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Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
Cape Gooseberries

Cape Gooseberries
(Cape Gooseberries) We first say cape gooseberries on sale at a farm market where they were selling for $2.00 per pound.  We have never seen them on sale in any supermarket.  They are sweet green berries with a slight tang, something like grapes, and are covered with a loose fitting husk. It is believed to be a native of Peru and Chile, and later cultivated in the Cape of Good Hope, where it acquired it common English name of cape gooseberry.  According to the literature that we saw, the fruit gets even sweeter if allowed to ripen on the plant to a yellowish orange color.  The only nutritional information we could find is below:

Food Value Per 100 g of Edible Portion*

Moisture 78.9 g
Protein 0.054 g
Fat 0.16 g
Fiber 4.9 g
Ash 1.01 g
Calcium 8.0 mg
Phosphorus 55.3 mg
Iron 1.23 mg
Carotene 1.613 mg
Thiamine 0.101 mg
Riboflavin 0.032 mg
Niacin 1.73 mg
Ascorbic Acid 43.0 mg

*According to analyses of husked fruits made in Ecuador.

The ripe fruits are considered a good source of Vitamin P and are rich in pectin.

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Vegan FlagThe above recipe is in keeping with God's creation intent (Genesis 1:29-31): 'Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-- everything that has the breath of life in it-- I give every green plant for food." And it was so. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.' (NIV) Let no animal suffer or die that we may live!