Tomatillos Verde y Morado
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lolol so mexican. I love tomatillos. The stick green leaves on the fruits have always tripped me out.
How would one make a chile/salsa verde without tomatillos?
Green and purple . . . very good, and you might want to look into tomatillos de milpa, aka, milpero, too. Milperos are smaller and possibly tastier than the other varieties; I find the milperos both sweet and tart and very edible raw . . . not too far off, maybe, from a fresh, subtlety flavoured plum.
As much as I like tomatillos, flea beetles like the plants even better.
Fortunately, adult plants seem to be able to endure the abuse.
Be sure to have at least two plants: tomatillos are said to unable to self-pollinate. (I counted 23 seedlings this evening, so maybe there'll be enough for me and the bugs.)
Purple basil, tomatillos de milpa, and Peruvian purple chiles
Green and purple . . . very good, and you might want to look into tomatillos de milpa, aka, milpero, too. Milperos are smaller and possibly tastier than the other varieties; I find the milperos both sweet and tart and very edible raw . . . not too far off, maybe, from a fresh, subtlety flavoured plum.
As much as I like tomatillos, flea beetles like the plants even better.
Fortunately, adult plants seem to be able to endure the abuse.
Be sure to have at least two plants: tomatillos are said to unable to self-pollinate. (I counted 23 seedlings this evening, so maybe there'll be enough for me and the bugs.)
Purple basil, tomatillos de milpa, and Peruvian purple chiles
swellcat said:How would one make a chile/salsa verde without tomatillos?
Green and purple . . . very good, and you might want to look into tomatillos de milpa, aka, milpero, too. Milperos are smaller and possibly tastier than the other varieties; I find the milperos both sweet and tart and very edible raw . . . not too far off, maybe, from a fresh, subtlety flavoured plum.
As much as I like tomatillos, flea beetles like the plants even better.
Fortunately, adult plants seem to be able to endure the abuse.
Be sure to have at least two plants: tomatillos are said to unable to self-pollinate. (I counted 23 seedlings this evening, so maybe there'll be enough for me and the bugs.)
Purple basil, tomatillos de milpa, and Peruvian purple chiles
wow thank you for suggestion, I need to buy some tomatillos de milpa to try now, I have never even heard of them! how exciting. they look very pretty also.