During the last weeks of October, leading up to our Halloween weekend snowstorm, we were harvesting ground cherries and tomatillos in considerable volume, a quart of tomatillos a week, or more if you could use them. Also in abundance at our CSA were ground cherries. Sometimes referred to as husk cherries, these are sweet-tart fruits [...]
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Salsa Verde Two Ways: Roasted and with Ground Cherries
Posted in Appetizers, Ground cherry, Husk cherry, Salsa, Tomatillo, tagged Roasted salsa verde, What to make with ground cherries on November 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In a Jam: Groundcherries
Posted in Ground cherry, Husk cherry, Preserving, tagged Groundcherries on September 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Ground cherries, also known as husk cherries, are piquant little yellow orbs that try like crazy to grow into their papery husks. A relative of the tomatillo, it is harvested when it falls off of the plant (hence the reference to ground?). Since they’re typically in short supply around here, I add them to add [...]
Tomatillos and Husk Cherries
Posted in Ground cherry, Husk cherry, Tomatillo, tagged Ground cherry, salsa, Tomatillo on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This past summer’s tomato harvest was a complete disaster in our area due to a fungal disease called late blight, so I was disappointed not to be able to can tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato-based salsa for winter use for the first time in (believe it or not) decades. I was really pleased that our [...]
