#44 Black Currant Hard Candy, the Illegal Fruit.

[@sebastianleo1708]

I wish someone would talk about me the way Greg talks about that Thomas Mills cutter

[@ManiacalViolet]

❣😔

[@TheChungus5]

You are very well crafted

[@shepherd8171]

If only

[@ConvincingPeople]

Bastian Leo YES.

[@Nolac00k-k5d]

You are very well crafted love the brass

[@JingleJoe]

it tastes like purple.

[@BasedGodEmperorTrump]

JingleJoe "Aliens..."

[@robboss1839]

JingleJoe shut up Dave Chappell

[@GummyDinosaursify]

I want that Purple Stuff...

[@src3360]

JingleJoe it tastes purple as F$CK!! Lol

[@LstWsTkn]

purple is a fruit, right?

[@Bigrignohio]

What a beautiful piece of machinery. Made in the era where things were expected to last for a lifetime.

[@RazaPlaysGames]

Bigrignohio now its buy today broken tomorrow

[@nggdsb]

RazaGaming-Destiny but the companies don't care because they already have your money.

[@xiChewy]

Bigrignohio lol yea.. Back when ppl actually cared about what they made..

[@DanishJellyGaming]

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

[@Derptator1234]

Unfortunately that lifetime was much shorter too lol

[@selenaleona3183]

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!

[@LoftyPursuits]

Could you send me a copy? I'm fascinated in learning more.

[@qwertyTRiG]

That sounds fascinating.

[@owenheckmann6962]

Agreed, this sounds fascinating as well. Would it be possible to get a copy?

[@D-LoKey]

I would also appreciate a copy. Although I doubt I'd understand most of it.

[@finestcustard5647]

That’s awesome! Congrats 🎉

[@Raeswizzy]

5:15 "It took them a while to figure out what was happening but when they did- *BRAAAH DAHDAT*"

[@ophiliafox4268]

Oh my god I'm cracking up

[@stop.idontcare.6179]

*Trumpet intensifies*

[@prussianeagle1941]

I LOVE JAZZ

[@tylerwhite9923]

TIMING

[@andrewsharkey8248]

5:50 took me a while to realize

[@j.578uha]

“the solution was simple- *_WILD FANFARE_* ban the planting and farming of black currants.”

[@Maker0824]

That was a jump scare

[@rparker069]

I would say natural blackcurrant tastes like sweet grape juice with a little more acid and a touch of apple

[@TammyToo]

I would say... a cross of pomegranate, cranberry and rosehip.

[@blasumlily3485]

+TammyToo same but persimmon, not rosehip

[@Liam-ts9xs]

what is rosehip?

[@blasumlily3485]

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.

[@roachdoggjr3030]

you get them everywhere in scotland

[@RookJooms]

"...people found an alternating currant to use." You've just gained yourself a subscriber.

[@RolIinStoner420]

that was a nice dad joke

[@gregvanderhorn8394]

Such comedy. Love it

[@zragevii4705]

I have conflicting feelings about the joke... but I definitely want to buy more candy from them

[@StefanyDjuba]

I didn't get it

[@ETBrenner]

LOL a well-planned groaner pun is a thing of beauty 😀

[@8BitGamer4life]

Black currant taste like a black cherry with a black berry mixed together.

[@RoyalCube]

8BitGamer4life thank you, this helped me imagine the flavor.

[@Nameisworkinprogress11]

8BitGamer4life that sounds delicious.

[@dangilmour7561]

8BitGamer4life it doesn't taste of cherry at all. At least not the artificial black cherry you mentioned. More like a fresh cherry

[@migitri]

Paranoid Android black cherry is a fruit native to North America and commonly found in grocery stores in the US. It's sweet but has a sharper taste than the sweet cherry, which is red in coloration and has a more subdued flavor than the black cherry.

[@henkkahenrik4183]

And a bit of rhubarb in the mix.... (Red and white currants are like mix of citrus and rhubarb)

[@johncgibson4720]

We are impressed that the people 100 years ago could figure out these viral mechanisms. They didn't have all the DNA sequencing software.

