Show 62000 TONS OF CURRANTS Britons Seem to Be Exception Fond of This Fruit Our greatgrandmothers alto IVE they had to pay 9 very high price PILE dried currants considered them Q Indispensable to the compound those pies furmltlcs and fiorrati which were tho pride of every be I ate wife Domestic catering must I iPill been an arduous undertaking In tl days for currants and other d fruits were not to be procured opl London except once a year at the VER nunl fair of the local market 8 The royal dish of plum parr which it was tho privilege cl archbishop of Canterbury to to a newly crowned sovereign i composed largely of currants theli f being stowed In strong beef soupj rlcllcd with red wine and red Now that the order has changed j simplicity Is the keynote of the I h cst class cookery we Britons fates trebled our appreciation ot the bo 1 led ly 1 and wholesome currant and j Hi though florontlnes and plum porn i Q ° Is ire dishes of the past no less t Fn 6200P tons of currants go every frit to thp making of bread cakes pasl i t and puddings to tempt the BrltW 1 ix petite Ladles Pictorial oi |