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February 28, 2017 4:57 pm at 4:57 pm #619363👑RebYidd23Participant
I want to grow them in my garden, but I’ve never heard of anyone else doing that. Why?
February 28, 2017 6:50 pm at 6:50 pm #1222530MenoParticipantWell I’ve never heard of a tomatillo, but if they’re anything like armadillos, as the name suggests, I can think of a few reasons people don’t plant them.
February 28, 2017 7:01 pm at 7:01 pm #1222531👑RebYidd23ParticipantThey’re a lot more like cape gooseberries than they are like armadillos.
February 28, 2017 7:13 pm at 7:13 pm #1222532MenoParticipantWell I’ve never heard of a cape gooseberry, but if they’re anything like the geese I see at the park, as the name suggests, I can think of a few reasons people don’t plant them.
February 28, 2017 7:19 pm at 7:19 pm #1222533👑RebYidd23ParticipantThey’re a lot more like tomatoes than they are like geese.
February 28, 2017 7:23 pm at 7:23 pm #1222534MenoParticipantWell if they’re anything like the tomatoes that I’ve seen, I can’t think of any reason why people don’t plant them.
Wait, so why don’t you just plant tomatoes?
February 28, 2017 7:47 pm at 7:47 pm #1222535iacisrmmaParticipantPossibly because they don’t grow well where you live.
February 28, 2017 8:01 pm at 8:01 pm #1222536👑RebYidd23ParticipantThey taste different from tomatoes. And they grow in a husk.
March 1, 2017 4:41 am at 4:41 am #1222537yehudayonaParticipantAny decent seed catalog has tomatillo seeds. One of my favorite seed catalogs says they should be planted in pairs for best pollination and performance.
March 1, 2017 2:24 pm at 2:24 pm #1222538MenoParticipantAnd they grow in a husk
So it’s like corn?
March 1, 2017 3:23 pm at 3:23 pm #1222539LightbriteParticipantBecause they’re nightshades
March 1, 2017 4:42 pm at 4:42 pm #1222540Avram in MDParticipantRebYidd23,
I want to grow them in my garden, but I’ve never heard of anyone else doing that. Why?
Because most hobbyist gardeners plant things that they eat, and tomatillos are not typically eaten or found in grocery stores in most of the U.S.
March 1, 2017 6:35 pm at 6:35 pm #1222541👑RebYidd23ParticipantWhat do U.S. residents have against tomatillos?
March 1, 2017 7:36 pm at 7:36 pm #1222542Avram in MDParticipantRebYidd23,
What do U.S. residents have against tomatillos?
Unfamiliar and unwanted are not the same thing.
March 1, 2017 10:17 pm at 10:17 pm #1222543golferParticipantBecause their sugar content is too low and you can’t make any wine or alcoholic beverage from them.
(Those little husks look cute though. Kind of like a little tomato in a Purim costume.)
March 1, 2017 11:37 pm at 11:37 pm #1222544147ParticipantWhy are tomatillos overlooked? Simple:- Because they really don’t taste good.
March 1, 2017 11:44 pm at 11:44 pm #1222545👑RebYidd23ParticipantDepends how you prepare them.
March 2, 2017 1:41 am at 1:41 am #1222546yehudayonaParticipantgolfer, do you make tomato wine?
March 2, 2017 5:54 am at 5:54 am #1222547LightbriteParticipantAFAIK, I’ve never eaten a tomatillo.
Maybe in the US they are overlooked because we don’t want to hurt them.
March 2, 2017 11:10 pm at 11:10 pm #1222548TheGoqParticipantSomeone at my register bought tomatillo’s today i was thinking of this thread.
March 3, 2017 1:15 am at 1:15 am #1222549yehudayonaParticipantQuick, what’s the code?
March 3, 2017 1:32 am at 1:32 am #1222550TheGoqParticipantI don’t know that one by heart had to look it up.
March 3, 2017 2:38 pm at 2:38 pm #1222551MenoParticipantI just remembered that I once went to a simcha and on the plate with the dessert there was this little thing that looked like a tomato wrapped in leaves.
Obviously I did not eat it.
March 7, 2017 1:45 pm at 1:45 pm #1222552LightbriteParticipantThe Goq: Was it a CR poster that bought them?
Meno: Given the chance again, would you at least look at the tomatillos?
…..Btw how do I know if I have seen one IRL?
March 7, 2017 1:54 pm at 1:54 pm #1222553MenoParticipantI did look at them. I actually thought they were very cute.
March 7, 2017 1:56 pm at 1:56 pm #1222554LightbriteParticipantThat was so kind of you!
Too cute to consume
March 7, 2017 2:03 pm at 2:03 pm #1222555TheGoqParticipantLb I don’t think many Mexican’s read the cr.
March 7, 2017 2:23 pm at 2:23 pm #1222556MenoParticipantToo cute to consume
That’s not why I didn’t eat them.
I didn’t eat them because they looked like little tomatoes, and tomatoes aren’t dessert
March 7, 2017 2:26 pm at 2:26 pm #1222557LightbriteParticipantMarrano
March 7, 2017 2:43 pm at 2:43 pm #1222558👑RebYidd23ParticipantIf they were being served for dessert, they were probably cape gooseberries.
March 7, 2017 2:47 pm at 2:47 pm #1222559MenoParticipantThey should have made an announcement, or at least put a note on the plate.
I might have eaten it.
March 7, 2017 2:52 pm at 2:52 pm #1222560LightbriteParticipantAnd if they were all around then they’re likely mulberries
March 7, 2017 2:52 pm at 2:52 pm #1222561LightbriteParticipantWas there a weasel around?
March 7, 2017 2:53 pm at 2:53 pm #1222562LightbriteParticipantNext time Meno. Next time.
March 8, 2017 3:30 am at 3:30 am #1222563yehudayonaParticipantPopa goes the weasel.
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