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It's a good year for our blackcurrant bush.
The catbirds are too busy despoiling the raspberries.
These currants can macerate in some Stoli for a month,
before I have to decide whether they become
blackcurrant liqueur
or
crème de cassis.
UPDATE: July 21.
I picked a last cup of currants off the bush and am making an attempt at blackcurrant jam. I boiled the currants (a bit over 1 cup) with 1/3 cup of water for 10 minutes, then added a tablespoon of lemon juice and 2/3 cups of honey from the backyard and boiled harder for another 14 minutes. Then I poured and sealed it into a clean, jelly-sized mason jar. We'll see.
The smell of it has been bringing bees in to investigate.
I picked a last cup of currants off the bush and am making an attempt at blackcurrant jam. I boiled the currants (a bit over 1 cup) with 1/3 cup of water for 10 minutes, then added a tablespoon of lemon juice and 2/3 cups of honey from the backyard and boiled harder for another 14 minutes. Then I poured and sealed it into a clean, jelly-sized mason jar. We'll see.
The smell of it has been bringing bees in to investigate.
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