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Plums, Prunes, and God

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Silvar Beitel

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Jul 24, 2020, 11:51:30 AM7/24/20
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Plums:

Made "Marian Burros' Purple Plum Torte" for the Nth time because it's simple and simply awesome. Recipes all over the net, including in the past in RFC. Google it and/or search RFC archive of your choice. Did I mention awesome?

Pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kRXYcKZgNHASoDsQ8


Prunes:

Not paying close attention because, basically, IDGAF, but some time ago the dried fruit industry decided to stop calling them prunes (associated with constipated old people, I guess) and started calling them dried plums, which of course is what they are, to appeal to a wider demographic. But apparently they have became prunes again. Just bought a can, being old and constipated (or maybe just remembering that I like them as is or in various grain and fruit bars). Perhaps old people didn't know what dried plums were. :-)


God:

Just a teaser in the subject line. Ignore.

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Cindy Hamilton

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Jul 24, 2020, 12:51:25 PM7/24/20
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Could be. I eat a dozen of those "bite size" prunes every day. I like
them, too. They're good as pierogi filling.

Can't stand prune juice. Bottling (cooking) it takes away all the tartness
and complexity, leaving just sweet and iron tastes.

Cindy H amilton

Sheldon Martin

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Jul 24, 2020, 1:51:56 PM7/24/20
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We always have a big bag of Dried Plums, Dried Figs, and Dried Dates
too. Prune Danish is a favorite.
https://www.bakersauthority.com/products/lekvar-prune-butter

Taxed and Spent

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Jul 24, 2020, 2:18:16 PM7/24/20
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kids must have started saying "eeew!" to "dried plums", so they had to
change the name again.

Bruce

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Jul 24, 2020, 2:56:25 PM7/24/20
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On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 09:51:21 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
<angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 11:51:30 AM UTC-4, Silvar Beitel wrote:
>> Plums:
>>
>> Made "Marian Burros' Purple Plum Torte" for the Nth time because it's simple and simply awesome. Recipes all over the net, including in the past in RFC. Google it and/or search RFC archive of your choice. Did I mention awesome?
>>
>> Pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kRXYcKZgNHASoDsQ8
>>
>>
>> Prunes:
>>
>> Not paying close attention because, basically, IDGAF, but some time ago the dried fruit industry decided to stop calling them prunes (associated with constipated old people, I guess) and started calling them dried plums, which of course is what they are, to appeal to a wider demographic. But apparently they have became prunes again. Just bought a can, being old and constipated (or maybe just remembering that I like them as is or in various grain and fruit bars). Perhaps old people didn't know what dried plums were. :-)
>
>Could be. I eat a dozen of those "bite size" prunes every day.

Aha! Slowly the truth comes out.

Bruce

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Jul 24, 2020, 2:57:00 PM7/24/20
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On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:51:52 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
wrote:
Are you sure it's not prune Swedish?

Cindy Hamilton

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Jul 24, 2020, 3:42:48 PM7/24/20
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What truth is that? That I'm a late-middle-age woman with long, slow
intestines? That's a common as dirt, and not really worth talking about.

<https://carolinadigestive.com/about-us/news/women-vs-men-digestion>

Cindy Hamilton

bruce2...@gmail.com

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Jul 24, 2020, 4:05:25 PM7/24/20
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A lot of cereals can help with digestion. Semi-sweet chocolate, too.

Cindy Hamilton

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Jul 24, 2020, 4:40:32 PM7/24/20
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On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 4:05:25 PM UTC-4, bruce2...@gmail.com wrote:
> A lot of cereals can help with digestion. Semi-sweet chocolate, too.

Yep. I eat a bowl of oatmeal every morning and 2-4 ounces of semi-sweet
chocolate every day.

Yogurt and an apple nearly every day, too.

Cindy Hamilton

Bruce

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Jul 24, 2020, 5:14:02 PM7/24/20
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On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
<angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 4:05:25 PM UTC-4, bruce2...@gmail.com wrote:
>> A lot of cereals can help with digestion. Semi-sweet chocolate, too.
>
>Yep. I eat a bowl of oatmeal every morning and 2-4 ounces of semi-sweet
>chocolate every day.

Ka-ching.

Hank Rogers

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Jul 24, 2020, 5:32:07 PM7/24/20
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All those prunes ain't working for yoose Popeye.


Snag

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Jul 24, 2020, 10:01:33 PM7/24/20
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No matter how many prunes he eats he'll still be full of shit .
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