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currants
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
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currants Fruit of
Ribes spp.; white, red, and black. A 100‐g portion of
red‐ or
whitecurrants is a rich
source of vitamin C, and of
blackcurrants an exceptionally rich source; supplies 25 kcal (105 kJ).
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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CURRANT EVENTS.(Life - Food)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/17/2005; 700+ words
; ...cashing in with currants. In late April...a high-end currant beverage, CurrantC...by dozens of currant products such as yogurt. Currants, commonplace...him to oversee currant production on...Tart taste Currants, a member of...
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Currants.(cook * book)(seedless berries)
Magazine article from: Country Living; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...North American varieties of red currants have required generations of cultivation...Stephens No. 9' are popular choices. currant jelly is a classic. Lightly sweetened...and more brightly flavored--with currants you've placed a few hours earlier...
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Currants -- The country's currant capital is near Prosser, where two farmers grow 90 percent of America's crop of the tart berries
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 7/27/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...of the nation's currant crop comes from...north of here. Currants, which are tart...remainder of U.S. currants are scattered in...said. The word currant is also used to...another grower about currants. Pleasant asked...Prosser had a currant test plot. About...
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Gooseberry, currant are forgotten fruits Pies, jelly went unmade during the federal ban that lasted until the 1960s
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/8/1996; ; 700+ words
; Gooseberries and currants are the forgotten fruits...when gooseberries and currants, both members of the...selling gooseberry and currant plants. This may have...easier to avoid.) Currant bushes are more picker...berry's bottom. The currants red ones the size of...
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Black Currants
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/18/2001; ; 578 words
; ...Chef, incorporates fresh black currants in everything from an aperitif...an entree of quail marinated in currant vinegar to a dessert of currant clafouti. For purees, O'Connell crushes the currants partially to retain the slight...
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Clove currant's aroma makes its presence known; The plant offers beauty and flavor
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 4/18/2004; ; 603 words
; ...currant, of jelly fame. This flowering currant produces black berries, but again, these are not to be confused with dried black currants or European black currants. This flowering currant is often called clove currant, an apt name...
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 "News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL)")
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Clove currant offers beauty and aroma
Newspaper article from: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 5/1/2007; ; 560 words
; ...branches of clove currants. Instead of a resounding...t confuse clove currant with the more commonly planted alpine currant, a dense, twiggy...won't find clove currant plants at most garden...Back then, clove currants were widely planted...
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HARDY PLANTS BEAR PIQUANT CURRANTS FOR EYE-CATCHING DESSERT SAUCE,SORBET AND JELLY
Newspaper article from: The Columbian; 7/30/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...1966, the feds banned currant cultivation. Black currants are better known for...La Center, also has currants. Call 360-263-2785. Currant Preserves Makes 5 halF...Sandy Brown 2 quarts currants 1 cup currant juice 7 cups sugar...
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Genetic Resistance to Currant Borer in Ribes Cultivars
Magazine article from: Journal of the American Pomological Society; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...The larvae of the currant borer (Synanthedon...red, and white currants (Ribes L.) throughout...Pursh or in golden currants, R. aureuin var...Idaho or Gwens. Red currant hybrid cultivars...Introduction The currant borer is a serious pest of black and red currants in Europe, Asia...
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CURRANTS: A RARE TREAT FOR A TART PIE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/13/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...strains have returned currants to the field and...flourish. This simple currant pie is adapted from...grandchildren use red currants picked minutes before...SIDEBAR:RED CURRANT PIEServes 8 PASTRY...1/2 cup whole currants. 3. Fill the pie crust with the currant mixture and return...
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Black Currant Seed Oil
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Black currant seed oil Description The black currant ( Ribes nigrum) , is a deciduous shrub of the Saxifragaceae...oil of the seed that is used most commonly today. Black currant seed oil is rich in essential fatty acids , which promote...
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currant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
currant northern shrub of the family Saxifragaceae...bush. The tart berries of the currant may be black, white, or red...Native Americans used dried currants in making pemmican , but the "dried currant" of commerce is a raisin. Indian...
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buffalo currant
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
buffalo currant Two varieties of N. American currant: Ribes odoratum , which has a distinctive smell, and R. aureum , the golden or Missouri currant.
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currants
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
currants Fruit of Ribes spp.; white, red, and black. A 100‐g portion of red ‐ or whitecurrants is a rich source of vitamin C, and of blackcurrants an exceptionally rich source; supplies 25 kcal (105 kJ).
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currants, dried
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
currants, dried Made by drying the small seedless black grapes grown in Greece and Australia; usually dried in bunches on the vine or...
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