News — Gooseberry

Wild Gooseberries Ribes oxyacanthoides (Canadian Gooseberry) which is in the same family as currents.  Have you eaten them before?  Heard of them?  I feel like they’re a forgotten berry here in Alberta.  I haven’t eaten them since my Grandma would make jam with them when I was a kid, so back in the late 80s.  I’m dating myself there.  Many people have told me “Oh yeah I remember when my Grandma would make that too”.  I’ve read that many homestead locations will have current or gooseberry bushes in the yard as this was a common berry to have back then. ...