Prunes are apparently prunes once again
Dec 9, 2016 | 11:20 am
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Prunes are apparently prunes once again
It looks like the calling them "dried plums" marketing experiment was a resounding failure, as this morning, I saw a Sunsweet Prune commercial.
If it tastes like a prune,
And makes you poo like a prune,
It must be a prune.
Dried plums, be gone with you!
If it tastes like a prune,
And makes you poo like a prune,
It must be a prune.
Dried plums, be gone with you!
Dec 10, 2016 | 3:13 pm
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Dried plum was always pronounce prune in my home.
You'll notice it was never relabeled "dried plum juice".
You'll notice it was never relabeled "dried plum juice".
Dec 11, 2016 | 12:59 am
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Well, "dried plum juice" also sounds like it could be a powdered concentrate (although I'm sure it's obvious that it's not if you're standing in the aisle looking at a 64 oz. bottle).
Dec 11, 2016 | 1:00 am
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My great aunt used to eat those things. I remember watching in horror as she would put them on her plate at the retirement home. They looked so disgusting.
Dec 11, 2016 | 3:02 am
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Older people seem to like them reconstituted (stewed). I like them right out of the bag. Sunsweet makes them with added cherry and orange essences. I like those best.
Dec 11, 2016 | 10:21 pm
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I admit to liking fresh plums, dried prunes, stewed prunes, and the semi-dried pruneaux d'Agen by themselves, soaked in various French liqueurs and in various pastries including Far breton.
Dec 13, 2016 | 1:25 pm
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I actually like a prune now and again. Not stewed, but just popped right out of the bag. I also have a recipe for a brown bread that uses prunes, but haven't thought about that in years.
Dec 13, 2016 | 1:34 pm
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The traditional way to eat it in holland is to stew it and bind the liquid with corn starch. It produces a very old fashioned slimy porridge like substance with soft prunes in it. I mean it's okay but it's like grandmothers food. Nobody eat that anymore but we used to get it as children.
If I'd eat them now I'd just eat them as is.
If I'd eat them now I'd just eat them as is.
