Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Alex wrote:
>
>> Has no one out there ever eaten Physalis?
>
> I bought some when I lived in Southern California, where they were
> labeled as Cape gooseberries. The most interesting thing I found to do
> with them is to peel back the husk and then dip them in a molten-sugar
> mixture to create a brittle shell. They have to be eaten soon afterward,
> because humidity will eventually cause the shell to soften. (Of course,
> it can't be *too* soon afterward or you'll burn the hell out of
> yourself.) If I'd had more of them I might have made a tart or something
> similar. I don't think I'd cook them much beyond what I wrote above.
>
> Bob


Are we talking about the little gold berries also called
ground cherries
or strawberry tomatoes? They used to grow wild int he
fields when I
was a kid and were one of the weeds allowed to grow in the
gardens.

Loved them!

gloria p