Where ?

[Jemisa]

Where would I get Blackcurrant Leaves? Not having much garden can't grow 'em!

Someone reccomended them to add to a green salad....
Jem.

[mccfluff]

try your local allottments, see if someone grows them and will let you have some

[Mr Veritas]

I should warn you that we have blackcurrant bushes in our garden (only 2) and one day by mistake I thought I would chew a leaf!
They are incredibly sharp, much like a very strong version of the blacurrant fruit itself.
I don't know how you prepare them for a green salad (blanch them?) but raw they would make your mouth pucker up.
You ARE sure it's blackcurrant leaves you want,it's just I have never heard of them in a salad before,probably for the above reasons.

[Androcles]

I said to put them in a salad in another thread. We often pick the young leaves appearing about now and a few leaves does add a fragrance to a salad, in fact I am sitting here eating one now and it tastes blackcurranty and salad leafy!

We got the plants from our local nursery. I have also had a plate of summer pudding this evening made from last year's frozen blackberries, redcurrants and strawberries!

[Androcles]

and BLACKCURRANTS!

[bigfoot3000]

You mentioned them here on my salad thread androcles. http://www.theanswerb...k/Question885287.html

[Jemisa]

mcc, Thats a brill idea, there are allotments quite near.
Mr V, I will let you know.
Androcles, yes it was you who gave me the idea & I am definately going to try them. ThankQ
I do love a green leafy salad drizzled with balsamic vinegar & olive oil.

Jem