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blackcurrants and figs
Posted by:
flipperjan
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Date: September 26, 2009 11:03AM Is there an American term for blackcurrants as cron-o-meter doesn't reconize them
and for all British folk - figs are a steal in Lidl at the moment at 15pence each. I got really weird looks for buying a trayful and grining with joy as i skipped out of the shop  Re: blackcurrants and figs
Posted by:
Tamukha
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Date: September 26, 2009 11:54AM flipperjan,
No, blackcurrants are blackcurrants. They're not commonly eaten here, in any form, raw or processed: maybe they're just too obscure for cron-o-meter to recognize? Is there a British or EU version available? I am going to my local Italian import store next week to buy figs; they select them carefully and no one looks at you askance as you walk out with a crateful, unless it's the last crateful, and they wanted some! It's great to shop where people "get it." : ) Re: blackcurrants and figs
Posted by:
flipperjan
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Date: September 26, 2009 12:34PM Hi Tamukha
I have been putting an oz or so of raw blackcurrants into my banana smoothies - it gives them a lovely tang. I have a bush in the garden - I share them with the blackbirds! Re: blackcurrants and figs
Posted by:
Jgunn
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Date: September 26, 2009 04:42PM have you tried just entering currants ? it might be under that ...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist  Re: blackcurrants and figs
Posted by:
flipperjan
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Date: September 26, 2009 05:12PM ah - hadn't thought of that - good thinking Re: blackcurrants and figs
Posted by:
Tamukha
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Date: September 26, 2009 07:46PM flipperjan,
I have a big blackcurrant bush under my kitchen window. All manner of strange birds eat from it in summer--it's awesome bird watching! I remembered just now that a few decades ago, it was discovered that blackcurrants carried a fungus that was deadly to certain landscaping fir trees, and so it is illegal in many parts of the States to keep blackcurrant bushes. Maybe this is why they aren't listed on cron-o-meter? I'd be curious to see whether it interprets "currants" as dried currants . . . Re: blackcurrants and figs
Posted by:
Utopian Life
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Date: September 26, 2009 11:03PM Yeah, I would try currant singular. Re: blackcurrants and figs
Posted by:
flipperjan
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Date: September 27, 2009 07:50AM Hi Tamukha
That's very interesting. I am a professional gardener and i have never heard of the blackcurrant fungus. Learning every day
aha - yes they come up as currants, european black, raw. Thanks everyone for your input Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/27/2009 07:54AM by flipperjan. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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