"Wayne" & limey,

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>>
>> Well, I hate to give away my distinguished years, but I was eating
>> bread pudding as a small child long before the war. I think it was
>> just an economical way to use up stale bread. Although the stuff
>> fills me with nostalgia, I can't say it was my favourite - I'd rather
>> have a good gooseberry pie, myself. <G>
>>
>> Dora
>
> You just had to bring that up, didn't you, Dora?!? I absolutely *love*
> gooseberry pie, and I haven't been able to find fresh gooseberries in
> years. The canned gooseberries are not much short of disgusting.
>
> Off in a huff, now, to make a bread and butter pudding.
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
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Ohhhhhhhh... wish'd I'd known that when I was still in Illinois. Maybe I
could have shipped you some overnight (my guess is they might not travel
well beyond that, due to heat, etc.).

Here's a place near where I used to live (in the 80s) where they used to get
them fresh (I think both the green and the pink varieties):

Eckert's Country Store & Farms
951 S. Greenmount Rd.
Belleville, IL 62220
Phone: (618) 233-0513
Fax: (618) 235-8769
Toll-Free: (800) 745-0513
www.eckerts.com

For a taste of real country, come to Eckert Farms in Belleville, Millstadt
and Grafton. Ride the wagons to pick your own fruit in season. Country Store
includes bakery, restaurant, gift area, butcher shop, custard shop, kids
corral and petting farm. Plus seasonal festivals, company picnics and venue
rental.


Maybe they can get you some!

Cyndi