buffy said:

ruby said:

I learnt that tomatillos, used to make salsa verde, are not actually tomatoes but are Physalis philadelphica and Physalis ixocarpa. Though they are in the same family as tomatoes. I ordered some seeds to grow next spring. ‘tomatillas thrive on neglect’. Excellent.

Grandson is getting into cooking and his current obsession is Mexican. I’m loving it. We found a shop in Melbourne that sells tortilla presses and black corn.
Though I am hoping he will head back to the Korean food once this Mexmania has passed

I always muddle up tamarillos and tomatillos. I’ve got a tamarillo bush/tree and I had a few fruit. But now the possums have discovered them. I had none this year. Maybe I should cut the tree back really hard and make it a short bush again.

I put in a tamarillo last year and it turned into a monster, it got about 30 fruit but we only ate a few of them, possums here too. I cut it back extra hard, if it lives OK, if not, I will plant the tomatillos there!