A redcurrant is a very small, round, bright-red fruit.

A redcurrant紅醋栗 is就是 a very small, round, bright-red fruit一種非常小、圓圓的、鮮紅色的水果。

It grows in little bunches on a bush, mostly in cool northern Europe — places like Britain and Scandinavia. Each berry is about the size of a pea, with a thin skin and a sharp, sour taste.

It它 grows長 in little bunches一小串一小串地長 on a bush在灌木上, mostly in cool northern Europe大多在寒冷的北歐 — places like Britain and Scandinavia像英國和斯堪地那維亞這些地方。Each berry每一顆果實 is about the size of a pea大概豌豆那麼大, with a thin skin皮很薄, and而且 a sharp, sour taste味道又酸又嗆。

People do not often eat a handful raw the way they would strawberries; more often the fruit is cooked into jelly, sauce, or a tart filling, because the sourness settles once you add sugar.

People人們 do not often eat a handful raw不常直接抓一把生吃 the way they would strawberries像吃草莓那樣; more often更常見的是 the fruit這種水果 is cooked into被煮成 jelly, sauce, or a tart filling果凍、醬汁或塔的內餡, because因為 the sourness settles酸味就會緩和 once you add sugar只要加了糖。

You will also hear the word for the bush itself, a redcurrant bush, and for the little strings of berries still on the stem.

You你 will also hear也會聽到 the word for the bush itself指這整叢灌木的詞, a redcurrant bush「redcurrant bush」, and還有指 for the little strings of berries still on the stem還連在枝上那一小串果實的詞。

It is not a cranberry: those are bigger, darker, and belong to a different kitchen. In Taiwan you will not meet the fresh fruit often; it turns up in imported jam and in recipes.

It它 is not a cranberry不是蔓越莓: those那些 are bigger, darker比較大、顏色比較深, and而且 belong to a different kitchen也屬於不同的料理系統。In Taiwan在台灣, you你 will not meet the fresh fruit often不太會常常遇到新鮮的果實; it它 turns up出現 in imported jam and in recipes在進口果醬和食譜裡。