#44 Black Currant Hard Candy, the Illegal Fruit.
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- We explore the history of Black Currant in the United States, and we make some wonderful black current candy on a machine from the late 1800's here at Lofty Pursuits. Check out www.pd.net for our full selection of candy.
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I wish someone would talk about me the way Greg talks about that Thomas Mills cutter
❣😔
You are very well crafted
If only
Bastian Leo YES.
You are very well crafted love the brass
What a beautiful piece of machinery. Made in the era where things were expected to last for a lifetime.
Bigrignohio now its buy today broken tomorrow
RazaGaming-Destiny but the companies don't care because they already have your money.
Bigrignohio lol yea.. Back when ppl actually cared about what they made..
Too be fair i personally find that most stuff is made so poorly is because companies dont want to take a huge loss when the next version of that thing comes out
Unfortunately that lifetime was much shorter too lol
5:15 "It took them a while to figure out what was happening but when they did- *BRAAAH DAHDAT*"
Oh my god I'm cracking up
*Trumpet intensifies*
I LOVE JAZZ
TIMING
5:50 took me a while to realize
This might be odd, but I saw this video a few weeks after you guys uploaded it. I had also never heard of black currants before (living in the US) and the idea piqued my interest. Anyways, fast forward three years, I am now about to finish undergrad and just completed my senior thesis on black currants, white pine blister rust, and plant quarantine during the progressive conservation movement. Thanks for helping me graduate college!
Could you send me a copy? I'm fascinated in learning more.
That sounds fascinating.
Agreed, this sounds fascinating as well. Would it be possible to get a copy?
I would also appreciate a copy. Although I doubt I'd understand most of it.
That’s awesome! Congrats 🎉
it tastes like purple.
JingleJoe "Aliens..."
JingleJoe shut up Dave Chappell
I want that Purple Stuff...
JingleJoe it tastes purple as F$CK!! Lol
purple is a fruit, right?
I would say natural blackcurrant tastes like sweet grape juice with a little more acid and a touch of apple
I would say... a cross of pomegranate, cranberry and rosehip.
+TammyToo same but persimmon, not rosehip
what is rosehip?
Shelby if roses are pollinated (yes "those" roses) they produce fruit, i've seen them myself. they are either light red or dark orange, they don't always form because they usually form in the end of the year, and the cold can kill the hip. however since roses grow back each year and behave kind of like trees. store nutrients, lose leaves, grow them back in spring, etc. rinse and repeat.
you get them everywhere in scotland
"...people found an alternating currant to use."
You've just gained yourself a subscriber.
that was a nice dad joke
Such comedy. Love it
I have conflicting feelings about the joke... but I definitely want to buy more candy from them
I didn't get it
LOL a well-planned groaner pun is a thing of beauty 😀
Is it just me or is the blob of candy falling over itself satisfying to watch
No it's literally anyone who has seen that happen
Just you
Search CZcams for ‘soft body modeling’.
I love youtube. So many people sharing their hobbies and so much to learn
Michael Bauers this is actually the cutest and loveliest comment on CZcams, I wish everyone had this mindset ❤
Actually, it's his business.
understood, I was not precise
Michael Bauers it use to be much much better.
Michael Bauers
SO MUCH TO DO SO MUCH TO SEE SO WHATS WRONG WITH TAKING THE BACKSTREETS
We are impressed that the people 100 years ago could figure out these viral mechanisms. They didn't have all the DNA sequencing software.
They were good in one of the fundamental scientific methods - observation. The second one is experiment. It still works the same way - we make experiment, e.g. in Large Hadron Collider and then we observe results. Sometimes, the nature participate in the show and do "experiments" for us, but the observation is always our job :-)
xy4648841fd the problem is...observation is no longer nessisary, math is getting a Lil out of control,I'm a chemist and even if see where science is headed.
“the solution was simple-
*_WILD FANFARE_*
ban the planting and farming of black currants.”
That was a jump scare
Wow this was really interesting! I’m from Finland and black currant is one of the most common berries we grow. I have four bushes of them growing in my yard, they have been planted there in the 60’s by the previous owners of this house. We make juice from black currants and drink it hot when we have the flu, it’s a tradition. The taste is hard to describe, I’d say citrus, berry and mint.
