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Goosegogs

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:27 pm
by old tree man
Well i've just top and tailed 8lbs of goosegogs, i must have given the same away and still have pounds left on my bushes, last year when i inherited them on my allotment i ran out of things to do with them, wine , pies ,jams and jellies, i don't know if there are any ishers local to me as i still have loads to use, if you are close to me, i live near redcar you are more than welcome to pop along for some,
russ
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Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:45 am
by old tree man
A few years ago we had the same problem, they strip the bushes bare dont they :roll:
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Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:58 am
by frozenthunderbolt
Goosegog?

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:00 am
by ina
Otherwise knows as gooseberries in this country! :mrgreen:

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:50 am
by Millymollymandy
Frozen thunderbolt - haven't you heard of a Chinese Goosegog? They are abundant in your country!!!

(kiwi fruit - chinese gooseberries). :lol:

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:48 am
by frozenthunderbolt
Ahh - kiwifruit u mean - brown furry skin green interior! lol

Also confused with cape gooseberries ( cape cherries) and gooseberries - the green hairless kind that have spiny bushes :wink:

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:05 am
by Millymollymandy
Oh isn't the English language so wonderfully confusing - it's not really surprising it's so hard to learn a foreign one when you've got your own still to learn in order to converse with Americans, Kiwis and Aussies.... well and even that lot 'up north' in England, not to mention the Scots, Welsh and Irish! :lol:

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:01 pm
by old tree man
:lol: :lol: eeee pet, ower lass went to the foot of our stairs, just ta see if thas is fair te middllin befor vittles are ready................................................. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:04 pm
by ina
Millymollymandy wrote:when you've got your own still to learn in order to converse with Americans, Kiwis and Aussies....
Shouldn't that be Americans, Chinese goosegogs and Aussies? :mrgreen:

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:49 am
by Millymollymandy
Or even Septic Tanks (Yanks) and ....

Apologies to Americans but it's not me who made up Cockney rhyming slang! :lol:

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:03 am
by Sky
I'm so envious of you having gooseberries, I love them in pies and tarts. That's going to be the next thing on my to buy list now!

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:22 pm
by old tree man
Shame your so far away, i can't seem to give enough away :shock:

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:22 pm
by ina
When I worked in the hotel kitchen, my favourite pudding was a gooseberry crumble with a kind of flapjack topping instead of normal crumble.... Delicious!

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:26 am
by Peggy Sue
Isn't it late for goosegogs? Mine start to fall off the bushes in May so I pick them then. (The holes in my fingers have only just healed :lol: )
I noticed my allotment neighbour still has his to pick but assimed they were a dessert type as they are as red as grapes.

Buy yep, what a good year for gooseberries- proper gooseberries that is not the big hairy ones :lol:

Re: Goosegogs

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:19 am
by Big Al
frozenthunderbolt wrote:Ahh - kiwifruit u mean - brown furry skin green interior! lol

Also confused with cape gooseberries ( cape cherries) and gooseberries - the green hairless kind that have spiny bushes :wink:
over here kiwi fruits are different to goosberries.

http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/images/go ... nvicta.jpg

these are gooseberries over in england.
On the telly t'other night Valentine warner a new chef that looks like a young back to the future doctor made a goosberry sweet. cook some gooseberries with sugar and water til slft but still most in shape. Add two egg yolks and mix in. Use the egg whites and icing sugar to make a merangue then put the goosberry mix in an ovenproof bowl top with the merangue mix and bake for 20 mins in a medium oven...

lovely...