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Few places are as synonymous with black currants as Burgundy, France, where the fruit flavors the famous crème de cassis liqueur. At Joseph Cartron in Nuits-Saint-Georges, the fifth-generation ...
Currant berries (Ribes) are some of our favorites and in North America there are 80 varieties of currants. Raven gifted currants to humans. On a windy day, ...
Black currant berries are loaded with vitamin C and other antioxidants that may help support the health of your heart, joints, eyes, and immune system.
Another berry that smells are shaax (Lingít), gray currants, also known as stink berries. I’m one who loves the smell, though, but many people don’t. Shaax have a forestry scent.
From 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 30, Illinois Extension staff will host a "Black Currant Harvest Help-Out" event at the Refuge Food Forest in Normal.