Saturday, June 07, 2008

Nostalgic berries

Ribena, a wonderfully delicious blackcurrant drink, is an English institution. For many an English kid, my sisters and I included, it was and is the juice drink of choice. As a drink it is very versatile, too. It makes a delicious refreshing lemonade during the day, but at night it can be drunk warm as a night cap. The Dutch might say it is basically the same as Cassis syrup, but they are gravely mistaken....Nothing beats the sweet taste of England's blackcurrants!!!! That's why every time one of us goes back to Blighty we try to bring back a bottle of Ribena, preferably a 2 litre one.

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