On 2020-02-07 11:16 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, February 7, 2020 at 10:39:13 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:

>> When I was a kid we often has stewed prunes for dessert. I always liked
>> them. Maybe it's time to make some for myself.
>
> Oddly enough, I like "raw" prunes bug not stewed prunes. Nor do I like
> prune juice. Cooking seems to kill the tartness that I like in raw
> prunes.
>


They are almost comfort food for me. I had a strange encounter with
prunes when I worked at a canoe tripping camp in my early 20s. I was
hanging out in the trip room where they kept all all gear and food for
the canoe trips. We often munched on the food, and one day I was eating
the prunes. First time for me for raw. I was really enjoying them, and
the girl in charge warned me about their laxative effect. Nonsense. I
had been eating (stewed) prunes all my life with no ill effects. It
turned out that raw prunes do something to your guts that stewed prunes
do not.