[Sca-cooks] RE: Johannesburg Torte and Rumpolt cookbook

[Terry Decker]

Red and black currants are naturally occurring in about the middle third of
latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere.  They appear to be particularly well
adapted to cold wet climates.  They are not usually cultivated these days
because they are host to a fungus which attacks a number of other cash
crops.

Bear


>I've noticed that most receipies call for black currants.  Are red currants
a
>mondern creation? (like tangeloes?)
>
>Thanks for all your help.  I know I am going about this in a backwards
>fashion, but it is getting me interested in historic cookbooks and maybe
soon
>I'll have time to try to make my own redactions from some of Gebacken
section!
>
>Hrosvitha von Celle