On our recent road trip to Minnesota, my sister happened upon - yes! - two small gooseberry bushes growing in the cemetery at the church where grandma had been baptised in 1889. Gooseberries have been on my mind ever since, I found some at a produce stand in the Skagit Valley today, and now I shall go make a tart!
But first... curious as to why gooseberries are seemingly uncommon, I was excited to find this article at Saveur.com http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/The-Lemons-of-the-North. I'm not sure how much applies to Northwest Washington, but I enjoyed the reading. I also looked at recipes and this one at Diana'sDesserts.com appeals to me most. I'll let you know!http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/dianas/recipeID/1314/Recipe.cfm
I love gooseberries too ~ we had two bushes and were sent out each year to "pick" for a day or two. The reawrd being the mostwonderful "gooseberryfool"!
ReplyDeletenext year... even if it KILLS me... i'm gonna find gooseberry bushes to plant along with some blueberries :) gooseberryfool... the name rings a bell. i bet grandma or mom made it when i was small!
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