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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Mrs Ava on November 15, 2003, 16:19:53

Title: Purple Tomatillo
Post by: Mrs Ava on November 15, 2003, 16:19:53

I have been given a packet of tomatillo seeds - so have been on Google to see what they are and what I do with them.  Having read pages, I am pretty much none the wiser other than they appear to be like the chinese lantern thingys I love to grow.  Has anyone else had any experience of growing them, and once I have them...what do I do with them?!?

Title: Re: Purple Tomatillo
Post by: john_miller on November 15, 2003, 18:48:15

Close relatives of tomatoes and can be really prolific. Tomatillos are the main ingredient for 'salsa verde' (literally, green sauce), much used in Mexican cooking, which is a good way of using up large amounts of them.

Title: Re: Purple Tomatillo
Post by: Beer_Belly on November 15, 2003, 20:18:10

Did you see that someone invented a tomacco plant ? (like in the Simpsons)

http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/11/03/2258257.shtml?tid=129&tid=134&tid=188