365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Saturday, July 25, 2020
A Currant Of A Different Colour
Day 286: While I am not especially fond of the fruits of Red-Flowering Currant straight off the vine, they make a passin' fair substitute for blueberries in muffins. However, this year's crop has a different destiny. I have had an astonishingly good crop of Gooseberries (four cups!) and a reasonable yield from the Red Lake Currants (another cup). Combined with these native fruits, I should have enough for a full-sized batch of mixed Ribes jam (Ribes sanguineum above, plus R. uva-crispa and R. rubrum). The currants will need to be cooked and strained to remove blossom ends and stems as if I was making clear jelly, but the gooseberries will be left "chunky" (cut in halves or quarters in some cases). Sanguineum is just starting to produce. I picked a half-cup this morning, and there are loads of unripe ones. The jam should provide a delicious combination of tastes which I'm betting most people wouldn't be able to identify.
Labels:
jam,
native species,
Red-flowering Currant,
Ribes sanguineum
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