[@ales_xy]

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 :-)

[@madscientistshusta]

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.

[@charlesvitanza8867]

Is it just me or is the blob of candy falling over itself satisfying to watch

[@shellshock3908]

No it's literally anyone who has seen that happen

[@ariebirb]

Just you

[@andybaldman]

Search KZbin for ‘soft body modeling’.

[@Hyjeena]

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.

[@katybray6984]

Honestly I love Greg's narrations so much. just the pacing mixed with the facts really are something great

[@LoftyPursuits]

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.

[@katybray6984]

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

[@LoftyPursuits]

Thank you. I thought the videos would all be the same unless I had a second thread on each of them. I love history.

[@katybray6984]

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

[@spudnugget6255]

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?

[@franklinblankenship8991]

it's good to be up now on current berry laws....

[@michaelbauers8800]

I love youtube. So many people sharing their hobbies and so much to learn

[@zogblob11]

Michael Bauers this is actually the cutest and loveliest comment on KZbin, I wish everyone had this mindset ❤

[@lenblack1462]

Actually, it's his business.

[@michaelbauers8800]

understood, I was not precise

[@sislertx]

Michael Bauers it use to be much much better.

[@snailegy]

Michael Bauers SO MUCH TO DO SO MUCH TO SEE SO WHATS WRONG WITH TAKING THE BACKSTREETS

[@anarielelensar8201]

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.

[@pandaland1]

So there was a perfectly good reason to ban the plants...

[@CsykKrit]

pandaland1 ya money, like another plant that still highly illegal in some areas because.....money.

[@ricardosouza3119]

+CsykKrit love that plant

[@ChaseTheTech]

CsykKrit because its threatening to another essential plant. It's legality or lack thereof is perfectly justified

[@gardenguyvic]

You're an idiot.

[@RICE4azns]

+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.

[@CIubDuck]

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

[@someone4650]

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

[@dazedbanana4224]

Hey can you tell me the recipe for your lemonade! I never knew you could make it with out lemons!

[@dancinganimals.]

If it doesn’t have lemons it’s not called lemonade. Your recipe might be called currantade or something

[@seanktb.]

smh he puts the currants in his lemonade/uses their juice to flavor it

[@Annika9517]

We have white currants in our garden as well since a few years!

[@pixelkatten]

"The United States has it's moments, and this is one of them." Couldn't help laughing at that!

[@FernandoSilva-wp6fs]

Tulle Rönnmyr ?

[@zxbigmikexz]

At 2:47

[@ericvickery6357]

hah yea we have ''moments'' quite a bit

[@lemonke8132]

Tulle Rönnmyr its*

[@andrewvanderpool5082]

Mycel yeah, its pretty glorious moment.

[@phoebechalk3845]

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.

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

I'm not either but I like his. I think it's because they dissolve quickly

[@phoebechalk3845]

I should visit the shop at some point if I travel.

[@Lic021]

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

[@liwiathan]

Lic021 Grape candy\pop flavor is icky.

[@liwiathan]

Lic021 Grape is so icky.

[@tiajoseph7309]

I hate our "grape" flavored foods. They don't even taste like grape.

[@carrieye5103]

Honestly, black currant flavour sounds better than grape anyways.

[@kalestars5104]

Hardin Origins The flavour Grape is disgusting, but actual grapes are delicious tbh

[@nemof]

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.

[@Tublecain]

nemof You drink it hot?

[@nemof]

yep. classic childhood drink, hot ribena. very nostalgic! something you'd give your kid when it was cold or they had a sore throat.

[@nemof]

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!

[@veganovus]

Yeah, hot blackcurrant and spice ribena is delicious.

[@deejayy2k]

hot ribena with a hint of paracetomol/ibuprofen for when you have a cold

[@darkether]

Alternating currant - groan! :) Good to see you back!

[@LoftyPursuits]

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.

[@darkether]

I'm sure you need an outlet for such things to help keep you grounded so you don't get too amped up.

[@LoftyPursuits]

darkether Watt made you say that?

[@darkether]

Just a little wired - been facing a lot of resistance today.

[@Jwend392]

That's a Chef John-level pun! But not the worst one I've ever heard...

