September 2023 Newsletter 2

The ground cherry, or husk cherry, is one of those abundant crops in September, having the whole summer to crawl across your garden beds and ripen up. When the fruit drops and the husk becomes slightly more see-through, you know you’re in for a treat. Ground cherries are native to the warmest parts of the Americas, but can grow just fine during northwest PA summers.

Since corn is also abundant at this time of year, try out a grilled corn and ground cherry salad with basil and jalapeno. For our canning fans: you can jam them or make a sweet-savory salsa. For you sweet-spicy fans, try out a ground cherry jalapeno hot sauce. This article has all the ideas under the sun, but we thought that roasting your ground cherries and tomatoes together for your next tomato sauce would add just the right amount of tropical sweetness.

And for dessert, try out this cherry coffee cake. It comes together in just 10 minutes, though bake time is just over an hour. And of course, for the gluten-free and dairy free crowd, we found an excellent recipe for ground cherry mini-pies. Yum!!

This Sunday, September 17th from noon to 5 pm, you can find Edinboro Market at the Goodell Gardens Homegrown Harvest Festival. We will be selling baked goods and Happy Mug coffee courtesy of the Boro Sweet Spot.

Send us your Pop-Up Market suggestions!
Know of a local artisan, food entrepreneur or maker who you would love to see in the Market? Send them our way! We are currently looking for local businesses to collaborate with on some unique pop-up markets just in time for the holidays.