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Forget Chokoes - what about tree tomatoes? (Main Forum)

by gemstones @, Sydney, Sunday, May 27, 2012, 15:46 (388 days ago) @ Enda

I know what you mean, Enda. I came from NZ, where everybody had both chokoes and tree tomatoes growing rampant in their back yards - and I was rather partial to tree tomatoes, stewed with a little bit of sugar to take the edge off, and served with plenty of cream.

When I moved to Sydney, I didn't see them at all - not an Australian food. One day in Adelaide, i saw a tray of them, and asked the greengrocer how much. He held one up by the stem, and twirled it beguilingly in front of me, saying "45 cents". Before I could open my mouth to ask for half a kilo, something gave me pause, and I asked "each?". Yep - 45 cents each for what used to grow like a weed in everyone's back yard - over dunnies, fences, wood houses etc.

On that occasion, I bought just a few for myself, as Bob and Gemma, then as now had no interest in them.

Most people these days seem to call them by their upmarket name - Tamarilos. But you still don't see them around!

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