i feel like Kevin’s midnight snack of blackcurrant squash and digestives will blow the american mind 

apparently only 0.1 percent of americans have eaten a blackcurrant as they were banned in the US between 1911-2003!

have you ever tried one?

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Jostaberry is a currant x gooseberry hybrid IIRC

thats so interesting!! i wonder if it depends on the state

we call jostaberries gooseberries here hehe!

Had no idea it was banned, weird. I've had blackcurrants because local farms grow them here sometimes though they're less common than red currants, and there's also a hybrid jostaberry I used to grow. (PNW)

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it was spreading a rust which was damaging pine trees there!

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Never eaten one, but i think I've had blackcurrant vodka 🙃

they have it in gummies here. it's an acquired taste but not bad at all i like it

oh nice!!! im glad u have experienced the power of blackcurrant

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haha! I lived in London for 2 years but I never tried it there either. I didn't have many local friends to introduce me to things. Most people I hung out with were from Sweden, South Africa and Australia 😆

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hahahahah its like a cookie it goes soft when dipped into tea

I don’t even know what a digestive is. Like a cookie? Sounds like medicine

a tasty fruit and is an amazing drink flavour

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hahahah it was spreading a rust which was damaging pine trees

WAIT WHY WAS IT BANNED? Is it because of all the health benefits? Is big pharma behind this ban?

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Love blackcurrants ngl hahah also the McVites are top tier too

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oooo that was beautifully said, so you are one of the 0.1 percent???

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have you not tried blackcurrant!! do you have ribena where you live?

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ahhh! sorry! i tried and i love it, we have it in poland.

i meant that i had no idea about the ban on blackcurrant in the US

wtf, i didn't know about that, but im european

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The US banned blackcurrants from 1911 to 2003 to protect the timber industry from white pine blister rust. While the fungus didn't harm the berries, it was lethal to white pine trees.

This explains why Americans missed out on blackcurrant drinks like Ribena that became hugely popular in the UK. The ban was finally lifted when disease-resistant varieties were developed.

Want to know more? Ask me:

How did the decades-long blackcurrant ban shape different beverage preferences between the US and UK?

What other agricultural bans have significantly influenced food culture and industry across different countries?

Wait TIL that it was banned for years. Why? 

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This looks so yummy 😋 
Send some through Xender 
Haha 😃

Absolutely legit UK snack. Although I haven’t had this since I was 30 years younger. 😂