[@beyondthehiddenbth5764]

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.

[@rantan1618]

the candy making machines you use are ENDLESSLY FASCINATING please keep talking about them and showing them off.

[@ewan_GTO]

rantan1618 I

[@microscopetimbs]

Ewan Kingham I

[@RamboCreativity]

rantan1618 HAHAHA

[@scott98390]

"People found an _alternating currant_" ... {cue eye rolling}

[@terencekreft482]

... because they couldn't grow currants directly... (g)

[@allanrichardson1468]

Scott Baker I got a charge out of that pair of puns too!

[@screengames5307]

I was honestly shocked at how bad that pun was 😉

[@williamroden8495]

Scott Baker Overlook negative comments, perhaps they are to 'stick in the mud' to know what is au currant.

[@myview5840]

That joke was banned in DC

[@michaelbray6010]

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.

[@LoftyPursuits]

+Michael Bray Thanks

[@swiftswamp]

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...

[@ProfCheddah]

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.

[@pjfortuna]

Wow, you're great! Was not expecting such entertaining commentary. Thanks for producing this!

[@maxonix828]

I guess this fruit is CURRANTLY not available in United States

[@RaChEl961018]

Maxonix black currants grow wild where I live in the US. I made jelly with some I picked not long ago.

[@csgas0]

It's time to stop.

[@BlueHazyDreams]

Yeah, pretty sure we have wild black currants in Oregon too.

[@sigh.enough.2987]

We get black currants in Illinois, but only briefly during early summer.

[@kaioken9k]

Puns

[@nanaterri392]

Love your history lessons along with candy making!

[@l3p3]

Great video. The music is a bit too loud. Hard to understand at some moments.

[@melody3741]

Len P it sounds like a good volume to me. but maybe something with less brass would be better.

[@saltlakerenee]

I agree. The background music WAS too loud and distracting.

[@ddegn]

I stopped watching eight minutes in because the music was so loud.

[@firefly618]

Duane Degn me too.

[@captocie]

Yes, I think so too. I like the music, but it could definitely be a softer volume! It overpowers his speech at times D:

[@paulbunyangonewild7596]

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

[@jessicar4536]

hecklesspyro - that's right. Banned in New Hampshire too.

[@tyelork]

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.

[@transsnack]

Southern Pines.

[@DJ_Stereo]

Can’t even grow any here in the desert

[@thevirtualzookeeper8226]

Dont forget Pineville!

[@clintonleonard5187]

That AC/DC joke was so funny because it was kind of subtle.

[@resuwrecked]

Alternating current- I picked up on that as well. lol

[@MamboBean343]

Clinton Leonard I caught it too… was it a reference to the rock band as well?

[@BK92107]

Haha, that actually made me cringe a little

[@gonaldocr24]

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.

[@adzowndu4492]

Hahaha I was hopping Someone other than me spotted that

[@terrapinflyer273]

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.

[@TheReeShow]

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.

[@GeorgiaGeorgette]

TheReeShow Ribena is English 🙂

[@foreveronmywaytofuckyourbi5567]

NotMostGirls it's actually all over the U.K. So your both right

[@gav1903]

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.

[@hamishdow2188]

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

[@GeorgiaGeorgette]

Reading all these comments is making me crave some Ribena!

[@michgeeson278]

Wow, quite a fascinating video with some nice history, wasn't expecting this type of quality video.

[@LoftyPursuits]

Watch our others. I try to make them interesting

[@mistwolf]

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?

[@LoftyPursuits]

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.

[@mistwolf]

Lofty Pursuits thanks for the quick response! Do you ship to AU? I am an expat and miss proper American candy. ;)

[@LoftyPursuits]

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.

[@mistwolf]

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!

[@nofoxgiven6315]

yeah so dose everyone else in the world that makes it

[@jeremiahsmith0]

"I guess when we couldn't grow currants directly, people found an alternating current to use." :D

[@ryanross669]

I learn so much watching these videos, I never know of black currants or about humbugs until I watched your videos.

