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Title: Holy Gooseberries...!
Post by: Gillian on April 17, 2005, 15:38:19

Oh my... our gooseberry bushes are flowering and they are covered with tiny blooms, which ultimately means hundreds of gooseberries right? I don't want to waste them, anyone have any idea how we can use them? Any recipes, tips - all gratefully accepted.

We have green ones and red ones apparently (we inherited them).

Thanks for any advice or links?

Title: Re: Holy Gooseberries...!
Post by: legless on April 17, 2005, 15:45:48

when the fruits start to form if you remove every other one you'll get  better, decent sized berries apparently.

gooseberry wine can be nice. i still have a freezerful of gooseberries from my 2 bushes, better get eating them!!

Title: Re: Holy Gooseberries...!
Post by: Gillian on April 17, 2005, 15:54:48

ooh thanks for the tip. yeah I'd much rather have big fat round gooseberries than small ones. Freezing them is a good idea too.

Title: Re: Holy Gooseberries...!
Post by: redimp on April 17, 2005, 16:06:32

I do not like goosegog wine so much - very acidic so could do with being laid down for a few years.  Cannot beat a goosgogf pie though (unless its blackcurrents)