Alternating currant - groan! :)
Good to see you back!
darkether Are you shocked that I said that? I should charge for these jokes. I tell them because I'm well grounded with my candy knowledge. oh, it hertz to keep typing these in. ohm my god, I'm positive I need to stop before you have negative thoughts about me. Ive. got the power to tell these jokes, you can't resist me in any capacidy.
I'm sure you need an outlet for such things to help keep you grounded so you don't get too amped up.
darkether Watt made you say that?
Just a little wired - been facing a lot of resistance today.
That's a Chef John-level pun! But not the worst one I've ever heard...
"The United States has it's moments, and this is one of them."
Couldn't help laughing at that!
Tulle Rönnmyr ?
At 2:47
hah yea we have ''moments'' quite a bit
Tulle Rönnmyr its*
Mycel yeah, its pretty glorious moment.
"I guess when we couldn't grow currants directly, people found an alternating current to use."
:D
The algorithm just threw this back in my recommended. This was the first video from LP I ever watched, can’t believe it’s been 3 years.
I have both red currant and black currant bushes in my back yard, I never knew that a lot of Americans never even heard of it. I always make lemonade and juice out of it during the summers
deIlluminati I've only had them from European friends, mostly in chocolates. They taste pretty great, hard to describe, similar to cranberry and açai berry
Hey can you tell me the recipe for your lemonade! I never knew you could make it with out lemons!
If it doesn’t have lemons it’s not called lemonade. Your recipe might be called currantade or something
smh he puts the currants in his lemonade/uses their juice to flavor it
We have white currants in our garden as well since a few years!
"People found an _alternating currant_" ... {cue eye rolling}
... because they couldn't grow currants directly... (g)
Scott Baker I got a charge out of that pair of puns too!
I was honestly shocked at how bad that pun was 😉
Scott Baker
Overlook negative comments, perhaps they are to 'stick in the mud' to know what is au currant.
That joke was banned in DC
Love your history lessons along with candy making!
I'm not personally a big fan of hard candies, but I love these videos! It's always interesting to hear the history behind the all those flavors. There's something about those old machines that just makes me smile.
I'm not either but I like his. I think it's because they dissolve quickly
I should visit the shop at some point if I travel.
the candy making machines you use are ENDLESSLY FASCINATING please keep talking about them and showing them off.
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Ewan Kingham I
rantan1618 HAHAHA
I always wondered why american candies use grape instead of blackcurrant! my brother and I were very confused when we came ot the US as children (from the UK) and bought a packet of skittles
Lic021 Grape candy\pop flavor is icky.
Lic021 Grape is so icky.
I hate our "grape" flavored foods. They don't even taste like grape.
Honestly, black currant flavour sounds better than grape anyways.
Hardin Origins The flavour Grape is disgusting, but actual grapes are delicious tbh
The main thing I love about your videos is you play music at a soft level in the background and you go in depth about how you do everything and the why...
Prisoner 1: "What are you in for?"
Prisoner 2: "Theft, you?"
Prisoner 1: "A fruit."
Prisoner 2: *Backs away* I don't want any trouble
So there was a perfectly good reason to ban the plants...
pandaland1 ya money, like another plant that still highly illegal in some areas because.....money.
+CsykKrit love that plant
CsykKrit because its threatening to another essential plant. It's legality or lack thereof is perfectly justified
You're an idiot.
+CyskKrit you are so stupid, I can't even understand how you can live like that. Can you even count to 10, or tie your shoes?
If black currant was never banned, all the white pine forests would have died. Not only was it an essential material for construction, hundreds if not thousands of species of animals that lived in that ecosystem would have died out.
I live in Bristol uk, which is where the very famous Ribena drink was invented, which is a blackcurrant squash. hot Ribena is one of the flavours of my childhood, and is quintessentially British.
nemof You drink it hot?
yep. classic childhood drink, hot ribena. very nostalgic! something you'd give your kid when it was cold or they had a sore throat.
Vimto does have blackcurrants in it apparently (a quick google tells me). it's always been a drink i associated with up north. Hot Vimto and crumpets sounds ideal!
