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By Diane Ott Whealy, co-founder of Seed Savers Exchange
One of the joy of bear on heirloom potpourri is that not only are they oppressed with ravisher , diverseness , and tang , but they also hold the force to bring back emotionally - charge memories with their rattling taste .
Ground cherries conjure up especially warm memory for me , as we had them growing in my families ’ gardens for generations . We used this delicious yield for jam , pies , sauces , or my favored : husk fresh from the garden , still warm and sweet-flavored from the sunshine .
Ground cherries ( Physalis pruinosa)—not to be obnubilate with tomatillo ( Physalis philadelphica)—are native to Central America . They produce a very sweet yellow - gold , cherry tree - sized fruit in a papery straw that devolve from the works just before they ripen .
Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry – Shop now
The ‘ Aunt Molly ’s ’ heirloom ground cherry found its style to the Seed Savers Exchange aggregation and has been in my garden for years . These plant are part of my garden that seeds itself , and there are always enough yield left on the ground to sow new plants .
rise up , my children bed soil cherries and would inadvertently alert me when they were ripe . I ’d find piles of light - brown empty husks lie beside the plant or in a lead extend out of the garden . My untested daughter recently mentioned how she looked forrard to them and that she was surprised how something so sweet was found on the ground — and in Iowa !
My Grandma Ott treasured her ground cerise for hole and pies . She would pick all she could before frost and store them in their husks under a seam upstairs . They would keep for months in that cool place and could be used refreshed for special - social function pie in the winter .
Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry – Shop now
While work in my garden these days , I bring out a husk and kill a golden cerise into my mouth to be reminded of Grandma Ott ’s kitchen , her pies and jam , and my children ’s trail of empty husk leading out of the garden .
Yields about 5 pints
Ingredients
Preparation
Place crushed ground cherries , butter , lemon juice , and zest in large saucepan with the fruit pectin .
lend to a full boil ( a boiling point that continues when conjure ) .
Add bread , stay on stirring , bring back to full boil and cook for 3 minutes .
Remove from heat and skim off foam .
Pour hot kettle of fish immediately into hot , sterile jars , being certain to leave enough headspace to ensure a vacuum seal ; cap with lids and rings .
outgrowth in raging - weewee bath , half - pints for 5 minutes and pint for 10 minutes . Or lease mixture chill completely in kettle , stirring occasionally , and freeze in hoarfrost - proof containers .
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