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    Currant thinking

    Mar 03, 2021 3 minutes
    Mark Diacono

    ONE thing I need to deal with straightaway: I have no idea why white currant is written as two words and yet redcurrant is only the one. It wasn’t me who started it, I’m simply being polite and carrying it on. The second mystery is why so few of us grow them. Perhaps childhood Ribena-love is responsible. But, as much as I love blackcurrants—for leaf sorbet as much as their fruits—I wouldn’t be without their close relatives.

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