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99.9% of Americans have never tasted a Blackcurrant or Gooseberry. For nearly a century, the US government conducted a war on currants and gooseberries. The History Guy YT (www.youtube.com)
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I remember my Grandmother having Gooseberry in her garden and joking that they would get her in more trouble than the still she ran on her property.

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[–] electronicoldman@lemmy.fmhy.ml 62 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So you’re saying the US government went on a wild gooseberry chase?

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago

Good to see you’re keeping up with currant affairs