The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-12-26
NOT DRIED CURRANTS
A LEARNED GROCER COMMENTS up
ON A COMMON MIsTAke.

ON A COMMON MISTAKE.
The Tiny Fruit Used In Cake, Pud-
dinEs. Bun. and the Like Are Rat
sins Made From Little Grapes That
Are Grown In Greece.
Mother wants pound of dried cur
rants said little girl who camo into
the learned grecer's store In Eighth
avenue.
Il hain't got II dried currant In the
store and there han't none in the city"
replied the learned grocer but
know what you want sissy. and I've
so; en-
The learned grocer brought forth
box of the little, sticky. sugary. gritty
currants used In fruit cnke. plum pud-
dngs. mince pies. buns and the like.
why. thcm's EN-" exclaimed the
little girl.
Yes; thems EN- assented the gro
Ger, and ii the Grecian maiden who
trod this particular lot of 'em into ship
shape had used Il little water or even Il
feather buster ON her feet before she
began there wouldn't be 40 much grit
IN EN- as there Ia She must have been
having IA regular hoedown on the elias
sic sands before she began to dance OH
this box of fruit There, Sissy, tell
your mother she must battle 'em In sew
eral waters before she uses EN-, or she
might lust as we'll put lot of snndpn-
per In her fruit cake. And tell her that
they amt dried currants either"
whats the reason they Amt dried
currants:" demanded disputatiye
customer when the girl had goue
They mint dried currantS any more
than they are dried pumpkins" replied
the grocer Tile reason they alu'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-
tatlvc than he was. hut whit does
everybody call them dried eurrants for
them
"'Causc they don't know any better"
said the learned grocer. They'll so
right on coming in here and asking for
dried currants Just the same after tell
'em Why they amt dried currnnts as
they did before"
Whit should they ask for, them" In
CURED the customer.
IF any man should come In here and
ask for dried corinths." replied the
learned grocer, he would not necessa.
rily be II gentleman, but Id bet on him
being II scholar. Dried corlnths is
what you should nsk for when you
want this little sugar coated, gritty
rasin, for It's raisln pure and sim
Pile"
flows that" the customer wanted
TO know.
Because II was grape before II
was dried" said the grocer. and II raj
sins amt grapes what are they
but you said these were dried cor
inths," persisted the customer whats
corinth, anyhow
"a corinth is the smallest grape that
grows" replied the learned grocer.
and II lost its name years and years
ago because 1t was gradually corrupted
into 'currant,' which became also the
name Of the aciduated little berry of
our garden, which YOU might dry from
now until Gabriel sounds his horn
without getting 1t nearer the condition
of n ralsin than n pea Is.
This little grape grows all over the
islands OF the Grecian archipelago and
was first exported from Corinih and
that's what gave II its proper name.
The lunches don't grow much bigger
than II stem Of red currants and they
are SO full Of sugnr that when they are
picked and dried in the sun they actu-
ally seem To melt and run together like
gumdrnps. and II takes II lot Of care
and work to separate them again
after they mr." separated Is the time
when the Grccinn maiden gets her
work In on 'em for 1t Is one Of her
pleasant duties to jump on a heap Of
the sticky stuff with her bare feet until
she has compressed enough OF the little
raisins 10 squeeze three boxes Of them
into one No hydraulic pump could do
It better II IT could. we wouldn't have
the sand and grit the maiden's feet
mlngle with the fruit aud without That
no dried cornths are genuine.
"Still. | shnll expect folks TO come In
here right along and ASK for dried cur
rnnts just the enine." said the learned
grocer rs he went Ia Wah on Il new Gus.
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