From Roman:
When you refer to small purple tomatillos, in your Heirloom Tomato Carpaccio with Tomatillo Salad recipe, do you mean milperos?
Wow, you're taking our readers into the graduate school of Mexican cooking! Yes, in many places in Mexico, they call the small purple tomatillos 'tomates milperos' or 'tomates de milpa' because they come up "volunteer" in the corn fields (milpas). They have the best flavor. (By the way, in Oaxca they call them 'miltomates.') To find seeds for this kind of tomatillo, go to johnnyseeds.com
Sincerely,
Rick
Sincerely,
Rick