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99.9% of Americans have never tasted a Blackcurrant or Gooseberry. For nearly a century, the US government conducted a war on currants and gooseberries. The History Guy YT (www.youtube.com)
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I remember my Grandmother having Gooseberry in her garden and joking that they would get her in more trouble than the still she ran on her property.

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[โ€“] Oppawaifu@vlemmy.net 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I grew up in the USA and my parents had to go to Canada to get Ribena (Black Currant syurp) for me as a baby because that was the only thing I drank

[โ€“] Entropywins@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Breast milk probably woulda been better but hey your still here and thats what counts...

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