black currants

[redbird]

One of the things cattitude and adrian_turtle got at the farmers market on Friday was black currants, which Cattitude wanted to try because he likes black currant candy, and Ribena, and other black-currant-flavored things.

We rinsed the raspberries and some of the black currants Friday, for dessert. I tried one first, and said "I don't think I like this." Adrian and then Cattitude also tried them, one currant each, after which we agreed that we didn't like them. There was some discussion of ways to cook with them, but Cattitude was the only one who was at all enthusiastic about trying them instead of cranberries in apple crisp, or using them to make a sauce for duck, and we may abandon the project. Ah, well, now I know.

Comments

[thistleingrey]

Apple crisp sounds plausible and good if there's support for making it otherwise. I appreciate unsweetened blackcurrant juice, but I grew up on the idea--Ribena is too sweet for me. Plus, I think the juice-making process decreases the percentage consumed of fruit skin and seeds, i.e. unsweetened juice is somewhat less acerbic than whole raw fruit. (I can't handle unsweetened red currants at all, FWIW; to me they're more acidic, comparable to the difference between blackberries and raspberries.) Currants also become sweeter when dried, which may or may not be practical to attempt.