http://blog.kitchenconservatory.com/2009/06/20/a-currant-affair/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:49:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.kitchenconservatory.com/2009/06/20/a-currant-affair/#comment-121163 Anne Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:07:45 +0000 http://blog.kitchenconservatory.com/2009/06/20/a-currant-affair/#comment-121163 The commercial cultivation of currants was outlawed by Congress in 1911 because the white pine blister rust disease, which needs both the white pine and currants to complete its cycle, threatened the white pine industry. The law was repealed about ten years ago because new varieties of currant plants are resistant to the disease. The currant jelly you use is probably made in Europe. Currant jelly is essential for cumberland sauce (currant jelly, orange zest, port wine). The commercial cultivation of currants was outlawed by Congress in 1911 because the white pine blister rust disease, which needs both the white pine and currants to complete its cycle, threatened the white pine industry. The law was repealed about ten years ago because new varieties of currant plants are resistant to the disease. The currant jelly you use is probably made in Europe. Currant jelly is essential for cumberland sauce (currant jelly, orange zest, port wine).

]]> http://blog.kitchenconservatory.com/2009/06/20/a-currant-affair/#comment-121160 connie Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:38:44 +0000 http://blog.kitchenconservatory.com/2009/06/20/a-currant-affair/#comment-121160 Why were currants banned in the States? I use currant jelly to make a lovely sauce for grilled lamb chops. Why were currants banned in the States? I use currant jelly to make a lovely sauce for grilled lamb chops.

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