A rare and lovely fruit....

[British Red]

You rarely see a gooseberry in a supermarket these days Strange isn't it how that wonderful tart fruit has given way to fruits air freighted and bubble wrapped to us.

Anyway, I think of gooseberry as a "man fruit" - sahrp and biting - great in a crumble (but what isn't?), but lovely in a goosegog fool too.

For those of you forced to eat only what the supermarkets teel you that you can have.....I give you ...the gooseberry!

Gooseberries by British Red, on Flickr

Finished processing 30 odd pounds of them at four o'clock this morning

 

[greensurfingbear]

I grew the red ones in my old garden......new garden looks pretty but no veg or fruit. It will be remedied....oh it will be remedied

 

[Kepis]

Food of the gods

 

[Harvestman]

One of my favourites. Sharp when young, but tangy when fully ripe. Wonderful!

 

[John Fenna]

I do love a goosegog!
My harvest tends to be from "feral" bushes around the lanes as we do not have room for bushes from which my Mrs does not like the fruit ! I love Goosegog wine and Goosegog jam and generally I end up with 1 gall of wine and about six pots of jam per year - but our crop is no where near ripe yet!

 

[chas brookes]

Hi Red
This gooseberry sauce/relish is delicious with oily fish, meat, sausages etc
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/may/24/foodanddrink.recipe

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[British Red]

I'll give that a go chas - thanks!

 

[dwardo]

I admit to never having tried one. We mostly eat blandberries, they come in all shapes and sizes resembling fruits of the past but all tasting alike.

 

[British Red]

blandberries.

Great phrase

 

[MonsterBeetle]

My parents used to grow quite a few of these when I was a kid. Not seen any for a while though. They do look like the cucamelons I'm growing at the moment though.

 

[Haggis]

Here on Wolf Cairn Moor wild gooseberry bushes grow literally everywhere, but in our 16 years here I've never seen a single berry, only the bushes. I've no clue as to why there are no goosberries,,,

 

[Albus Culter]

Hmm nice,

And what Red said. Anything in Crumble form is heaven sent.

Dessert in my last meal on earth would be rhubarb crumble and proper custard. I’m thinking a few gooseberries in there would not hurt a bit.

My Nan used to grow them and make great gooseberry puddings

You rarely see a gooseberry in a supermarket these days Strange isn't it how that wonderful tart fruit has given way to fruits air freighted and bubble wrapped to us.

Anyway, I think of gooseberry as a "man fruit" - sahrp and biting - great in a crumble (but what isn't?), but lovely in a goosegog fool too.

For those of you forced to eat only what the supermarkets teel you that you can have.....I give you ...the gooseberry!

Gooseberries by British Red, on Flickr

Finished processing 30 odd pounds of them at four o'clock this morning

 

[Robmc]

Our's got ravaged by birds last year and the leaves stripped by Sawfly larvae. They are looking good this year though.

 

[British Red]

Mine have been sawflied this year - but I will not treat the caterpillars whilst there is fruit on - poison and fruit are a poor mix. I do have to nte over the whole bed to keep birds off.

 

[GGTBod]

I really miss propa tart goosgogs, we had a wild bush in the garden as kids that was only ever fed by the dog urinating on it and the berries were amazing, best bit was i was the only one who liked them so every year they were all mine, one i had a tuperware full despite me scoffing handfuls as i am picking i'd get me old gel to mek is a propa crumble and have it with vanilla ice cream, realising here I just had a full on flashback with smells the lot after looking at your baskets full, bought a punnet from Asda a few years back and they were not hairy or tart and done nowt for me

 

[GGTBod]

Do you need any part time labourers BR who you could pay in Gooseberry crumble?

 

[British Red]

Could have done with someone when it took me till 4am to process and can them all. Got 28 jars of gooseberry crumble filling now - thats one crumble every 14 days for a year

 

[Mesquite]

I look at that pic and think... Mmmmmm.... goosegog jam

 

[British Red]

I'm not big on jam to be honest....I make a little to go in cakes though

 

[GGTBod]

Could have done with someone when it took me till 4am to process and can them all. Got 28 jars of gooseberry crumble filling now - thats one crumble every 14 days for a year

Trades maybe? I am trying to think if i have anything suitable as a swap