To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Red currants
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:07:38 -0700
A pie very similar to gooseberry can be made with unripe grapes. Pick them before they start to ripen and the seeds will still be soft and unnoticeable when cooked. Use a standard gooseberry pie recipe.
-Lon Rombough
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On Aug 10, 2008, at 9:39 AM, William C. Garthright wrote:
Now the gooseberry
pie,... oh, man, that was GOOD! That's probably my new favorite (beating
out strawberry-rhubarb). Gooseberries are even more sour than currants -
at least, when green - but they've got flavor to go with it.