Ground Cherry Taste Test

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2 жыл бұрын

Hello everyone!!! So it’s been 4 years of me trying to grow ground cherries and this year I was finally successful. Let’s see if all that work was worth the wait.
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@CampingforCool41 11 ай бұрын

I don’t know what variety you grew but I grew some for the first time last year (“New Hanover” variety I believe) and they were absolutely delicious, taste just like a mild pineapple…so don’t give up. But it’s absolutely vital that you wait until the husks are completely brown and the berries are a creamy yellow all the way around. Any hint of green and they will taste a little funky.

@jencordial 11 ай бұрын

Gotcha. I’ll put New Hanover on the list to try next year. I’m definitely not giving up. People love them so much. There’s got to be one I like. My neighbors loved them though.

@jadecordial 2 жыл бұрын

best taste test ive ever seen

@jencordial 2 жыл бұрын

It tastes FLAT!!!! LOL

@PepperBlue78 3 ай бұрын

Best taste review ever!! Lol subscribing lol

@jencordial 3 ай бұрын

😊wonderful. Thank you so much. There’s lots of tomato taste test on my channel if you’re interested in those. ❤️

@sabbyjones2308 Жыл бұрын

Love love love pineapple ground cherry a must in my garden every year. Husk must be dark tan to brown

@jencordial Жыл бұрын

This year I’m trying a few different varieties. I haven’t given up Hope on the ground cherries yet. I really want to enjoy them and they produce so much food.

@samuelsmith2317 2 жыл бұрын

Big Ben in the house!! I am going to Ben-Joy my day!!!!!!

@jencordial 2 жыл бұрын

I hope you Ben-Joyed your day to the fullest!!!!!😆

@skybirdmakes Ай бұрын

I've always found wild have better flavor, but I live in Missouri were like 9 species are native so surely some are better then others I've bought them from the store as "Goldenberries" and did not like them, very funky, a little fruity, tomato like (but I don't like tomato) My mom loves tomato but she hated these from the store. I transplanted a native I found in the woods beneath a tree in my yard and though I've only been able to try one fruit from that specific plant since it was young, it was delicious!! Very fruity, sweet, pleasantly acidic and citrus. The plant species I have got much bigger this year and seem to spread by underground rhyzome because there are 6 now and at least three will be giving me several fruit this year!

@skybirdmakes Ай бұрын

From what I can tell, the husks should be allowed to kind of dry, so you want something closer to that peachy tan color, berries should be a warm gold hue with no green, and the fruits (at least from my plant, I wish I knew the species) should be fragrant, mildly tropical in scent. I've heard any green parts on these plants are mildly toxic, being in the tomato family, that's not unusual, but that may be what lends to the slight off taste when there is some green on the berries. So after I pick them up off the ground, I usually let them sit on the counter for a couple days, checking ripeness by smell and color

@jencordial 23 күн бұрын

Each year I try a couple new varieties. I grew one last year that was actually a bit tastier and this year I’m growing giant ground cherry. I haven’t given up on them yet. I really want to like them.

@TheMurpleMan Жыл бұрын

Lol, appreciate the honest taste test. I'll stick to tomatoes. Y'all funny!

@jencordial Жыл бұрын

I’m with ya!!! I’m back to being excited for my first ripe slicer.

@ml9854 Жыл бұрын

I tired mine for the first time (german Schoenbrunn) and I swear they taste like parmesan 😭. I might try the pineapple variety next time too 🤣

@jencordial Жыл бұрын

It was hard to describe what we were tasting but it sure was a disappointment after I built them up so much. I’m hopeful pineapple will be better. I am going to try them in pie filling if I harvest enough.

@lettucesalad3560 Жыл бұрын

I grew ground cherries for the first time this year.. IMO they taste better after they've been off the plant for a few weeks, an they're completely yellow with no green.

@jencordial Жыл бұрын

Oh. Well I’ve been saving them in a big basket so I can do something like make a pie but I’ll have to go and give them another try. Some of them have been down there for over 6 weeks. I hope I feel the same as you about them. The plants themselves once they got going have been great and have just kept pumping out fruit with me being completely hands off.

@BellaCW Жыл бұрын

@@jencordial Just a tip if you're growing them again this year. ✨Ground cherry jam!✨ Best thing in the universe!

@steveedsel5524 Жыл бұрын

I've did the aunt Molly's a few years ago and they were good

@jencordial Жыл бұрын

I’ve got a few new ones that I traded for this year. I’m not giving up on ground cherries yet There’s got to be one out there that I would like. If for nothing else, I’ll grow them just to give them away to family and friends and neighbors.

@Figuremomof4 14 күн бұрын

I'm growing Aunt Molly's right now. I'm so excited to try!!!

@carvedwood1953 6 ай бұрын

This is a hilarious review. Couple of things. On the ground or not, the green ones are not ready to be eaten and actually contain the same toxin as green potatoes do, don't be eating green ones lol. Curious as to what variety this was bc nothing I have tasted ever tasted remotely like anything you guys described haha, except for the pineapple and tomato comment. I would try some different varieties, and maybe even try cape gooseberries aka goldenberries aka peruvian ground cherries. They are similar, but different. Worth a try even if ground cherries aren't your thing.