Yeah, hot blackcurrant and spice ribena is delicious.
hot ribena with a hint of paracetomol/ibuprofen for when you have a cold
Bought these to try, this is now my favorite hard candy flavor. Never stop making them please.
Thank you for all your wonderfully made and informative videos. Good luck on all your new ventures!!
I have a red current bush in my back yard, I'm a cold criminal
fakefruits We have three redcurrant bushes, and two black currant bushes in our yard...
From Europe tho...
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR HARBORING A FUGITIVE
Joshua Moreno yea but its just funny xD
fakefruits i have both black and red one
we have 8red 4black 4green 2white bushes =D
Honestly I love Greg's narrations so much. just the pacing mixed with the facts really are something great
Converse Aquarium I'm always worried I won't be able to keep this fresh forever. That was the core for me trying to do the travles with Greg videos.
Lofty Pursuits Of which I'm pretty excited for. and I think the whole freshness thing is the least of your worries. I could watch you guys pull the same blob of candy on the hook until it's overworked, let alone videos full to the brim with facts on a kind of fruit I don't think I've ever heard of and beautiful antique candy machinery. Keep up the good work
Thank you. I thought the videos would all be the same unless I had a second thread on each of them. I love history.
Lofty Pursuits History was probably one of my least favorite subjects but having it presented so lovingly and by someone who truly cares about the subject with great videos to boot really makes me appreciate it
I love stuff like this. The facts with Greg are great, voice is great. I ordered some of these cause I had never heard of Black Currant. .-. Is making candy anything like baking?
I love vintage machinery and I like to follow several of the vintage machinery CZcamsrs. thanks for the great demonstration and history lesson! GREAT work, Greg!
Greg, you're pun game is unmatched, brilliant, subtle, hilarious, and much appreciated!
It's not hard, anyone can do it if they keep up with current events
Hey there! Handy Brit here. If I were to describe the taste of a fresh blackcurrant, I would say it's sort of like a cross between a fresh cranberry, in that it is sour and sharp, and a fresh blackberry, in that it has that sort of "juicy" sweetness with just a bit of berry tang on the back of it. That's about as much as sense I can make of it without sounding rarefied xD Over here we mainly use it in boiled sweets, jam and it's a favourite as a cordial.
Wow, you're great! Was not expecting such entertaining commentary. Thanks for producing this!
Greg it's amazing seeing you procure and preserving vintage equipments! I hope to see more of this and you make great content with great music!!
Thank you so much Greg for teaching us about all of these current events
I love your music choices. Such an underrated period of music. Quick question, and no pressure on answering: do you ever do coloring free runs, or special orders in that vein?
Jamie Norwood we do some for special orders. And every Christmas we try to make food coloring free candy canes but at this point we have not made any this season.
Lofty Pursuits thanks for the quick response! Do you ship to AU? I am an expat and miss proper American candy. ;)
We ship almost any place on the planet. Just go to their website and it will calculate shipping for you. I will tell you it is not terribly fast to ship to Australia but it gets there . I will warn you there is no way for us to get you candy Before Christmas. Shipping takes longer than that.
No worries, I was not thinking for xmas. I am painfully familiar with the mail and pray for less tham three months lottery shipping anything here, rofl. Thanks for your time, loving your videos. So calming after a day that can only be described as catastrophic. Keep doing what you do!
yeah so dose everyone else in the world that makes it
Your black currant candy is great. I spent my teen years in Europe, and I missed that flavor. I shared my little packet with about 20 people, and it was a big hit.
+Michael Bray Thanks
You haven't lived until you taste black currant jam from eastern Europe.
You ought to try the British stuff.
I just had a peanut butter and danish black currant jam sandwich a few minutes ago. I found the jar at a discount store and had never tried it before.
There's something obviously satisfying about watching someone hand make candy, but I think it's so special and enjoyable hearing someone talk about their interest of history and explain this machine and even the flavor came about. This is a beautiful channel and I will definitely be ordering from this shop soon
I guess this fruit is CURRANTLY not available in United States
Maxonix black currants grow wild where I live in the US. I made jelly with some I picked not long ago.
