SC - Excellent Small Cakes, Digby

[Susan Fox-Davis]

"Zante Currants" are dried little champagne grapes, not actually "currants" at
all but small raisins.

I'm passionate about anything blackcurrant, jams, gelatins, candies, etc.  Are
the ones in Atlantia actually currants?

Selene, Caid

Huette von Ahrens wrote:

> --- Bonne of Traquair <oftraquair at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >From: Tom Bilodeau <tirloch at cox.rr.com>
>
> > >Greetings, all!
> > >
> > >Sorry for not adding my redaction of digby cakes
> > sooner.  I have heard that
> > >my
> > >redaction has recently been exported to Trimaris
> > for a feast and whenever I
> > >make
> > >these cakes, I never have any to take home.  I
> > don't use currants as they
> > >are
> > >really hard to find in the DC area and I have
> > success with using baking
> > >raisins
> > >instead.
> > >
> >
> > Tirloch, currants are available in the bulk foods
> > section at Wellspring
> > Grocery in Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill, so if
> > you want to go the whole
> > way for it this time, I'm sure someone in
> > Windmasters' Hill would be willing
> > to aquire the currants and bring them to the site.
> > Ask me privately and
> > I'll see if I can search out someone specific.  If
> > you aren't cooking on
> > site, but there is a Wholefoods Grocery somewhere
> > near you, they can perhaps
> > get them in, since Wellspring was bought by them a
> > few years ago.
> >
> > Bonne (wishing she was 'home' in WH, helping plan
> > 12th night)
>
> I don't know about DC, but I know that you can usually
> get currants, specifically Zante currants, in your
> local grocery store.  I know that SunMaid [amongst
> other brands] has them usually in the same location of
> their raisins, usually in the baking section of your
> market.  At least in Caid, currants have never been a
> problem to find.  And during the Christmas season,
> they are even easier to find.
>
> Huette