@ukpolska said they are eaten mostly as jam. I know some berries are too sour so they can only be made jam with added sugar to remove the bitter taste.
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When I was a kid I regularly visited an Aunty who had a large garden full of all types of veg. And fruit several of which were gooseberry bushes and I distinctly remember getting into trouble when she caught me spitting out some gooseberries because they were so sour and I can only assume that early on in growth you don’t pick them.Her peapods, raspberry strawberries were delish though😊
Now realm again turning from radio station to cooking show….
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“You can eat gooseberries raw — they’ll taste especially good if they’re ripe. This means raw gooseberries will taste best when they’re in season. The fruit begins to ripen from mid-June to mid-July, so you can look forward to eating sweet gooseberries in the summer months. Their flavor profile spans the spectrum of tart to very sweet.”
The red ones are the ripe ones. Just trying to keep you out of trouble.
The longer you leave them then they start to turn a soft red and become sweeter, but when harvesting them for jam you take them at the green stage. I guarantee that your Aunt had Rhubarb as well as they grow in the same sort of soil under the gooseberry bushes. 
Yeh she sure did and I think I ate rhubarb in every conceivable way, raw dipped in sugar, crumble, pie, but unfortunately for me my mum made me eat it with custard and if there is one thing in this world I really detest is custard, yuk, vile. 
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dipped in sugar, crunchy, sour 
beautiful c___dhood memories
Yep, absolutely, but the one thing about rhubarb I forgot to mention was my mum and others back in the day seemed to think it was a good laxative but I dunno if there is any evidence to back that up.“Mum my poo wouldn’t come out” guaranteed the next mealtime dessert would be rhubarb 
Rhubarb and strawberry crumble. A match made in heaven!
gooseberries are popular cooked and sweetened then mixed with cream & yoghurt to make a ‘Gooseberry Fool’
Who you talking to fool? 
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That is definitely not a gooseberry ., one raspberry awarded to you.
Next time I need a painter for any of my homes. I know where to go too. 
Kelly.
Best looking ass I’ve ever seen on a painter 
#hottieasspainter 
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I hope they bill George for the paint. 
Of course they are b___dy gooseberry’s, we have many bushes of them in our garden.
A very delicious fruit especially in a tart with custard.
Don’t you have gooseberry’s in the states then? They are delicious whatever colour they are depending on your taste preference.
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In the UK, “found under the gooseberry bush” is a c___dhood analogy for birth
Also, “playing gooseberry” means being an unwanted part of a group. i.e CockBlocking!
You won’t need the combine harvester for gooseberries then?