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- noun Plural form of
blackcurrant .
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Examples
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Compounds in blackcurrants could prevent Alzheimer's disease and the characteristics of British berries suggest they do it best.
January 23rd, 2006 2006
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The softness and creaminess of the apples and the tartness of the blackcurrants is a winning combination. "
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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שועל - "blackcurrants" (literally "fox grapes") are so called because foxes enjoy eating them.
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Open all year; £10 person per night, £5 per child 5-16, under-5s free; 07906 265435The simple campsite on this large, working farm is pretty old-fashioned, but it has luxurious access to really good pick-your-own fruit and vegetables including strawberries, raspberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants, gooseberries, broad beans and peas.
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This is very much in the modern style, with a nose reminiscent of the smells of autumn: a little wood smoke, blackcurrants, pepper and spice.
Vintage Bargain-Hunting Will Lyons 2011
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Touch the leaf and it is sticky with essential oils that smell strongly of blackcurrants.
Stunning salvias Dan Pearson 2010
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But today, in a world where winemakers have to compete with wines that offer immediate gratification with flavors of tropical fruits, lush blackcurrants and revel in their soft, silky texture, a wine that requires bottle-ageing of at least eight years kicks back against the prevailing fashion.
The Mature Charm of Cornas Will Lyons 2011
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Crops such as rhubarb, blackcurrants and raspberries will also have got a great boost from the cold.
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For pudding, Ducasse heats up a spoonful of chestnut honey in a pan, then adds peach and plum halves, strawberries, blackcurrants, a vanilla pod and a sprig of thyme.
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The more pragmatic Nigella Lawson hedges her bets by using both preserving sugar which contains less pectin than jam sugar, and thus is more generally deployed for sourer fruits such as blackcurrants and lemon juice, on the basis that "the lemon provides enough pectin to make the jam set and the larger crystals of the preserving sugar make for a clearer, more jewel-like, jam."
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