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A Sweet Story from a Sweet Friend

8/22/2012

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I was reintroduced to ground cherries the other day. A beautiful, new friend gave me a small bag filled with the sweet fruit and shared a wonderful story that will forever change the way I look at ground cherries.

“I was as the ninth of twelve children growing up on a farm during the depression. There wasn’t money for candy, cookies or other sweets, but we had a garden.” She plucked a ground cherry from the bag and showed me the small gray covering looked like a tiny Chinese lantern.  “These are nature’s candy. Each in its own individually wrapped package.”

She  opened the paper covering on a ground cherry to reveal little the golden orb inside. She looked at for a moment before smiling at me and continuing. “I was a tender hearted child. When I was scolded, my feelings would be hurt. I’d hide in the garden and console myself with one of these.”

She handed me the ground cherry, and I ate it. It had a sweet, slightly musky flavor. I can see a little girl consoling her bruised feelings with one.




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Caroline Clemmons link
8/23/2012 05:00:03 am

Pardon the pun, but that's a sweet story. I didn't know you could actually eat ground cherries. Think of all those wasted opportunities for a treat. Nice post, Laurel.

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Drapery Cleaning Nevada link
10/28/2022 02:33:32 am

Interestinng read

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