It's time to stop.
Yeah, pretty sure we have wild black currants in Oregon too.
We get black currants in Illinois, but only briefly during early summer.
Puns
Wow, quite a fascinating video with some nice history, wasn't expecting this type of quality video.
Watch our others. I try to make them interesting
Wow. You are an amazing speaker, and teacher! That was some very cool history on the black currant and the device you used. Really cool that you put so much passion into your work and use old recipes. I think I might browse your selection and pass the word along to a few people I know who love candy.
I'm in the USA and I LOVE black current! Our neighbors go to Europe alot and they bring back candy for us :D
That AC/DC joke was so funny because it was kind of subtle.
Alternating current- I picked up on that as well. lol
Clinton Leonard I caught it too… was it a reference to the rock band as well?
Haha, that actually made me cringe a little
MamboBean Its a reference to the dispute in the early 1900's on whether to use direct electric current or alternating electric current. Long story short, alternating current won the battle and we now use AC (alternating current) to power our homes.
Hahaha I was hopping Someone other than me spotted that
Dude...ive got to say...you make the best sweet (or candy for the americans)videos because you don't just make the sweets you tell us of the history and knowledge of the ingredients of the sweets so we know what where eating...so for that I respect you 😁
MRJellyBaby2516 Americans say sweets too just say in lol
So soothing.... the candy, the voice, and the music.
I bought some sugar free black currant candy 2 weeks ago and it finally came in the mail today! It is delicious! Thank you Lofty Pursuits!
I'm from Australia and we have a drink made from blackcurrants called Ribena. Lived with the flavour and loved it my whole life. Even have blackcurrant flavoured cough syrup.
TheReeShow
Ribena is English 🙂
NotMostGirls it's actually all over the U.K. So your both right
Until 2013 Ribena was produced by UK based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. They also made Lucozade. Now it's all made in Japan when Suntory purchased it in the same year.
TheReeShow and here in New Zealand we have quite a liking of the old black currant also it's good stuff it's a shame s many Americans don't really know what it tastes like
Reading all these comments is making me crave some Ribena!
I learn so much watching these videos, I never know of black currants or about humbugs until I watched your videos.
I probably have never heard of a black currant because I'm from the north east
"when people couldn't find currants directly, they found an alternating currant"... LOL, I've watched this video before, but I just caught that pun! I love it!
I loved this episode, for the candy making process, the candy machine and the history lesson!
After receiving my order of Black Currant candy, I can say the flavor is definitely worth it, and having grown up without tasting it (Likely due to the ban) I feel like I have been served an injustice. It is a good taste and I am glad I have been able to taste it. So thank you, Loftypursuits!
I'VE WATCHED EVERY SINGLE VIDEO I LOVE YOU AND I WILL VISIT THIS PLACE ONE DAY . THANK YOU FOR EXISTING.
That alternating current joke almost went over my head. Loving your videos, can't wait for my candy to arrive!
Love your videos the best on you tube. The music, the narration and of course the making of 🍬
Ohhh I guess this is why we mainly have black currant juice in the UK and in the US I hear a lot about grape juice.
Also a lot of the blackcurrant products we enjoy now were promoted as health foods during rationing, as blackcurrants contain tons of vitamin C, and quite easy to grow.
not to mention they are delicious ^_^
and in the Belarus and Russia - birch tree juice)) not really like it. It taste like a wet water
Katrinqq wow! Would you call it a "national flavour"? Most people like it?
Wow that's why not to many Canadians in Ontario know about currants in general. Back i Poland we still have about 1 acre black currant field and a few white currant plants by the house. We were picking those black currants and put them in to a steam juicer. That was enough juice for a few families. We used to mix it with hot/cold water, carbonated water or your tea. After the fruits were harvest we were picking the leafs and sell them to the company that was making a herbal Tea. Now we can buy a black currant juice in Polish stores in Toronto area and its awesome to drink straight or mix it with vodka. Cheers!!!
What is a white currant like, im from Australia so ive always liked black currant since I was a young boy but havent had a white currant before.
