Tomatillias – a New Vegetable for Me
We've been growing tomatillias in the garden! A while back we had a veggie challenge and I find I am still adding new vegetables to my meals, especially in the summer. I didn't know a whole lot about tomatillias. They've been on the edge of my veggie list for a while. Maybe you aren't familiar with them either. If you've ever had verde salsa, you've probably eaten tomatillias. That's the green salsa. Until this summer, that's been the extent of my knowledge about the tomatillia. They are a vegetable fruit - basically a member of the nightshade family, like the tomato. (Other nightshade members are eggplant, peppers and . They often have a little elf cap on their stem.) When they grow, they've got a husk surrounding the...