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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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[-] dilligasatall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

here in Canada I know of a few spots nearby these are growing, just north of the states border. Crazy to think if they were growing just a few miles south of where they are, they'd be on a hit list.

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