In our little greenhouse the harvest season has begun: the first round of chiles has been picked, roasted and skinned, waiting to be turned into chile stew, the heirloom tomatoes are producing fruit faithfully, it's amazing the size some of them have - the other day Martin and me shared a tomato for lunch...- but there are four plants quietly growing in there that I can say of, with conviction, won't be found in many greenhouses in Denmark: tomatillos. They're native to Mexico and though they're almost as commonplace in many US grocery stores as their distant cousin, the tomato, they're a rarity here and cannot be bought in any shop for any price, but this year they're growing in my greenhouse, and they're ripe.
