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a berry so tiny it had to be banned to be taken seriously
means A small dried grape used in baking, or one of several tiny tart berries from the Ribes shrub (red, black, or white).
from A delicious accident of geography: these came from the Greek port city of Corinth, and medieval traders called them 'raisins of Corinth.' The Anglo-French phrase 'raisins de Corinte' got squeezed down over time until only 'Corinth' survived, mangled into 'currant.' So the name is really a misremembered place — and the fresh garden berries that share the name borrowed it later, simply because they looked similar.
- federal ban
- Outlawed across the US for decades over tree disease
- name mixup
- Dried Zante grapes stole the word entirely
- vitamin bomb
- Black ones outpunch oranges in vitamin C
- bush life
- A single shrub fruits for fifteen-plus years
blackcurrant — berry grown in uk, eu, russia producing 99% of global supply by volume
redcurrant — tart berry cultivated in scandinavia and central europe since 16th century
zante currant — dried small raisin from corinth grapes, produced in greece since ancient times