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[lee reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>]

Anybody have a good recipe for clove currant jam, one that's easy to  
make (I can grow fruits, but am not very good at cooking them). I  
have a lot of maple syrup; is it possible to use that to make the jam?

Lee Reich, PhD
www.leereich.com



On Jul 26, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Brungardt, Sam wrote:

> You have enough Crandall to make a pie.  When I was a kid, the whole
> family would  pick clove currants that grew wild on our farm in  
> western
> Kansas and my mother would make pies from them that were delicious  
> eaten
> with vanilla ice cream to tone done the tartness of the currants.   
> (I'd
> use 4 c. currants, 1 c. granulated sugar, 2 Tbsp. cornstarch, pinch of
> salt, and dot with 2 Tbsp. butter.)  If the currant taste is too
> assertive, mix with an equal amount of peeled, chopped apple (in this
> case, reduce the sugar to 3/4 cup).
>
> Differences I've noticed between the Crandall I grow up here in
> Minnesota (USDA Hardiness Zone 4b) and those that grow wild on the  
> farm,
> is that the fruit ripens in September here and about July 4 in Kansas.
> Also, the berries from my bushes are not as sweet as the wild ones at
> home.  I've always chalked these up to the higher average temp in
> Kansas. -- Sam Brungardt, Saint Paul, Minn.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of tanis cuff
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 7:52 PM
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Clove currant ideas
>
>
> Thanks.  If these continue to bear in future years, cooking trials are
> next.
>   This year only about 4 yogurt containers.  Fun to take to relatives
> who
> know that this is the "first fruit ever" from the "yellow honeysuckle"
> salvaged from an old house site.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Lon J. Rombough" <>
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Clove currant ideas
> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:52:40 -0700
>
> I have a USDA Yearbook of Agriculture that described new fruits and it
> talks
> about the Crandall and how it was commonly grown from seed by many
> nurserymen, so apparently it comes quite true from seed.
>
> -Lon Rombough
> Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at
> http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association
> "Best
> Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2005, at 3:43 PM, Richard Moyer wrote:
>
> Tanis,
> We have a cultivar of clove currant, "Crandall", and the seedlings
> coming up around the yard are indistinguishable from the mother plant,
> at least here.
>
> Have you tried cooking any of the fruit, even a few? In our  
> estimation,
> Crandall improves quite a bit upon slight cooking.
>
>
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