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99.9% of Americans have never tasted a Blackcurrant or Gooseberry. For nearly a century, the US government conducted a war on currants and gooseberries. The History Guy YT (www.youtube.com)
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I remember my Grandmother having Gooseberry in her garden and joking that they would get her in more trouble than the still she ran on her property.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Peel the rhubarb and dip it in a bit of sugar.

That + eating a bunch of other berries brings back the memories from visiting the relatives in the countryside in summer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's how we eat it in Belgium every summer. You can also make pie with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My dad showed me to eat it salted! Really accentuates the extreme sour