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[beatniknight]

What the fuck is up with currants?

I was recently on Long Island visiting family, and we stopped by a little roadside grocery stand to pick up 99¢/lb spinach. But they were out of 99¢/lb spinach (and with a deal like that, who can blame them), and I have a thing where once I've decided to spend money, if I then don't spend that money I feel like I

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[bluepose]

Maybe you should ferment with potatoes and make some currant vodka?

[beatniknight]

Or I could go out and buy some of same.

If you consider that the cost of potatoes (or rice or any pure grain really. Very few vodkas are still made with potatoes) + that of currants (already spent) + the time spent in the fermentation process + the time spent going to the store and getting potatoes (or whatever), the opportunity cost of making the vodka is quite high as compared to just buying it. The vodka manufacturer has the benefits of economies of scale, whereas I would just have a garbage bag stinking up the corner of my room.

Can you tell that I've been reading the Economist?

[thegayboyfriend]

make some spotted dick. or that yummy eggnog pound cake with currants and rum that Williams Sonoma suggests for their overly elaborate castle-shaped Bundt pan.

oh wait- both of those call for dried currants. I don't think I've ever seen anyone use fresh currants in anything. probably because they taste nasty.