Redcurrants and red gooseberries? Can I ...

[NotQuiteCockney]

... just bung them in a pot with some sugar and cook them a bit until soft, then freeze or use the resulting goop for whatever?

Yes!

Cool. The red gooseberries are a bit old, so I don't want them to go wrong ...

Ok, they need a lot of sugar. Done, anyway.

Oh they are lovely.
I made a huge bowl of gooseberry fool with 3 lbs given to me last week by lovely neighbour.
It was insanely delicious.

Ohhhhh, gooseberry fool ...

Is fool just whipped cream + fruit?

Yes.
Then put back in fridge to set.
Don't WWB.
You've started me off....
I had it for breakfast.........three days running.

Ohhh ... for breakfast ...

Ugh!

I thought my appetite was back to normal, but clearly not, because, ugh! Breakfast.

(I keep wanting ice cream, and having oranges instead. Very strange.)

I think I may ask if she has more.
She was complainig about a glut.

There'd be no problem with a glut in this house,God no!!

It's divine. Breakfast, lunch, tea, whenever.

My gooseberry bushes all ended up with mildew this year - am very jealous of your neighbour's glut, moondog.

I've never even seen a gooseberry bush,am ashamed to say.
Did you plant yours WWB?

Yes, had them for about 6 years. My dad has an allotment and I begged some of his that were going spare. They've done really well up until this year. Will have to get some more for next year, mildew is a bugger. I spent hours picking off the sawfly caterpillars earlier on in the year and lost the damned things anyway!

How tall are they?How tall do they get?

Am getting braver as my tomato plants haven't died (yet)
The sky is the limit next year!

Not very tall; 2 - 2.5 feet, something like that. They're pretty compact.

Go on, give it a go