Comments on: Ground Cherry & Chamomile Jam http://www.vegalicious.org/2009/11/05/ground-cherry-chamomile-jam/ more than 500 delicious vegan and vegetarian recipes for compassionate people Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:29:02 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Renai http://www.vegalicious.org/2009/11/05/ground-cherry-chamomile-jam/comment-page-1/#comment-45084 Renai Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:11:16 +0000 http://www.vegalicious.org/?p=3260#comment-45084 Thank you SO much! I will have to check again! The farmers market near my apartment doesn't always have the most diverse selection, but if I have time this weekend I will do some more poking around. This just sounds so divine! Thank you SO much! I will have to check again! The farmers market near my apartment doesn’t always have the most diverse selection, but if I have time this weekend I will do some more poking around. This just sounds so divine!

]]> By: Chris http://www.vegalicious.org/2009/11/05/ground-cherry-chamomile-jam/comment-page-1/#comment-45069 Chris Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:12:44 +0000 http://www.vegalicious.org/?p=3260#comment-45069 Hi Renai, Thank you for your comment. This is really yummy. I am surprised that you can't find them there in Seattle...I think the weather is conducive to growing them there. They grow throughout the mid-west and in other colder climates around the world. The Latin name is psysalis, but they are also called cape gooseberries, pineapple cherries. They are so tasty, and easy to grow actually. This has been the first year that we have grown them in the garden and we're looking forward to having more next year. As for a substitute, I would say that regular green gooseberries come the closest in flavor. They are sweet/sour and I think the gooseberry would also lend itself nicely with chamomile. Gooseberries are often pared with elderberry flowers- you make a syrup or infusion from the flowers with sugar water, and then cook the gooseberries in that..also very tasty and makes a nice sorbet. One of the nice things about the ground cherries, is that they ripen now....most other berries all ripen during the summer and you have a great mass of berries, but by this time of the year, there isn't too much. The little brown husks seem to protect them from the cold so they can ripen to a lovely orange color. I just did a google search (typed ground cherries + local source + Seattle) it seems you have them t a local farmers market. http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/ripe-n-ready/ripe-n-ready here's an article in Seattle news http://seattlebonvivant.typepad.com/seattle_bon_vivant/2004/08/the_surprisingl.html http://www.ediblepioneervalley.com/content/index.php/press/press.htm Well, I hope you are able to get them and try them they are really yummy. Hi Renai,
Thank you for your comment. This is really yummy. I am surprised that you can’t find them there in Seattle…I think the weather is conducive to growing them there. They grow throughout the mid-west and in other colder climates around the world. The Latin name is psysalis, but they are also called cape gooseberries, pineapple cherries. They are so tasty, and easy to grow actually. This has been the first year that we have grown them in the garden and we’re looking forward to having more next year.
As for a substitute, I would say that regular green gooseberries come the closest in flavor. They are sweet/sour and I think the gooseberry would also lend itself nicely with chamomile. Gooseberries are often pared with elderberry flowers- you make a syrup or infusion from the flowers with sugar water, and then cook the gooseberries in that..also very tasty and makes a nice sorbet. One of the nice things about the ground cherries, is that they ripen now….most other berries all ripen during the summer and you have a great mass of berries, but by this time of the year, there isn’t too much. The little brown husks seem to protect them from the cold so they can ripen to a lovely orange color. I just did a google search (typed ground cherries + local source + Seattle) it seems you have them t a local farmers market.
http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/ripe-n-ready/ripe-n-ready
here’s an article in Seattle news
http://seattlebonvivant.typepad.com/seattle_bon_vivant/2004/08/the_surprisingl.html
http://www.ediblepioneervalley.com/content/index.php/press/press.htm

Well, I hope you are able to get them and try them they are really yummy.

]]> By: Renai http://www.vegalicious.org/2009/11/05/ground-cherry-chamomile-jam/comment-page-1/#comment-45064 Renai Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:26:59 +0000 http://www.vegalicious.org/?p=3260#comment-45064 This looks absolutely wonderful! Do you have any suggestions for other fruit that might work? As I don't think that I'll be able to find ground cherries here in Seattle! This looks absolutely wonderful! Do you have any suggestions for other fruit that might work? As I don’t think that I’ll be able to find ground cherries here in Seattle!

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