Cate wrote:
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> "Cate" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
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> > Perhaps someone else in the US could suggest either a
> > > better alternative, or where you could find dried (grape) currants.
> >
> > Sorry to belabor this, but when you say 'dried (grape) currants', do you
> > mean the currants are the dried form of some type of grape?
>
> Replying to myself to say I've educated myself on the matter.
>
> Sultanas, raisins, and currants are all dried grapes:
> http://www.driedfruit-info.com/about/driedfruits.html
>
> Coulda knocked me over with a feather. I could've sworn currants were their
> own fruit.
>
> Cate

Currants *are* their own fruit, but the term is also used for a specific
sort of raisin. The name is a corruption of 'raisins de Corinthe'.