Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-20
NOT DRIED CURRANTS
A LEARNED GROCER COMMENTS up
ON A COMMON MISTAKE.

ON A COMMON MISTAKE.
The Tiny Fruit Used In Cake, Pud-
dings, Buns and the Like Are Raj
sins Made From Little Grapes That
Are Grown In Greece.
"AIother wants a pound of dried cur
rants said little girl who came into
the learned grocer's score in Eighth
avenue.
u hain't got dried currant in the
store and there hain't none in the city, =
replied the learned grocer. But !
know what you want, sissy, and I've
got en-"
The learned grocer brought forth a
box Of the little. sticky, sugary, gritty
currants used in fruit cake, plum pGd-
dings. mincc pies, buns and the like.
why, them's EN- exclaimed the
little girl.
Yes. them's EN-" assented the gro
Ger, and if the Grccian maiden who
trod this particular lot of EN- into ship
shape had used little water or even a
feather buster on her feet before she
~ an there wouldn't be SO much grit
in en- as there Is. She must have been
having a regular hocdown on the clas-
sic sands before she began to dance on
this box Of fruit There, sissy; tell
your mother she must battle EN- IN sew
cral waters before she uses en-, or She
might just as well put lot Of sandpd-
per IN her fruit cake. And tell her that
they amt dried currants either"
whats the reason they amt dried
currantsY'' demanded disputative
customer when the girl had gone
"They amt dried currants any more
than they are dried pumpkins" replied
the grocer 1.-THE reason they ain t
dried currants Is that they weren't cur
rants before they were dried. Good
reason enough, amt it,"
Yes" said the customer, less dispu-
tatiye than he was But what does
everybody call them dried currants for
them"
"'Cause they don't know any better"
said the learned grocer They'll go
right on coming in here and asking for
dried currants just the same after | tell
'em why they amt dried currants as
they did before"
what should they ask for them in
Quircd the customer,
III any man should come in here and
ask for dried corinths." replied the
learned grocer "he would not neccssa-
rily be gentleman, but I'd bet on him
being scholar. Dried corinths is
what you should ask for when you
want this little sugar coated, gritty
raisin, for it's a raisin pure and sim
pie"
Flows that the customer wanted
to know
because it was q grape before it
was dried, said the grocer, and if raj
sins amt grapes what are they"
but you said these were dried cor
inths." persisted the customer. Whats
a coruth. anyhow"
y corlnth is the smallest grape that
grows" replied the learned grocer.
and il lost its name years and years
ago because ii was gradually corrupted
into 'currant. which became also the
name # the aeidulatcd little berry OF
our garden, which you might dry from
now until Gabriel sounds his horn
without getting il nearer the condition
If raisin than pea is.
This little grapo grows MI over the
islands Of the Grccian archipelago and
was first exported from Corinth, and
tlat's what gave it its proper name.
The lunches don't grow much bigger
than n stem of red currants, and they
are SO full Of sugar tAat when they are
picked and dried in the sun they actu-
ally seem to melt and run together like
gumdrnps, and it takes 2 lot of care
and work to separate them again.
after they are scparated is the time
when the Crreiau maiden gets her
work in on 'cm. for it is one Of her
pleasant duties t. Jump on a heap Of
the sticky stun with her bare feet }ltll
She has compressed enough IT tlle iitrle
raisinS to squeeze three boxes If Them
into one. No lNduuir pump could do
it better. lit could. we wouldn't have
the sand and grit the maidep's feet
minglc with the fruit and without that
no dried coriuths are genuine
still. shall expect folks II come in
here right along ANA ASK for dried cur
rants just the same" said the learned
grocer as ne went 10 wait On a ncw Gus
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