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Well I have just purchased that Aldi one and it's cheap for three. I don't know if red goosegogs will be everyone's thing yet, so we will see how these go.
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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein
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Gooseberrry streusel cake:
Made with Hinnonmaki red (and green) gooseberries.
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard KiplingComment
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Oh, and forget 8oz of fruit. It'll take 12. Especially if you make a bit extra crumble topping (eg, 90/60/60 instead of 75/50/50). Trust me, I've made this one a lot.
Last edited by mrbadexample; 11-02-2013, 07:33 PM.Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard KiplingComment
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They are indeed ...Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
Gooseberry - Ribes uva-crispa 'Whinham's Industry'
It's one of Monty Don's favourite fruits. Hoping for a decent enough crop this to year to make something from it.Comment
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I made strawberry and gooseberry jam, and gooseberry and elderflower jam. Both were excellent !
They get my vote!Comment
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I got a couple of supposedly green gooseberry bushes (can't remember the variety) from Lidl a few years ago and a more expensive Hinnoken Red from the garden centre. Now that they're all producing I've found out that they are all red and to be honest taste exactly the same - surprisingly sweet when ripe and not like the ones we used to grow at my parents' house when I was a kid. For jams and jellies I prefer them a bit underripe and have never round any need for jam sugar as they're high in pectin. Always make some gooseberry and strawberry jam (you need to cook the goosegogs for long enough that the skins are soft and then they're lovely
) and made some jelly last year too which I flavoured with herbs, was lovely too. Once made some gooseberry icecream which was very good but don't know where the recipe is now - think it had some elderflower cordial in it too but not sure.
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
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I shall be planting these tomorrow up the lotty if not too cold and wet.Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein
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Hope you got one of each colour VVG then you can make a traffic light pie............
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No sweety just the red one - three canes/plants - whatever they are called in the goosegog world.Originally posted by Bigmallly View PostHope you got one of each colour VVG then you can make a traffic light pie............Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein
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I've already got red & green..........got to get a yellow one now..........bladdy OCD..............
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Can't you just paint some of the fruits instead? OCD satiated.Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein
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Hope you have space in between the red and green bushes to plant the yellow oneOriginally posted by Bigmallly View PostI've already got red & green..........got to get a yellow one now..........bladdy OCD..............
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I hope he's got space for the flashing ones that go in between the inbetween!Originally posted by veggiechicken View PostHope you have space in between the red and green bushes to plant the yellow oneLook deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein
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I've currently got a red one in the middle of 2 green ones so don't know how it will work............oh mine aching head.Originally posted by veggiechicken View PostHope you have space in between the red and green bushes to plant the yellow onesigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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I'm sure BM can manage a flashing oneOriginally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
That's like a game - what are the least number of moves you have to make to get your gooseberry bushes in the order red, yellow. green - and what do you do with the leftover green oneOriginally posted by Bigmallly View Post
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