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Gooseberries and rhubarb

HSSS

HSSS

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I’m going strawberry picking tomorrow and they also have gooseberries (it does have berry in the name) and rhubarb (which is a veg) so are these ok? Obviously without sugar!!

I can’t find carb amounts for them anywhere
 
Our gooseberries aren’t quite ripe yet. So need cooking for consumption.
 
Rhubarb and gooseberries. Both favourites of mine.

Last time I went fruit picking was in 2017, in Isle of Man. Haven’t been since we left.

I have some rhubarb from in the kitchen ready to chop up and put in the slow cooker. I normally add sweetener. Fantastic with Greek yoghurt.
 
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Tipetoo said:
I can remember the taste of a unripe goozgog from when I was a kid, they put the mouth into gear quicker than a lemon. :D
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Only reading about it makes my face do this:
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I’ve never actually eaten a gooseberry and have no idea what I’m doing picking them but by the sounds of it I’ll know soon enough if they aren’t ripe.
 
HSSS said:
That seems ...odd. Raspberries are listed higher than strawberries and fairly sure they’re lower at around 6 or 7 g/100 not the 11 this site has them at. Gooseberries not seeming such a good idea at 11 if I believe this
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I have always used the Fat Secret Australia site which is pretty much the same as the UK one, I have found the carb content of the items close enough for what I want to eat.
 
Tipetoo said:
That's a "what the...!" moment for the goat.
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It said in the facebook post that the goats kept eating the lemons, despite their faces going all funny, so they must have liked the taste!
Of course now I need to find a goat with an owner who'll allow me to try feeding it lemons :hilarious:
 
Listlad said:
Rhubarb and gooseberries. Both favourites of mine.
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Mine too - you'r a Listlad after my own heart!

Gooseberries 6g carbs per 100g ( https://www.diabetes.co.uk/blog/201...d-glucose-levels-everything-you-need-to-know/)
The Fat Sectret figures appear to be including fibre under carbs as per USA practice, so deducting this puts the figure in line with our Diabetes.co.uk one.
When I can get hold of them, these are one of my low carb summertime in-season treats.

I eat a lot of rhubarb and from memory, carbs UK figures (US net carbs) are approx 3g per 100g.

Robbity
 
Do you guys and girls top and tail each gooseberry before eating / cooking?
 
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