Re: [CH] tamarillo (was: catching the ketchups)
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Tue, 06 Jun 2000 10:23:51 -0700
> It had a smooth skin and was a red plum color.
Yellow variety of tamarillo also exists. (As with chiles, I generally
prefer the red ones.)
Tamarillo might even be interesting to try in a salsa (mango salsa exists,
right?), since it is fruity and sweet yet still similar to tomato which we
all know goes great in salsas. The problems with tamarillo are that you
have to peel them, and IMO you also have to remove the seeds (and the juicy
region around the seeds is where the deepest color is. Bummer). Oh, and
the other problem is that tamarillo is not very hardy to frost, maybe as
hardy as Capsicum baccatum -- but fortunately at least tamarillo is more
hardy to frost than tomato plant is.
--- Brent