Currants and Gooseberries are 2 different plants/berries.
--Currants berries grow in bunches--like grapes. Just a lot smaller.
--Gooseberries grow on thorny bushes and are only sweet/edible when they turn ripe.
When ripe--they turn a pale pink.
There are 3 diferent varieties of Currants. Red--white--and black.
Red is the most common--hard to eat by the hand-fulls--as they are a bit sour.
It is an acquired taste thing....
Often red currants are used to make a refreshing summer drink.
White (have not eaten them hardly ever) are a bit more mellow.
Black currants are not a berry to eat raw. Quite an unpleasant taste....
but Black Currant Jam is quite good.
How do I know all this? I am from Latvia--my land of birth. ALL these berries
grow very well in this country. Cooler summers...
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