Has nothing to do with Stitching!!!

raelou · Post by **raelou** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:44 pm

Blackcurrants

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1798

Ekidna · Post by **Ekidna** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:54 pm

Wow, that is really interesting. I love blackcurrants too. Blueberry sales have gone thru the roof, I wonder if this info will do the same for blackberries?

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:57 pm

Sensible diet, ladies, is all that's needed. Or perhaps I'm allergic to the Daily Mail? Probably.

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:30 pm

There's nothing wrong with that type of allergy, Serinde.

However, I love blackcurrants and blueberries.

coffee_freak · Post by **coffee_freak** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:54 pm

they are so hard to find in the states! i have never had one!

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:31 am

I grow them in my garden -- it's a shrub. I love them, and so do the birds. All that vitamin C. Alone, they are very, very sour but here in the UK they are usually most easily found in a very sweet fruit cordial (you dilute to the correct strength) called Ribena. In fact, in our house the boys used to call blackcurrents 'ribenaberries'.

My eldest still drinks it, 19 years later. I'm sure it's the only thing that saves him from scurvy.

crossstitchpro · Post by **crossstitchpro** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:33 pm

I checked out a nursery company I've bought from before and they sell black currant plants for less than $8 each. They can't ship them to certain states though.

http://www.millernurseries.com/cart.php ... tail&p=300