I came for the candymaking, but i stayed for the candy history lessons. Thanks, Greg 🍬❤️
First time listening to this, and not only am I seeing how hard candy is made. I'm getting a history lesson too! And a fun one.
As european, black currant is probably my most favorite taste. Especially as a juice.
I've missed these videos!! One of my favourite CZcams channels! I hope you continue to make more amazing candy, thank you Greg for taking time to show us your candy making!
Very interesting, love old things, love jazz, and love hard candy. Cool video
wait...wait, I have watched this maybe five times and just now noticed.. at 6:50 is that..that's an electricity joke
Its SHOCKING it took you that long to get the lightbulb to go off!! BAH-DUM....TIIISSHHHH!!! I'll see myself out! TIP your waitresses!!
Black currants taste like a hybrid of blueberries, limes, and that sour taste of pineapples.
Fun and informative video, guys. Great job. I'm in Tampa, so can't wait to visit sometime.
Quick tip: the background music goes up and down in volume and sometimes drowns out the voice over because it's an older song and music was more dynamic in those days. If you run it through a compressor in your video editor using a mild to medium setting, you can control those dynamics and turn it down all together, making it more even. Or, even better, if you use a "ducker" compression (using a sidechain from the voice over), it does similar to the compressor but will back down whenever the VO starts, making it rise and fall smoothly, while staying out of the VO's way. Good luck!
Thank you for these videos! I really love them all!
I have to say how much I enjoyed the narration style used: relaxed and clear, the facts not fired at you as if from a machine gun like a lot of videos. Thank you, nice story,
I don't know why I was recommended this video. But I think this channel is awesome! I subscribed
McMatt
new youtube algorithm. They want watch time up, so they advertise random videos that are popular to click on by people new to channels.
Great video. The music is a bit too loud. Hard to understand at some moments.
Len P it sounds like a good volume to me. but maybe something with less brass would be better.
I agree. The background music WAS too loud and distracting.
I stopped watching eight minutes in because the music was so loud.
Duane Degn me too.
Yes, I think so too. I like the music, but it could definitely be a softer volume! It overpowers his speech at times D:
I just love your channel, not only do I get to learn about the art of candy making I also learn interesting facts about the USA. This is by far and away one of my favourite channels.
I just love watching you make candy. It's my happy place. :)
They're still banned here in North Carolina. What with places named "Pinehurst", "whispering pines", "Pine bluff", and "union pines" it's no wonder. X3
hecklesspyro - that's right. Banned in New Hampshire too.
It's interesting its not banned here in Washington the Evergreen state lol. The pines here must have a natural resistance to the fungus, because we have around 25 species of evergreens, including several pine species. Though obviously not the white pine grown on the east coast.
Southern Pines.
Can’t even grow any here in the desert
Dont forget Pineville!
I'm distracted by how much I love the domino backsplash
Sadly, it did not survive the move.
I only recently stumbled on your channel and am loving it. As a foodie I love learning the techniques and history of old-time candymaking ... and as a steampunk fan I adore all the wonderful Victorian brass-forward gear-laden gadgets! Thanks for your enthusiastic devotion to preserving this yesteryear technology.
I like seeing the old machines they’re wonderful
that current pun got me real good :)
Awesome, you're back! Your videos are almost therapeutic to watch, so thanks, and good to see you guys are expanding... if i ever visit the states i'll try to pop in :)
Received my order a few weeks ago and I LOVE this flavor!!! Thanks Greg and Team!!!
Just got a couple bags, and it's my favorite flavor of candy ever!
at first it tastes like a slightly less sweet black grape, and then it expands into a sour sort of citrussy tropical taste, It's absolutely wonderful
it's good to be up now on current berry laws....
I feel genuinely sorry that Americans don't have blackcurrant as a flavour! I'm guessing that means not many of you will have had Ribena? Or blackcurrant Starbursts? So sad, it's my favourite flavour!
I commented basically the same thing! I can't imagine not having blackcurrant candy or apple and blackcurrant juice, mmm!
TheEastieA I think it really depends on where in the U.S. you are. He might not be familiar with blackcurrant in Florida, but a lot of people where I live love blackcurrant stuff, especially candy. The U.S. really is huge.