[@ryanross669]

I probably have never heard of a black currant because I'm from the north east

[@fakefruits5248]

I have a red current bush in my back yard, I'm a cold criminal

[@smekkfeit]

fakefruits We have three redcurrant bushes, and two black currant bushes in our yard... From Europe tho...

[@EggiTheShadow]

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR HARBORING A FUGITIVE

[@ilikelefunymemes2828]

Joshua Moreno yea but its just funny xD

[@romanashikhmin7253]

fakefruits i have both black and red one

[@hupattaja]

we have 8red 4black 4green 2white bushes =D

[@davewolf8869]

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!

[@RavenStar16]

Greg, you're pun game is unmatched, brilliant, subtle, hilarious, and much appreciated!

[@LoftyPursuits]

It's not hard, anyone can do it if they keep up with current events

[@Maddy-fu3ec]

I've missed these videos!! One of my favourite KZbin channels! I hope you continue to make more amazing candy, thank you Greg for taking time to show us your candy making!

[@TheTvdroid]

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.

[@justcomments]

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.

[@Dracounius]

not to mention they are delicious ^_^

[@katrinqq]

and in the Belarus and Russia - birch tree juice)) not really like it. It taste like a wet water

[@justcomments]

Katrinqq wow! Would you call it a "national flavour"? Most people like it?

[@matthewanderson4110]

I don't know why I was recommended this video. But I think this channel is awesome! I subscribed

[@yon2844]

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.

[@TheYoyo147]

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

[@autumnmoore5390]

I'VE WATCHED EVERY SINGLE VIDEO I LOVE YOU AND I WILL VISIT THIS PLACE ONE DAY . THANK YOU FOR EXISTING.

[@vicdmise]

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!

[@GreenMildChili]

Could you do a video tour of the new shop? Would love to see it.

[@LoftyPursuits]

I shot the old shop, and I plan to do a video with the new one as well soon.

[@danaburke3468]

Bought these to try, this is now my favorite hard candy flavor. Never stop making them please.

[@narew1981]

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!!!

[@jarrynsmith]

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.

[@ikweetvannixx]

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 :)

[@deechonada]

so you lot don't have Ribena? :'(

[@zetto_san-ichi4824]

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

[@deechonada]

Calvin Haslam syrup? We don't have that here

[@elkaotik6790]

Gabriel Akibo-Betts i think he means ribena squash

[@TeaPotTommy]

Gabriel Akibo-Betts I live in the UK and ribena tastes like shit. u are not missing out

[@Naeidea]

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.

[@Odood19]

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

[@Italianlad69]

Eye of the Forest How current is that research, this comment is 6 months old?

[@dinozrule3655]

What is wormwood

[@Cyrilcynder1]

@@Italianlad69 iv had fresh picked black current. Tastes like skunk spray smalls to me 🤷‍♀️

[@lucygoose6237]

What's new in currant events?

[@ThatDamnPandaKai]

I woulda gone with a cross between a cranberry and blackberry

[@Kraken_Dawn]

Black currants taste like a hybrid of blueberries, limes, and that sour taste of pineapples.

[@Gfron11]

If you like black currant you'll love Ribena - a British drink that you can find in international markets, which makes great drink mixers

[@CreatrixTiara]

Rob Connoley Ribena was a staple of my Malaysian childhood! Just about every kid round that part of the world grew up drinking Ribena.

[@erinflood5626]

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.

[@MsCherade9]

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.

[@WinterDomeFly]

Invented in Bristol :P we do make a lot of nice things here ;)

[@tomdunphy6865]

Rob Connoley rob, how are you verified by youtube?

[@MedievalSolutions]

As european, black currant is probably my most favorite taste. Especially as a juice.

[@peachesandcream333]

I'm in the USA and I LOVE black current! Our neighbors go to Europe alot and they bring back candy for us :D

[@lukethomas658]

I'm distracted by how much I love the domino backsplash

[@LoftyPursuits]

Sadly, it did not survive the move.

[@V8HiluxZX6R]

does this mean you don't have Ribena in the US?

[@firebadger101]

Nope, never heard for Ribena sadly.

[@christianlien4249]

Americans do, It's just really hard to find. We have it up here in Canada, though, and it's delicious!

