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- From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] prune plums
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:36:46 -0700
It may be regional or cultural. I completely accept that
you hadn’t before heard the word prune to describe a type of fresh
plum. I trust you realize there are things any one of us might not have
heard of that are nonetheless true. Here are some references: Any kind of plum that can be dried without spoiling. (The Free
Dictionary) a plum dried or capable of drying
without fermentation (Websters Dictionary) Fresh plums that are marketed as "prunes" have an
oval shape and a more easily removed pit. (Wikipedia)
(Dictionary.com) “Fresh Prune Postharvest
Quality Maintenance” – a publication from the University of CA,
Davis Google yields 3,650 references
to “fresh prune.” Whether you can turn any plum
into a prune is also a matter of linguistics, and although I consider some (the
Italian type) dried plums to be prunes and the rest ‘dried plums,’
I don’t argue with anyone using either term. It’s a matter of
preference, not right or wrong. You’re right that they can
dry on, or under the tree – they may be the easiest fruit to dry, needing
nothing more than some time outdoors. ~ Stephen From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On
Behalf Of Alan Haigh I don't spend much time reading cook books although I do
like to cook, but I've never heard of a plum being called a prune without
having been dried. Plums are sometimes reconstituted by being jarred in
liquid after drying and in fact those were the most common prunes of my
childhood. It is very common to call plums that are traditionally used
for drying "prune plums" and these, I believe, are always the oval,
purple skinned European varieties typified by the Italian plum. Other
Euros not in this category are gages and I believe mirabelles. Prune
plums always have very high sugar and if conditions aren't too humid will
actually dry out on the tree without rotting, not that I suggest this as a
technique. With a dehydraater I assume that you could turn any plum into
some kind of prune. |
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[NAFEX] prune plums,
Alan Haigh, 09/16/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] prune plums, Stephen Sadler, 09/16/2008
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- [NAFEX] Prune Plums, MARIE ASHTON, 09/19/2008
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