Ground Cherry Taste Test

Hello everyone!!! So it’s been 4 years of me trying to grow ground cherries and this year I was finally successful. Let’s see if all that work was worth the wait.

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[dadmezz]

We did not have any Aunt Molly's left to jam.
We collect ours in the husk and leave in a bowl on the counter.
We snack on the yellow fruit as they continue to ripen like a tomato does off the vine.
They may be an aquired taste.
First bite tangy but the rest become addicting sweet for us.
Enjoy your hunt for that addictive ground cherry.

[CampingforCool]

I don’t know what variety you grew but I grew some for the first time last year (“New Hanover” variety I believe) and they were absolutely delicious, taste just like a mild pineapple…so don’t give up. But it’s absolutely vital that you wait until the husks are completely brown and the berries are a creamy yellow all the way around. Any hint of green and they will taste a little funky.

[PepperBlue]

Best taste review ever!! Lol subscribing lol

[sabbyjones]

Love love love pineapple ground cherry a must in my garden every year. Husk must be dark tan to brown

[Infinitesimal-hoit]

THose didn't look ripe yet. I'm not sure when you started them, but they take awhile before they get ripe. The ones I grew from wild seeds this year weren't ready until December.

[lettucesalad]

I grew ground cherries for the first time this year.. IMO they taste better after they've been off the plant for a few weeks, an they're completely yellow with no green.

[skybirdmakes]

I've always found wild have better flavor, but I live in Missouri were like 9 species are native so surely some are better then others
I've bought them from the store as "Goldenberries" and did not like them, very funky, a little fruity, tomato like (but I don't like tomato)
My mom loves tomato but she hated these from the store.

I transplanted a native I found in the woods beneath a tree in my yard and though I've only been able to try one fruit from that specific plant since it was young, it was delicious!! Very fruity, sweet, pleasantly acidic and citrus.

The plant species I have got much bigger this year and seem to spread by underground rhyzome because there are 6 now and at least three will be giving me several fruit this year!

[steveedsel]

I've did the aunt Molly's a few years ago and they were good

[carvedwood]

This is a hilarious review. Couple of things. On the ground or not, the green ones are not ready to be eaten and actually contain the same toxin as green potatoes do, don't be eating green ones lol. Curious as to what variety this was bc nothing I have tasted ever tasted remotely like anything you guys described haha, except for the pineapple and tomato comment. I would try some different varieties, and maybe even try cape gooseberries aka goldenberries aka peruvian ground cherries. They are similar, but different. Worth a try even if ground cherries aren't your thing.

[lindaborn]

I grew Cossack Pineapple this year and my son said they were equally delicious and disgusting at the same time. I found that I liked them when I picked them yellow green they had the fruity taste without the weird after taste.

[travisevans]

aunt Molly's and pineapple are very sweet and taste great made some tasty jam with them but if they have any green to them at all they aren't ripe and taste terrible those didn't look anywhere near ripe but I haven't tried that variety

[ml]

I tired mine for the first time (german Schoenbrunn) and I swear they taste like parmesan 😭.

I might try the pineapple variety next time too 🤣

[samuelsmith]

Big Ben in the house!! I am going to Ben-Joy my

[TheMurpleMan]

Lol, appreciate the honest taste test. I'll stick to tomatoes. Y'all funny!

[paulshizzledizzle]

Seems like you picked them off the tree. Have to wait until it falls off plant

[lisamills-wvnc]

Those were under ripe. The green berries can be toxic. They berry should be yellow when ripe, and the husk should be dry and brown. 😊

[Wsquared]

They are in the nightshade family, and every part of it is toxic except for the RIPE fruit.

[brandonmonroe]

They should be orange when you eat them those just weren't ripe I think

[KurtWickham]

Don't eat them if they're a chartreuse type color, eat only the warm yellow to peachy orange colored ones are best and sweeter

[sweetenedjourney]

🤣 I don't want none of that! 🤣 I want it! I thought they were good. I ate all of them. #trespassing #inyourgarden