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Post by sunnyd on Feb 3, 2016 16:46:22 GMT
Hi, could someone please tell me what kind of berries are on top of THIS dessert? They look like ones off a shrub we had when I was a kid & they weren't edible. TIA!  |
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Post by breetheflea on Feb 3, 2016 16:50:24 GMT
Gooseberries? We used to have this shrub in the yard that had berries that kind of looked like that and that's what we called them. They might actually have been currants...
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Post by Zee on Feb 3, 2016 16:50:44 GMT
I think those are choke cherries. A quick search sort of confirms that there are red varieties and purple/black ones.
But you're right, I know what you're talking about!
ETA the berries you're thinking if are probably chokeberries, not the same as choke cherries according to the internet.
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Post by arielsmom on Feb 3, 2016 16:51:11 GMT
Red currants. They are edible, but usually are cooked as they are very, very tart! Love them, and we grow them.
Looks like a mint leaf garnish.
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Post by jemali on Feb 3, 2016 16:51:16 GMT
My guess is choke cherries?
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Post by sunnyd on Feb 3, 2016 16:58:43 GMT
You all are so smart! I've never seen choke cherries or red currants in real life. arielsmom , do red currants grow everywhere? When are they in season? They are SO PRETTY!! And breetheflea you are right, they are part of the gooseberry family. Thanks! |
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Feb 3, 2016 17:09:25 GMT
Red currants. They grow well where I live, so I'm familiar with them. Yes, very beautiful!
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Post by anniefb on Feb 3, 2016 17:42:23 GMT
I love redcurrants! They don't grow well where I love, otherwise I'd have them in my veggie garden  |
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Feb 3, 2016 17:52:26 GMT
Yep, another vote for red currants.
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Post by oldcrow on Feb 3, 2016 18:15:01 GMT
They look like red currants to me. I live on the border of zone 4/5 and they grow fine here.
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Post by Lindarina on Feb 3, 2016 18:22:43 GMT
Those are red currents and very common in Norway. I have a couple of bushes around my house.
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Post by lesley on Feb 3, 2016 18:25:43 GMT
Definitely red currants.
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Post by rainangel on Feb 3, 2016 18:32:21 GMT
Those are red currents and very common in Norway. I have a couple of bushes around my house. I can still taste the red currant jelly my grandmother used to make from berries we helped pick. Red currants are very tart, but awesome! |
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Post by anonrefugee on Feb 3, 2016 19:12:53 GMT
Photogenic berries! We only have dried currants around me, I had no idea they were once so
pretty.
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Post by Lindarina on Feb 3, 2016 20:26:16 GMT
Those are red currents and very common in Norway. I have a couple of bushes around my house. I can still taste the red currant jelly my grandmother used to make from berries we helped pick. Red currants are very tart, but awesome! I love red current jelly! |
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 4, 2016 0:37:11 GMT
I've never actually seen them in real life but they are so pretty. Now I want a bush in my my garden!
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Post by Zee on Feb 4, 2016 0:39:30 GMT
I've never actually seen them in real life but they are so pretty. Now I want a bush in my my garden! Must...resist...lol |
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 4, 2016 1:13:31 GMT
I've never actually seen them in real life but they are so pretty. Now I want a bush in my my garden! Must...resist...lol OMG LOL!!! Thanks for resisting haha!  I didn't know how else to word it. I should have said "berry bush in my backyard" ! |
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Post by anniebygaslight on Feb 4, 2016 11:40:09 GMT
They look like redcurrants to me. I have a redcurrant bush in the garden and get about 12 strands of fruit a year from it.
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Post by ghislaine on Feb 5, 2016 1:14:02 GMT
They look like redcurrants to me. I have a redcurrant bush in the garden and get about 12 strands of fruit a year from it. Is it in full sun or does it get some shade? My neighbor commented that hers were happier with some shade so I put mine in partial shade. It is only two years old so my crop isn't even 12 strands yet though! |
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Feb 5, 2016 4:21:42 GMT
Red currants the choke cherries around here look nothing like those in the photo
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Post by tanya2 on Feb 5, 2016 5:44:32 GMT
my neighbour has a ginormous red current bush bordering our properties - but I don't like them so I never pick any
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Post by anniebygaslight on Feb 5, 2016 7:00:34 GMT
They look like redcurrants to me. I have a redcurrant bush in the garden and get about 12 strands of fruit a year from it. Is it in full sun or does it get some shade? My neighbor commented that hers were happier with some shade so I put mine in partial shade. It is only two years old so my crop isn't even 12 strands yet though! I live in Yorkshire. Full sun is a rare event! The shrub is in between a gooseberry bush and a blackcurrant bush, so is fairly shaded. |
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Post by ghislaine on Feb 5, 2016 12:31:05 GMT
Is it in full sun or does it get some shade? My neighbor commented that hers were happier with some shade so I put mine in partial shade. It is only two years old so my crop isn't even 12 strands yet though! I live in Yorkshire. Full sun is a rare event! The shrub is in between a gooseberry bush and a blackcurrant bush, so is fairly shaded. lol Good point about full sun! I'm in northern New England. I don't think it got named after England just because the first European settlers came from there! We get less sun than notoriously rainy Seattle! |
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Post by asta on Feb 5, 2016 12:54:58 GMT
Red current and they grow here in Iceland. I love them and a jam made of them is wonderful.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Feb 5, 2016 16:51:00 GMT
just stumbled across this thread, and have to say that it gives me some fond memories of being over at my Grandma's house when I was a little girl. She had currant bushes; I loved them, even though they were tart! They would pop in your mouth in a delightful way... She also grew rhubarb, gooseberries, choke cherries that were some sort of tomato-ish thing with a husk on (ick), a pear tree, a Cortland apple tree, a yellow delicious apple tree, and a plum tree (that I remember making myself sick on a number of times).
thank you!
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Post by compwalla on Feb 5, 2016 18:38:21 GMT
Our landlord grew them in his garden in Germany. My friend Bianca and I used to play in his garden and eat his red currants. They were so delicious. |
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Post by Zee on Feb 5, 2016 20:25:19 GMT
just stumbled across this thread, and have to say that it gives me some fond memories of being over at my Grandma's house when I was a little girl. She had currant bushes; I loved them, even though they were tart! They would pop in your mouth in a delightful way... She also grew rhubarb, gooseberries, choke cherries that were some sort of tomato-ish thing with a husk on (ick), a pear tree, a Cortland apple tree, a yellow delicious apple tree, and a plum tree (that I remember making myself sick on a number of times). thank you! The things with the husk are called ground cherries around here |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Feb 5, 2016 20:51:27 GMT
ground cherries, that's it!! (still didn't like them, if I recall...) what do you do with them?
ETA: I think because of the 'cherries' in the name I always expected them to taste like the cherries in cherry PIE, which they did not, at all.
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Post by arielsmom on Feb 5, 2016 23:49:20 GMT
ground cherries, that's it!! (still didn't like them, if I recall...) what do you do with them? ETA: I think because of the 'cherries' in the name I always expected them to taste like the cherries in cherry PIE, which they did not, at all. You eat ground cherries fresh from the garden (yum!). You can also can them whole to preserve them. My great-great aunt would make a compote out of them and serve them warm over ice cream. We usually grow them. Dad's last few months with us, he craved them. One of the cousins, darling girl, canned a couple of cans for him as a treat. |
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I didn't know how else to word it. I should have said "berry bush in my backyard" !
