Hi Juliet. They are cape gooseberries in their wonderful papery cases. I have just learnt about them from my neighbour over the fence where they are growing and showing through into my garden.
Pretty cape gooseberries. I can’t remember what you do with them in terms of cooking. I think we used to eat them as is when we were kids. I liked them more than real gooseberries.
Apparently they make great jam and are rich in iron. They make a nice relish according to “Chef Google”……! Some people love eating them ripe off the bush.
Ooh, I remember Cape gooseberries from my childhood in Zimbabwe – they’re yummy! Gosh, I haven’t seen them in years – I suspect the winters might be too harsh for them in Christchurch, though. And I notice that I’ve automatically put a capital C on the cape, because I associate them with Cape Town (goodness knows why, now I come to think of it …): but perhaps the cape means the covering of the berry, and not the region??
Some people really love them fresh off the bush others make jam or sauces with them. Indigenous to South America, grown in England where they seem better known as Physalis which is part of their Latin name and also grown in South Africa, hence the Cape! They are frost tender so Christchurch may be too chilly for them to survive.
Yes they are a gooseberry. They are delicious but can have mould around them so wash carefully. Maybe that’s just when they’ve travelled all the way here to the UK though!
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Gooseberries.
Thanks, yes they are pretty cape gooseberries.
Hi Lynley, I’ve always known these as cape gooseberries.
Hi Juliet. They are cape gooseberries in their wonderful papery cases. I have just learnt about them from my neighbour over the fence where they are growing and showing through into my garden.
Pretty cape gooseberries. I can’t remember what you do with them in terms of cooking. I think we used to eat them as is when we were kids. I liked them more than real gooseberries.
Apparently they make great jam and are rich in iron. They make a nice relish according to “Chef Google”……! Some people love eating them ripe off the bush.
Another little wonder fruit from Nature!
Indeed!
Indeed! And well known all around the world:-)
Cape gooseberries and definitely edible
I’ve just learnt about them and I believe that they make great jam. Also rich in iron.
Right on both counts
Goosberry jam is delicious. Also in icecream is it very tasty.
I may try making some jam. The gooseberries are rich in iron so they are very good for you too…..even in ice cream…
Ooh, I remember Cape gooseberries from my childhood in Zimbabwe – they’re yummy! Gosh, I haven’t seen them in years – I suspect the winters might be too harsh for them in Christchurch, though. And I notice that I’ve automatically put a capital C on the cape, because I associate them with Cape Town (goodness knows why, now I come to think of it …): but perhaps the cape means the covering of the berry, and not the region??
Some people really love them fresh off the bush others make jam or sauces with them. Indigenous to South America, grown in England where they seem better known as Physalis which is part of their Latin name and also grown in South Africa, hence the Cape! They are frost tender so Christchurch may be too chilly for them to survive.
Physalis fruit?
Absolutely correct. In New Zealand they seem to be well known as Cape Gooseberries. Physalis is part of their Latin name.
Yes they are a gooseberry. They are delicious but can have mould around them so wash carefully. Maybe that’s just when they’ve travelled all the way here to the UK though!
Thanks Helena. These are hanging over the fence from my neighbour’s garden. They have an unusual flavour.