TheEastieA unfortunately we've not Ribena or blackcurrant starbursts, though I've heard of and seen Duncan of the Yogscast with Ribena all over his mouth he says it's so good! I did however spend part of my life in Hong Kong, so I've had the fortunate experience of growing up with blackcurrant candies 👌
Same! poor Americans and they have trump!
TheEastieA or blackcurrant lemonde!
I could watch you all day doing stuff you clearly love and listening to your voice. Even if most of the Videos show the same steps, but its just that soothing and amazing to watch. Also like i said before, you always make the videos interesting with some beautiful little Nuggets of Trivia you drop in these. Also the music is gorgeous.
Just got my order of this candy today! The flavor is spectacular, blew away my expectations!
Thank you.
Black currant is my favorite flavour... thanks for sharing this story!
Poor USA. Blackcurrant is my favourite berry.
motoquasi in Canada you can buy Black Currant plants anywhere that sells plants, I've even seen them at Walmart.
I come from Finland. They are very common there.
I just got my black currant candies from you today! They are seriously delicious! They taste a little bit like a grape with some citrus added. They're so refreshing!
I bought some candy through ur wed sight .cant wait .cant stop watching candy making videos
Watching this as a sip ribeaner which is made with black currants. Well the flavour is sweet with a slight citrus tinge, it tastes like a berry but its complete unique to other berrys like the diffrence between blue berrys and strawberry's thats why its so hard to describe although it is my fav and i couldn't live without it highly recommend.
FrisktheFallen Doritosforlife no
I was delighted to wake up to see this video when I woke up today!
black currants taste like mostly like vitamin c, with earthy citrus notes and a dry wormwood aftertaste, with almost a hint of mint. They taste savory if you eat them fresh off of the plant, which isn't a privilege most people in the US get. I'm not european though, I just work in currant research
Eye of the Forest How current is that research, this comment is 6 months old?
What is wormwood
@@Italianlad69 iv had fresh picked black current. Tastes like skunk spray smalls to me 🤷♀️
What's new in currant events?
I woulda gone with a cross between a cranberry and blackberry
For Americans (if Greg is out of Blackcurrant candy) you can sometimes find candy labeled as "cassis flavor" in European specialty grocery stores. It may or not be made with actual fruit, but the flavor will be close. I mean, otherwise, buy it from Greg!
so you lot don't have Ribena? :'(
Gabriel Akibo-Betts I'm not American I'm Canadian but we have a foreign food section in the grocery stores and they have ribena syrup
Calvin Haslam syrup? We don't have that here
Gabriel Akibo-Betts i think he means ribena squash
Gabriel Akibo-Betts I live in the UK and ribena tastes like shit. u are not missing out
Gabriel Akibo-Betts Ribena isn't that great, sure I like it and drink it but the premade stuff is sugar water and colouring then there's the 5% blackcurrant added. Most super markets have better blackcurrant juice in some form.
If you like black currant you'll love Ribena - a British drink that you can find in international markets, which makes great drink mixers
Rob Connoley Ribena was a staple of my Malaysian childhood! Just about every kid round that part of the world grew up drinking Ribena.
Creatrix Tiara have you ever tried vimto? Its an english drink so i don't know wether you'll be able to get it in America or Canada, but it's amazing.
Erin Flood Vimto has sweeteners in it, whereas Ribena has only sugar. Being allergic to most food sweeteners (except Sorbitol) sucks, so I always have to keep a running list of what foods they've been added to next.
Invented in Bristol :P we do make a lot of nice things here ;)
Rob Connoley rob, how are you verified by youtube?
I love your channel!!! Thank you for your videos!! I hope your business goes well!! Don’t hurt yourself!!
I didnt know how much I enjoy watching Victorian candy making videos until I stumbled upon your channel! I dont know how I got here but I'm definitely subscribing. Love the videos and the extra information you throw in their about the flavors and machinery.
Alternating currants. I see what you did there. lol
first 20 seconds and just everything in the video made me subscribe. love the music
I love how much respect he gives to the engineers of the people who built these machines!
For the record, I really REALLY love the change in the blackcurrant drops to the square mold! ( I'm enjoying one right now! )
Thank you.