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To: NoCmpromiz

What is that fruit? I remember seeing it in childhood, but I can’t for the life of me recall it’s name or it’s use.


1,748 posted on 08/08/2014 6:06:44 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I tried to be normal once. Worst two minutes of my life.)
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To: Monkey Face
Ground Cherry aka 'Cape Gooseberry'

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Has an interesting but likeable flavor - not sure what I can compare it to. We ate them off the plant, and Grandma made preserves out of them. I don't recal that she made them into pies as this vid suggests, but she did make pies out of a mix of the stuff that grew there, so she may have included them in that concoction.. ;-)

They (like tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplant) are members of the Nightshade family, so don't eat the green parts... ;-)

Hey, it was Grandma's pie. It was always good. You never asked what was in it...

1,771 posted on 08/08/2014 10:54:48 AM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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