I planted a red currant this spring and it has about 8 stems. Do I prune it this year or ever? It is
in a container.

Kath

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 11:24:39 +0100, Lee and Kath
wrote:

I planted a red currant this spring and it has about 8 stems. Do I prune it this year or ever? It is
in a container.

Another question is what to do with the vast crop of red currants that
we have this year.
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martin

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, martin wrote:

I planted a red currant this spring and it has about 8 stems. Do I
prune it this year or ever? It is
in a container.

Another question is what to do with the vast crop of red currants that
we have this year.

1. Make jelly (1 lb. sugar to 1 pint juice).

2. Make a crumble.

3. Make wine (4-6 lbs. to each gallon)

4. Freeze them until you can think of something else.

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No need to prune it as it fruits on old wood

martin wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 11:24:39 +0100, Lee and Kath
wrote:

I planted a red currant this spring and it has about 8 stems. Do I
prune it this year or ever? It is in a container.

Another question is what to do with the vast crop of red currants
that
we have this year.
--
martin

Robert The Devil's Advocate www.pafc.co.uk

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:39:17 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, martin wrote:

I planted a red currant this spring and it has about 8 stems. Do I
prune it this year or ever? It is
in a container.

Another question is what to do with the vast crop of red currants that
we have this year.

1. Make jelly (1 lb. sugar to 1 pint juice).

2. Make a crumble.

3. Make wine (4-6 lbs. to each gallon)

4. Freeze them until you can think of something else.

Thanks we have considered all 4 options. For number 4 we need a new
deep freeze as our current two freezers are full.

Details on how to make option #3 please.
--
martin

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:33:26 +0200, martin wrote:

Another question is what to do with the vast crop of red currants that
we have this year.

Keep them in the freezer so that next year, if yours get stolen, as
mine did this year, (allotment) you can say "Oh well, I still have
last years"!!!

Pam in Bristol

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:53:02 +0100, Pam Moore
wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:33:26 +0200, martin wrote:

Another question is what to do with the vast crop of red currants that
we have this year.

Keep them in the freezer so that next year, if yours get stolen, as
mine did this year, (allotment) you can say "Oh well, I still have
last years"!!!

Pam "we still have some of last years in the freezer" :-)

Are there any EU subsidies available for plowing up red currant
bushes?

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martin

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, The Devil's Advocate wrote:

No need to prune it as it fruits on old wood

.... Except to shape it.

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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, martin wrote:

1. Make jelly (1 lb. sugar to 1 pint juice).

2. Make a crumble.

3. Make wine (4-6 lbs. to each gallon)

4. Freeze them until you can think of something else.

Thanks we have considered all 4 options. For number 4 we need a new
deep freeze as our current two freezers are full.

5. Well, what about redcurrant flavoured ice cream?

6. Fresh fruit salad with redcurrants....

Details on how to make option #3 please.

You will need:

- a gallon jar

- an air lock

- sachet of dried wine yeast (not brewer's or baker's yeast - they would
impart the wrong flavour).

These are available from your local wine-making supplies. Boots may
still have some of this in stock but they are giving up selling
wine-making paraphernalia. Otherwise look on the web for a supplier by
post.

Crush 3 lbs. of redcurrants and strain the juice off. Whatever you do,
don't boil the redcurrants. This would cause the pectin to cloud the
finished product permanently. One could use a pectolytic enzyme to get
rid of the pectin but this shouldn't be necessary. Make up a yeast
starter as instructed on the yeast packet. Dissolve 2lbs. sugar in
water, add to the juice and make up to nearly one gallon with water
leaving just enough room for the yeast starter.

If you need more detailed instructions just ask.

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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 18:30:51 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

If you need more detailed instructions just ask.

Thanks!
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martin

In article , martin
writes
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 11:24:39 +0100, Lee and Kath
wrote:

I planted a red currant this spring and it has about 8 stems. Do I
prune it this year or ever? It is
in a container.

Another question is what to do with the vast crop of red currants that
we have this year.

We freeze our surplus, just as they are in polybags in quantities
suitable for the number of people in the household. They can then be
used in a variety of ways:

eaten as they are with yogurt and/or cream or icecream
as a filling to a sponge
as a filling to a flan
mixed with other fruit in a fruit salad

--
Malcolm

"The Devil's Advocate" wrote in
message ...
No need to prune it as it fruits on old wood

martin wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 11:24:39 +0100, Lee and Kath
wrote:

I planted a red currant this spring and it has about 8 stems. Do I
prune it this year or ever? It is in a container.

Another question is what to do with the vast crop of red currants
that
we have this year.
--
martin

Robert The Devil's Advocate www.pafc.co.uk

German red currant pie-an open fruit pie on a cinammon flavoured pastry
base.-Look in Larousse Gastronomique.
Red cu

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:03:04 +0100,
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"The Devil's Advocate" wrote in
message ...
No need to prune it as it fruits on old wood

martin wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 11:24:39 +0100, Lee and Kath
wrote:

I planted a red currant this spring and it has about 8 stems. Do I
prune it this year or ever? It is in a container.

Another question is what to do with the vast crop of red currants
that
we have this year.
--
martin

Robert The Devil's Advocate www.pafc.co.uk

German red currant pie-an open fruit pie on a cinammon flavoured pastry
base.-Look in Larousse Gastronomique.
Red cu

thanks!

First catch your Larousse Gastronomique? :-)
--
Martin

martin wrote:
: On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:53:02 +0100, Pam Moore
: wrote:

:On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:33:26 +0200, martin wrote:
:
:Another question is what to do with the vast crop of red currants that
:we have this year.
:
:Keep them in the freezer so that next year, if yours get stolen, as
:mine did this year, (allotment) you can say "Oh well, I still have
:last years"!!!

: Pam "we still have some of last years in the freezer" :-)

: Are there any EU subsidies available for plowing up red currant
: bushes?

:-)

Nobody mentioned juicing. Though I'm not super keen on rec currant juice
on it's own, but red & blackcurrant juice can be really nice. Suitably
bottled it will keep till next season.

martin wrote:
: On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:53:02 +0100, Pam Moore
: wrote:

:On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:33:26 +0200, martin wrote:
:
:Another question is what to do with the vast crop of red currants that
:we have this year.
:
:Keep them in the freezer so that next year, if yours get stolen, as
:mine did this year, (allotment) you can say "Oh well, I still have
:last years"!!!

: Pam "we still have some of last years in the freezer" :-)

: Are there any EU subsidies available for plowing up red currant
: bushes?

:-)

Nobody mentioned juicing. Though I'm not super keen on rec currant juice
on it's own, but red & blackcurrant juice can be really nice. Suitably
bottled it will keep till next season.