On: Black currants were banned in the USA (2017)

[ginko]

Meh, not a huge loss for Americans IMO. Blackcurrants are probably the berry I could most easily do without.

Redcurrants on the other hand..

[scandox → ginko]

Makes an amazing Jam. Surprisingly complex flavour.

[DrScientist → scandox]

Yep - one of my favourite jams - that's how pretty much all my black currents are used.

[tpm → scandox]

And they have a naturally high content of pectin (a fibre that is used as a thickener additive / gelling agent).

[vmilner → ginko]

You can still get UK blackcurrant yogurt (eg "Longley Farm") in the same little pots I used to get from the milkman in the mid-70s so not all is wrong with the world....

[nicolaslem → ginko]

I didn't like it at first but as some grows in my garden I got used to it. Now eating blackcurrant while working is one of the highlights of summer for me.

[pvaldes → ginko]

Chokeberries would made an acceptable substitute.

[SanchoPanda → pvaldes]

If ever there were a food item that needed a "Chilean Sea Bass" style marketing rebranding, its the Chokeberry.