October 27th, 2008 - Hi Roger!
Oh, wow, someone from my past just commented! Hi, Roger! It seems vaguely familiar that maybe we were in touch a few years ago (or more?) so I’m not utterly surprised, but still surprised. What’s up?
He wondered what ground cherries are. Too bad he didn’t ask back when we both lived in Madison, as we grew them there, too. Trade Winds Fruit has a picture and short description. I can’t figure out how to describe their taste. It’s nothing at all like a cherry nor a tomato (to which it’s related). It looks like a tomatillo with the papery husk, but is the size of a cherry tomato. Despite what TWF says, I wouldn’t use them like tomatoes. They are a sweet fruit. Maggie and I just eat them straight up. When I was a kid, Mom (and Grandma Frost) made ground cherry pie that was fabulous. Maybe next summer when we have more, Maggie won’t eat them all up before I can bake a pie. The Frosts used to also buy them (gc pies) from the Amish.
My plants are from seeds Mom gave me from her plants that originally came from seeds from her father, my Grandpa Frost. I think that’s oh so cool–my OWN heirloom seeds!
Oooh–that last link to the pie article includes info that I may be able to store them to ripen later. Need to move the ones I rescued last week from above the fridge to downstairs. (By the way, my tomatoes are ripening nicely and slowly downstairs. I remembered to check this morning. Now to remember each week until they are gone….)
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November 1st, 2008 at 1:17 am EDT
What am I up to? 35 years, 184 lbs, and my knees in happy papillons. The first was inevitable I suppose, the 2nd can be undone in short order if I take the time to do it, the last is a state I’m going to continue for a few more years at least (a bad habit)
I’m going to do my own random 100 things and find a way to post it on my facebook, I really enjoyed reading yours.