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Currants, raisins, sultanas…

Can someone explain the difference between these three dried fruit? It’s bugging me and I would be v grateful for an explanation.

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2 Comments on “Currants, raisins, sultanas…”

  1. Greg Quinn Says:
    November 30th, 2006 at 1:09 pm

    I’s a great question and an interesting story; one that few people in the States know the answer to so here it is. True “Currants” belong to the family Ribes, grow on a bush and are tart, incredibly healthy, and delicious. Commerial cultivation in the U.S. was banned for 100 years by an act of Congress in 1911 (Really!). Because of the ban, few Americans know what a real currant is. The confusion began in the ’20s when shipments of dried grapes (family: Vitis) were imported from Greece and the Greek writing on the side of the boxes for Corinth was mistranslated to Currant. Since at that point the real currants had become unknown, no one corrected the mistake and we now have 80 years of cookbooks telling us to put a half cup of currants in our scones when they really mean that small, Greek, dried grape. If they are labled and referred to properly they will be call “Zante” currants meaning from the Greek Island of Zante or Zakýnthos. This is seldom the case, however. Sultanas are also not currants but rather golden raisins. Real Currants, by the way are loaded with antioxidants and nutraceuticals unlike their imposter namesakes. For the full story visit www.Currants.com and click on ‘Raisiny things’.

  2. tshirtman Says:
    November 30th, 2006 at 4:05 pm

    Thanks for that. Much appreciated!

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