http://jcarrot.org/yiddish-duck-duck-gooseberry Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 21 May 2012 04:07:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jcarrot.org/yiddish-duck-duck-gooseberry/comment-page-1#comment-8149 Renee Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:49:34 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/yiddish-duck-duck-gooseberry/#comment-8149 Having lived with gooseberry bushes for over 20 yers, I can comment they are a pain to pick -- horrible thorns -- but that when they are ripe, the color pictured in your photograph, they are very sweet. Of course, as describe in some English novels, they do have to be "tipped and tailed" before eating them. Having lived with gooseberry bushes for over 20 yers, I can comment they are a pain to pick — horrible thorns — but that when they are ripe, the color pictured in your photograph, they are very sweet. Of course, as describe in some English novels, they do have to be “tipped and tailed” before eating them.

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