The thing is that I do not really know what to do with them. Can I freeze them till more are ready?
Do you have any suggestions? What would you do with them?
Thursday 4 October 2012
Gooseberry Questions
At the start of the year I was given a Cape Gooseberry plant and I noticed today that many of the little berries in their dry pods had started dropping of the bush. So I decided that I would pick up the fallen ones and pick the others that were ready.
The thing is that I do not really know what to do with them. Can I freeze them till more are ready?
Do you have any suggestions? What would you do with them?
The thing is that I do not really know what to do with them. Can I freeze them till more are ready?
Do you have any suggestions? What would you do with them?
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They are tasty as fresh fruit, you can make tarts and fools out of them and they are great in Mexican cookery as a sort of pseudo tomatillo (their cousin) substitute here in Australia. One thing to note...you will NEVER be short of them as they grow exponentially :) My chooks adore them and spread them everywhere around our property. You can also Google them as physalis which might give you some more results :)
ReplyDeleteOh I would die for some fresh gooseberries - they certainly wouldn't last long enough in our house! they certainly make a lovely jam - I remember it from my young days..
ReplyDeleteOooh Lucky You Fiona! What a great result I'd say. We don't produce many at all, don't know why. Just eat them raw, or they're nice slightly poached in sugar syrup. Enjoy.
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