Offer a recipe of jam from the black currant. As we have it is ripe, step-by-step photos will not. Just who lives in a warmer climate you might want to try. Website like not found like. The fact is that if the currants cook like a regular jam, berries are bad mushy and harsh. A friend taught this recipe and for several years now so I cook. Gentle, thick, more like jam. Well, at least cooking - more vitamins preserved. Perfectly stored.