Currents

lovely CJ

there great.. i havent tasted red currants

Red currents have a lovely flavour but the seeds are a bit on the large side and get in your teeth.

If I had lots of them ..I would make some clear current jam or "jelly" we call it for toast..it is one of my favorites..

The jam is lovely but like I say the pips need straining out.

That's right ..it would be current jelly...when we strain any berry or apple etc. fruit until it is basically a clear juice, and then we add sugar etc. and cook it to thicken it, we call it jelly..jams are from pulp or crushed fruit and sugar and pectin...then of course there are the butters which are like a thick sauce. I love apple butter , but pear butter is my favorite..then there are the preserves which are thick chunks of fruit..and I used to like to do these and loved to do a freezer strawberry jam...I have not made any in a very long time now but used to love summers for the bounty of the fruit spreads..yum.
When I told GF and his girls that I liked to put jelly on toast..they thought I was quite strange until we sorted this idea out..lol..we call what you know as jelly, jello-gelatin dessert..lol..and I would not put it on my toast....that would be strange over here too... lol :) ~cat

how do u make apple butter?
have u got any recipies for tomatoes Cat...

Apple butter is a bit like apple sauce but with more sugar and spices ...I bet there is a recipe for it on the internet..here is a link I found

http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/000119apple_butter.php

I had a great green tomatoe recipe..it was a sweet relish sort of thing...if I can remember what it was called I will let you know..I made it for a 98 year old friend in her last year..she was craving it..she was so happy that I made it for her..after I surprised her with it, she said she had eaten it on everything but cake...lol...

thanks Cat i'll check it out.

http://southernfood.about.com/od/tomatoes/Tomato_Recipes.htm

Here is a tomatoe recipe page too..some of these sound really good..yum...

i like the sound of the spicey tomatoe jam