I'm not sure what category these things fall into, so I stuck this post in "Gardening".
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...es&gbv=2&hl=en&sa=G&ei=7iqZSuikBcrDtwfomoTHBA
I just had these little babies for the first time at a friend's house last weekend. She'd grown them in her garden, and she called them "husk tomatoes" (which I believe is also a name for tomatillos).
Anyway, she had them in a bowl along with her wonderful orange cherry tomatoes ("Sun Glory" variety?). The husks are about the size of a small Japanese lantern, tan in color. The berry (?) is a light yellow-ish green (though the ones in the photo look more orange than Jan's did) and the flavor is different and delightful. Sweet, with a little tartness.
I was enchanted, and will try to find a plant for one of my containers next year. Probably have to get one from Jan.
Has anyone had experience with ground cherries? Seems that someone, maybe Chowhound or Jeekins, posted a photo of something like this awhile back, and I told him they were Japanese lanterns. Maybe they were these?
Lee
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...es&gbv=2&hl=en&sa=G&ei=7iqZSuikBcrDtwfomoTHBA
I just had these little babies for the first time at a friend's house last weekend. She'd grown them in her garden, and she called them "husk tomatoes" (which I believe is also a name for tomatillos).
Anyway, she had them in a bowl along with her wonderful orange cherry tomatoes ("Sun Glory" variety?). The husks are about the size of a small Japanese lantern, tan in color. The berry (?) is a light yellow-ish green (though the ones in the photo look more orange than Jan's did) and the flavor is different and delightful. Sweet, with a little tartness.
I was enchanted, and will try to find a plant for one of my containers next year. Probably have to get one from Jan.
Has anyone had experience with ground cherries? Seems that someone, maybe Chowhound or Jeekins, posted a photo of something like this awhile back, and I told him they were Japanese lanterns. Maybe they were these?
Lee