@jencordial 6 ай бұрын

I tried a different variety of ground cherry this year and I plan on trying a couple new ones this year too. Ben and I actually liked the one I grew this year quite a bit more. I’ll keep growing different ones until I find the one I can’t live without. Thanks so much for sharing this info and your thoughts. You are appreciated 😊

@lindaborn2336 6 ай бұрын

I grew Cossack Pineapple this year and my son said they were equally delicious and disgusting at the same time. I found that I liked them when I picked them yellow green they had the fruity taste without the weird after taste.

@jencordial 6 ай бұрын

I think I’ve heard of that one before but I have yet to grow it. I grew a different variety this year that I and my husband liked more.

@travisevans7502 Жыл бұрын

aunt Molly's and pineapple are very sweet and taste great made some tasty jam with them but if they have any green to them at all they aren't ripe and taste terrible those didn't look anywhere near ripe but I haven't tried that variety

@jencordial Жыл бұрын

Hi Travis. I’ve tried to grow both varieties you’ve mentioned last year but sadly was unsuccessful with germination. I still have seeds for both and know that I know a heat mat does the trick when germinating I’m ready to try again. I still like growing them because they produced so much food. And I loved sharing them with neighbors. Thanks for watching 😊

@TheAADempsey Жыл бұрын

Those were definitely not ripe.

@jencordial Жыл бұрын

@@TheAADempsey they were definitely ripe. They had fallen off the plant. I continued to try them all summer. The taste of them didn’t change much for me. They are just not for me but I have several neighbors and coworkers that absolutely loved them so that’s where they went.

@sweetenedjourney 2 жыл бұрын

🤣 I don't want none of that! 🤣 I want it! I thought they were good. I ate all of them. #trespassing #inyourgarden

@jencordial 2 жыл бұрын

Glad someone likes them 😋

@lisamills-wv6nc 8 ай бұрын

Those were under ripe. The green berries can be toxic. They berry should be yellow when ripe, and the husk should be dry and brown. 😊

@jencordial 8 ай бұрын

I grew a new variety this year that both me and my husband liked much much more. It was very citrusy. I tell ya what though that when they say once you grow them in your garden one year you’ll never have to grow them from seed again is completely true. There were absolutely a million volunteers everywhere this year.

@lisamills-wv6nc 8 ай бұрын

@jencordial LOL, yes, I live in zone 3 and get 100s of volunteers every spring. I have so many ground cherries, I don't know what to do with them all! They do make delicious jam however! 😆

@user-nh9vl8gp7p 20 күн бұрын

Don't eat them if they're a chartreuse type color, eat only the warm yellow to peachy orange colored ones are best and sweeter

@jencordial 14 күн бұрын

Great thank you for the tip. And thanks for watching 😊

@paulshizzledizzle6180 Жыл бұрын

Seems like you picked them off the tree. Have to wait until it falls off plant

@jencordial Жыл бұрын

Hi there. No I didn’t pick them off the plant. All of these, and falling to the ground. I did try them throughout the season to see if the flavor would change as the plant got older. But no it didn’t. I’m not giving up on ground cherries though I’m growing a new variety this year strawberry ground cherry. So hopefully I will like it more. But I know there are several more that I’d like to try. There’s gotta be one that I like. They are just so prolific with fruit. I had neighbors that loved them though, so they never went to waste. 😀

@paulshizzledizzle6180 Жыл бұрын

@@jencordial I’m about to grow a plant too. Can’t wait to try

@jillyb7879 4 ай бұрын

You picked them far too early. They should be like brown paper on the husk and the fruits should be bright orange. Then they taste amazing, like concentrated orange.

@jencordial 4 ай бұрын

I tried a different variety this year and it was like you said. Much taster than the one I grew this year when I recorded this video. 😊

@AdelinhaAguiar 11 ай бұрын

Ok, I grew up in Porto Velho-RO Brazil. On the middle of Amazon Rain forest. Eating those kind berry we call - CANAPÚ. I don't really know why people here in USA think it's ok to change the name of the Berries from South America. Well, BTW, I was found funny watching you all tasting the fruit. Any of you, I knew, gonna find it weird, and I was right. All the berries you picked up weren't ripen yet. It's not true that the berry be on the ground is ripe. Even if you found it on the ground, you need make sure the pod is like paper. When it is like paper, it's gold, almost orange inside. Let them for some days waiting, until be like paper. It's that good to eating. Otherwise, will be oilen and bitter. When it's ready to eat, you need clean, not washed. Clean wit paper towels or a fabric. The kids on the Jango, clean it in their clothes 😂😂😂😂 like I did it all my life!😅❤

@jencordial 11 ай бұрын

I am trying a couple of different varieties this year. I will take your advice and make sure that the husks are very dried out before tasting them. I know there are a bunch of different varieties and I’d like to try them all. I haven’t given up on Canapu yet. 😊

@numinous2506 11 ай бұрын

Green ones aren't ripe

@jencordial 11 ай бұрын

We definitely tasted them all through the summer and my plants even did well through fall but still just not for us. My neighbor and a couple of my coworkers loved them. I’m growing strawberry ground cherry this year. I’m hopeful I’ll enjoy it more. I’ll just keep trying different varieties. There’s gotta be one for me. 😁

@erikaerika7788 5 ай бұрын

DOES not sound good😂😂😂😂😂,,, need to turn yellow from my experience

@jencordial 5 ай бұрын

I tried a different variety this year that we all liked much better.

@full-timemama4328 Жыл бұрын

The skin of them taste musky 🤢🤮

@jencordial Жыл бұрын

I’m trying a different variety this year. I’m hopeful it will be more appealing to me and my family. I want to like them so badly. They make so much food on one plant.