[@TheNailFairy101]

Never heard of it :/

[@shahrulniza5286]

Ribena, my all time fav blackcurrent drink :)

[@tiacornell-fleurs2007]

You americans are missing out on SO Much it is amazing have any of you heard of vimto

[@ForViewingOnly]

6:49 Was that an intentional electrical/berry pun about 'Alternating Currant'? :-)

[@LoftyPursuits]

ForViewingOnly No, we are too well grounded to do something like that. Puns like that can hertz.

[@ForViewingOnly]

Lofty Pursuits Shocking! :-)

[@toddstewart4579]

Watt are you charging LP with? That level of inductance is hardly Faraday.

[@MartinBogomolni]

For the record, I really REALLY love the change in the blackcurrant drops to the square mold! ( I'm enjoying one right now! )

[@LoftyPursuits]

Thank you.

[@mikuramsay]

Why was this in my recommendations?

[@baasmans]

I know right... still, not dissapointed, this is hypnotic

[@AlvinCornelius]

Cavan Goh I'm not even mad, this channel is amazing!

[@MadNotAngry]

Well, I *AM* Mad, and I too am grateful this showed up in my suggestions. Most the time, they suck. This guy is delightful!

[@mikuramsay]

Well, this channel made me subscribe so I guess it's alright

[@WheezyShotta]

Same mate. No fucking clue about why but I love it.

[@joshdouglas6655]

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 😁

[@dustybird2471]

MRJellyBaby2516 Americans say sweets too just say in lol

[@2listening1]

I love vintage machinery and I like to follow several of the vintage machinery KZbinrs. thanks for the great demonstration and history lesson! GREAT work, Greg!

[@zaammy3584]

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

[@MAashChick]

I was delighted to wake up to see this video when I woke up today!

[@TheSwissGabber]

that current pun got me real good :)

[@TheReaperKing15]

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.

[@callum2984]

FrisktheFallen Doritosforlife no

[@larry-naylor]

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.

[@jonschuster1029]

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!

[@TheEastieA]

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!

[@kalliste01]

I commented basically the same thing! I can't imagine not having blackcurrant candy or apple and blackcurrant juice, mmm!

[@rosalindfahy1336]

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.

[@jjt4108]

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 👌

[@ash64181]

Same! poor Americans and they have trump!

[@EmmLee1111]

TheEastieA or blackcurrant lemonde!

[@jlhpolaris]

"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!

[@flamingfoxx]

Thank you so much Greg for teaching us about all of these current events

[@Mattquatch1]

That alternating current joke almost went over my head. Loving your videos, can't wait for my candy to arrive!

[@AlpineTheHusky]

Black and red currant is very popular in Austria. We have black and red currant Jam, Juice and candy. They are like the easiest plants to grow. You can just leave them out in the winter and they dont Need any care.

[@June-ov2wu]

They always have a lot of currants too! It was really dry this year where I live and the bushes still had about 4 Kg of currants. (2 Bushes)

[@bgjhvfn6043]

Alpy Boi I can‘t imagine something like that growing in Australia

[@June-ov2wu]

@@bgjhvfn6043 Austria buddy, not Australia, unless you mean it as a joke.

[@rabbidowl1235]

wait...wait, I have watched this maybe five times and just now noticed.. at 6:50 is that..that's an electricity joke

[@ChrisJones-qw7bn]

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!!

[@xxKEVZxx]

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!!

[@Shipper08]

They operated in a different currant-cy, if you will.

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

Shipper08 no... bad...

[@Kanoshe]

lol nice

[@Kanoshe]

they still working on it , currantly

[@Bauhauskiddo]

As a Swede, it's simply bizarre to imagine blackcurrants being illegal, as they are quite common here. Are redcurrants illegal too? Watching the machine work was lovely, there's something very satisfying by watching it.

[@harveykong4276]

Bauhauskiddo ye

[@ianh1504]

Bauhauskiddo they arent illegal currantly

[@DBZHGWgamer]

No, they were never illegal. It was just illegal to grow them(and still is in some states).

