend told me he and his wife fell in
love with that fruit in Italy, where kitchen people pulled back the husk
and dipped them in melted chocolate at their hotel...Ground cherries are a
bit different, taste like stale orange juice to me. Margaret L
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It's a Ground Cherry or Choke Cherry or Gooseberry. They are quite good.
You pick when the husk dries and the fruit is golden. I love to peel the
husk back like wings and garnish a meal with them.
Mary-Anne, Moderator
TomatoFanatics@YahooGroups.com
San Francisco Bay Area
25 miles East of SF
USDA Zone 9b
Sunset Zone 14/15
"Who plants the seed beneath the sod, and waits to see, believes in God."