Ground Cherries
This is a new one for me. Hadn’t even heard of a ground cherry until this week’s CSA pickup. According to Wikipedia, the ground cherry (aka Cape Gooseberry) belongs to the physalis, a genus of plants in the nightshade family native to warm temperate and subtropical regions. This small orangey fruit looks like a tiny tomato encased in a papery husk and is similar in texture to the larger fruit.
The taste ranges from sweet and tart to savory, almost musky (at least this batch). The fruit is also full of pectin and makes a great addition to jams and jellies. I doubt severely any of this batch will get much more treatment than peeling and popping.
Gastography 