mysterious fruit

[brida]

Can you tell me which fruit is peachy coloured, smallish, comes with brown papery leaves. A bit like the consistency of a grape (ish)? I had them on a dessert yesterday and I always forget what they are called.

[paulz]

Brida - Physalis, Chinese Lantern etc. Lovely, specially if you dip them in chocolate and eat! mmmm ' http://www.obsess.com/fruit/physalis

[brida]

Thats the ones! Thank you Paul. I will write it down this time so I dont forget. I do agree though, they are scrumptious!

[paulz]

Brida - you're more than welcome. I'm sur e they're supposed to be an aphrodisiac too [kind of double whammy]

[Gibbo]

Out of curiosity, shouldn't it be paulz who gets the 3 stars?

[Medwrite]

And there are different varieties http://images.google.com/images?q=PHYSALIS&hl=en&b
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[kriskwery]

If you're a gardener, they're not too difficult to grow - indeed can become almost rampant! They look very pretty left over winter when the lantern bit gently decays and becomes a fine skeletal lattice work around the berry.

[smithy]

is that the same as a cape goosberry????