Re: [CH] catching the ketchups
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Mon, 05 Jun 2000 17:29:41 -0700
> Now, what the heck is "tree tomato"?
Cyphomandra betacea, most commonly marketed nowadays in USA as "tamarillo"
(not that tamarillo is "commonly" found in any market in USA). A fruit
closely related to tomato, and oddly enough quite reminiscent in flavor,
though it differs.
Compared to tomato, tamarillo fruit is:
smaller (but then, no breeding/selection work so far on tamarillo),
more oval/elongated,
fruitier aroma,
sweeter,
larger seeds (unpleasantly large, IMHO),
deeper color,
firmer (slightly),
more bitter skin (skin really must be removed before eating else enjoyment suffers),
and from a much taller plant (a perennial "tree") native to Andes.
--- Brent