Why grow currants??

[kentishgal]

Currants seem to be very popular to buy in the shops and Im kinda tempted to try one but I cant think of the last time I had anything containing currants!
So those that grow them.....what do you do with them??

[Pa Snips]

I don't grow them but if I did......blackcurrant jam, redcurrant muffins, mixed fruit pie. I'm sure the list could be as long as you wanted it to be. They're rich in vitamin C and antioxidants too if I'm not mistaken.

[donnakebab]

You either like them or you don't...like marmite. So if you don't think you'll use them don't bother and just grow something you know you'll use.

I've never been a big fan of currants. Just too small and fidley but they do make a good jelly or jam. Easiest way to use them would be as Pa says, mixed with apples in pies and crumbles or in fresh baked muffins.

[chris]

They make excellent cordial too

[Snadger]

The more variations you have growing the more you have to choose from when formulating a meal. I have two or three variants of all the currant colours giving me a longer picking season. They are easy to grow,freeze well, are full of vitamin C and give a good crop to space ratio.

I luv em!

[singleseeder]

Blackcurrant gin!

[zazen999]

Redcurrant vinegar. Sounds wrong but is lovely. Esp on ice cream

[Two_Sheds]

Sparkling little jewel-like redcurrants straight off the bush are delicious.

Blackcurrants, not so: too tart. Best in jam or wine (I don't eat puddings)

[lottie dolly]

nice in a triffle,or cooked,cooled on icecream,and any fruit added to a stire fry is tasty to,lots of ways to use,sweet or sower,especially with added spice ext,

[veggiechicken]

I don't grow them but if I did......blackcurrant jam, redcurrant muffins, mixed fruit pie. I'm sure the list could be as long as you wanted it to be. They're rich in vitamin C and antioxidants too if I'm not mistaken.

Its no good waxing lyrical about them if you don't grow them - start now - go out and grab yourself some bushes!

[roitelet]

Easy to propogate too. Just push some sticks in the ground and hey presto new bushes!

[Aberdeenplotter]

red currant jelly with cold meat is so yummy

[Loudbarker1]

Redcurrent jelly (not just cold meat, but to enrich gravy & stews and roast lamb without it (or gooseberry and mint jelly) is unthinkable)) crumble (eg with rubarb) , pie, ice cream/sorbet

Blackcurrent jam (delicious) jelly (the kind that you mould for children and grown ups as well as for spreading -delicious) tarts (delicious) , juice, ice cream/sorbets (delicious)

[jps]

i have one each of redcurrant and blackcurrant, planted the weekend in pots to see what happens.

i didnt actually buy them tho, they came free with the fruit trees that i did want.

if they grow i shall try jam or vodka or something with them, failing that i am sure the chooks will eat them!

[Piggle]

i donate mine to the local birds ..... it's quite sweet watching baby blackbirds being taught the art of pinching whitecurrants. I don't mind as I rescued the bush from the local dead section of the garden centre.