The unbearable ick of gooseberries

[BellonaTimes]

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A certain LV resident of Hyderabad has stated publicly on her Facebook her revulsion for these creepy-looking things. Anybody have a good recipe to make them more palatable?

[RuthieG]

Wonderful fruit. Any number of delicious easy recipes. Here's one:

Gooseberry Yoghurt Fool

Ruth

[ashleighjane]

I'm pretty sure I used to eat this things like they were grapes We used to have a gooseberry bush in our garden. Until somebody decided to build a house there.

[neerajanagarajan]

A certain LV resident of Hyderabad

Now, BT. Who might that be?

Looks like my hemoglobin count is low and the doctor has advised me to take all sorts of healthy stuff before the surgery. My mom's been feeding me gooseberries left, right and center and they taste so terrible!

Thanks a million, BT! Thanks SO much for the recipe, Ruthie!

[Peter Why]

I was tidying my bookshelves today and found a yellowing page cut out of The Times (date unknown). There's what looks like a very good recipe for gooseberry chutney, among some other recipes (which include an accompaniment to smoked trout or eel, gooseberry crumble and gooseberry and elderflower cheesecake). I've not tried it, as I was diagnosed as diabetic a few years back and have had to give up these recipes with sugar in.

1 lb gooseberries,
1 good-sized apple,
1 tomato
1 large onion
half pound of sultanas
half pound of soft brown sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground ginger
half tsp ground cinnamon
quarter tsp ground pepper
good pinch each of ground clove, allspice and cayenne
one pint malt vinegar

Top and tail the gooseberries with scissors or a sharp knife; peel and chop the apple, tomato and onion. Boil, with all the other ingredients for about one hour until thick consistency. Bottle in sterilised bottles. Can be kept for 3-4 year, improving all the time.