Oh gawd I have visions of coughing and spluttering when you experiment on me with an amla cough syrup should we drop past - sounds dire! I love how your neighbours show concern by bringing something that can help - action says a lot, doesn't it? I've had gooseberries on my radar for a while - you know how these things work, a plant will whisper at you until it shouts and then I'm googling to see if they grow here in Australia and ordering seeds and plants! A suprising amount of plants will grow in country Victoria - off to see if this one will... Just when i thought there's surely not another Asian fruit you can cover, you whip out another one! thanks so much for constantly educating me.