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Such a coincidence. I rarely drink Ribena - which is the concentrate made from Blackcurrants (other blackcurrant cordials are available) - but the other day I bought a bottle. I had just made myself a drink of it and sat down and opened Hacker News and this is the first article I see. It’s sad that that are banned over there in the USA and I did know about the issue with pines but the little berries are great in drinks and also for making summer pudding.

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I can say as a Brit living in the US, Ribena is increasingly easy to find. I’m the south, pretty much every Publix has it now. They also have Bisto, which I mean, praise Jesus. The latter has been a hit with everyone I’ve shown it to.

I had blackcurrants in things, but I’m not sure that I ever had them fresh in England. But it’s definitely…it’s weird for such a common flavour to be missing here.

I think many Americans are skeptical because of the reputation British cuisine has…but I mean…the packaged goods are different and call be biased but they’re almost always better than their American equivalents.

Now if we could just get the marris pipers here…that’d be great.

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