Ep25 - Gooseberries and Gooseberry Gumbo at Jimmy's Festival on Jimmy's Farm
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This ep looks at gooseberry history, etymology, historical pairings, slang, competitive gooseberry growing and the world’s record holder for biggest gooseberry. There's a look at the Enclosures Act and how they affected rural life in England. For art there are paintings by artists Adriaen Coorte, Isabel Naftel and Madawyn McCarthy. There are snippets recorded from my Gooseberry Gumbo food demo at Jimmy’s Festival w/hosts Joe Hurd and Hardeep Singh Kohli…don’t be a gooseberry and miss this one!
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