[@genepozniak]

Alternating currants. I see what you did there. lol

[@cheesycheez]

I came for the candymaking, but i stayed for the candy history lessons. Thanks, Greg 🍬❤️

[@LS1Cobra]

All our sugar here in Australia is produced from cane. They have huge plantations of it up in Queensland. It's one of the reasons why soft drinks (soda) tastes different down here than the US as it's made using cane sugar rather than corn sugars. Black currant is a popular flavor down here too.

[@LoftyPursuits]

Michael Murphy At Lofty Pursuits we have a wall of cane sugar sodas for sale.

[@timmydirtyrat6015]

Never seen this but i'm happy they got their 100,000 sub plaque.

[@jetaddict420]

first 20 seconds and just everything in the video made me subscribe. love the music

[@ghostgutarist5234]

So soothing.... the candy, the voice, and the music.

[@takinoborudesu]

next make illegal tide pod candy

[@LoftyPursuits]

The video is on our Facebook page. Check it out.

[@takinoborudesu]

THAT'S ACTUALLY HILARIOUS! I'm impressed

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

69 likes and what about vegemite candy, isn’t illegal but it’s probably cursed

[@thefourstooges2376]

what is the difference between mixing the flavouring and colouring in the pot vs on the table (other than where you put the things in of course)? i have seen you guys do it both ways and was just curious

[@thefourstooges2376]

***** oh that makes sense thank you :)

[@VictoriaEMeredith]

I figured that mixing the colors in on the table tends to add air into the mixture, which makes them less transparent and more opaque. I noticed that the citric acid didn't get mixed in very aggressively here, which I assumed was also in an attempt to keep the air bubbles to a minimum. I could be completely wrong, though. :)

[@camillemorrison7222]

We have them in Australia

[@MythicSun]

yep

[@peanutbutterboi8489]

I red that in an Australian accent

[@rippspeck]

Good to know they don't cause trouble in your ecosystem. They're truly one of the most delicious berries.

[@paulvale2985]

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,

[@The_Gallowglass]

Sounds good. I'd like to try a black currant and bergamot candy. :D

[@theLuigiFan0007Productions]

That sounds like a great combination! If it tastes mildly citrus like he says, I bet it would go great with bergamot. I like earl grey tea (has bergamot) and occasionally add a tiny hint of lemon flavor to it, which is pretty good. So, I can second that I'd like to try that. :D

[@keirahillman8830]

IM AUSSIE BLACK CURRANT IS AMAZING. ESPECIALLY BLACK CURRENT JUICE

[@Dubswitcher]

Grimmie _nebu Why did you spell currant both ways

[@LoftyPursuits]

+OBV10U3_NINJA the cause of the joke in the video

[@ameliary-ann7486]

Grimmie _nebu :c

[@gammaghoul11]

Ribena is the best drink.

[@TheNightFlower]

Grimmie _nebu Aussie here too and yes, it’s a beautiful drink. They even have Ribena (black current flavoured Gatorade and black current cider, which is amazing.

[@motoquasi]

Poor USA. Blackcurrant is my favourite berry.

[@candie1230]

motoquasi in Canada you can buy Black Currant plants anywhere that sells plants, I've even seen them at Walmart.

[@motoquasi]

I come from Finland. They are very common there.

[@PositiveMercury]

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!

[@kaizaqu6018]

WHHHAAATTT HERE IN AUSTRALIA BLACKCURRNT IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FLAVOUR. I FEEL BAD YOUR MISSING OUT BLACKCURRENT TASTES AWSOME

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

We're not. The co-op I used to work at sells currants. I think it's an antiquated law Greg is referring to.

[@AmokCanuck]

I'm Canadian and Ive only tried it once, a blackcurrant square from a British sweet shop

[@lacey892]

I'm definitely missing out. It may not be illegal to grow it anymore, but no one really does. I've never seen currants anywhere, or currant flavored anything... :'(

[@cardinal5290]

Both black and red currents grow wild in Northern British Columbia where I live. They have 181 mg per 100 g of vitamin C making them extremely healthy to eat.

[@drunkenslav2334]

sipping on some black currant cola, love the history lesson!

[@ETBrenner]

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.