Cate wrote:
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> "Arri London" > wrote in message
> ...
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> > The currants may well have been whole; they are tiny.
>
> Not in Ribena, or in blackcurrant syrup. I have seen them in the 14 years
> since; I now know what they look like. Which is why I'm surprised that the
> word currant can be used to describe a dried grape.

Yes but those are blackcurrants, not grape currants. The grape currants
in buns are very small so you might well have thought they were cut up,
but you probably did eat them.
Well I did give the etymology of the word 'currant' used for a specific
type of dried grape...

>
> > LOL! I didn't mean that as a brand name thing. Any shop that sells
> > 'natural' foods will have them.
>
> No, no: The only whole foods market near me is actually named Whole Foods
> Market. It's a chain.
>
> Cate

I know, we have it in ABQ too.