Comments on: Trying to remember

By: anne

anne — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:09:44 +0000

“when i was a boy” … see, i’m saying. OLD PEOPLE EAT PRUNES.

By: mig

mig — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:40:53 +0000

“Prunes are a group of plums chacterized by an oblong shape, dark purple skin (often with a blue, waxy “bloom” or coating) and a very high sugar content (the high sugar allows for sun-drying without fermenting at the pit). These are generally referred to as European plums or prune plums, to distinguish them from Japanese and hybrid plums, which are generally rounder in shape and with watery flesh.”

–said by Douglas Justice
Associate Director
Curator of Collections and Research Scientist

here: http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1153

By: mig

mig — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:30:04 +0000

when i was a boy, prunes were a smaller fruit than plums, which were larger, roundish and came in various colors while prunes were smaller, grew on the prune tree out back and were sometimes dried.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:14:42 +0000

She wouldn’t scream in her sleep if you didn’t touch her with your ice cold feet (maybe thats just my house…)

By: anne

anne — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:08:54 +0000

They’re plums, by the way. Prunes are dried plums. The plum industry is apparently distressed by the fact that prunes are perceived as being for old people, where as dried fruits are cool. Raisins (aka dried grapes) do not care what they are called, as they are small and induce compulsive eating among all ages.

Anyway. Plums.