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First, the truth about currants: Most products called currants are raisins, in a botanical family unrelated in any way to the current, except at the highest, Kingdom, level (*detail addicts, see the footnote at the bottom of this article). As for why real currants were banned from America for 82 years, read the story, a…
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One of last year’s Tips Of The Day suggested trying a new fruit and vegetable each month. Have you tried uniq fruit? Uniq fruit, which has been sold under the brand name Ugli fruit since 1934, was discovered as an accidental seedling in Jamaica. Ranging in size from a large orange to a large grapefruit,…
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Chef Johnny Gnall hasn’t made kale chips yet (see the review), but he does dehydrate. Dehydrated foods are used in a myriad of applications, says Chef Johnny. From Michelin-star kitchens to backwoods cabins full of deer jerky, people have long been removing the moisture from their food in a variety of ways. The technique began…
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