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Old 05-04-2003, 07:35 AM
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Default When to Pick Tamarrillos

Thanks for your reply Dwayne,

I've always just eaten them as fruit, have heard of making jam with them
before but have never bothered (not much of a jam maker myself).

As a fruit, either:

1. Cut off the top and use a spoon to scoop out the seeds and flesh (yes you
eat the seeds as well as the orange flesh)

2. Peel of the (thin) dark red skin and eat as a fruit, could slice it but I
usually just bite into it and eat it.

Can't see any reason why you couldn't use it in a salad/fruit salad. Note:
they don't taste anything like a tomato to me.

Cheers,

Noala

"Dwayne" wrote in message
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Good morning, I dont know, but I have been reading in catalogs and they

say
that the tamarrillos will fall off the plant when they are ripe. I assume
you can pick them before that happens, but I dont know. Now I have one

for
you. How do you use them? The catalogs say one can be used in jams and
jellies, another can be used in salsas, and another in Mexican cooking.

Are
they good for anything else? Can you eat them like a tomato or put them

in
a fresh salad?

Thank you for the help. Dwayne