On Friday, February 7, 2020 at 6:31:59 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.

I've been eating prunes/mangos/apricots in a sweet-sour-salt sauce that's pretty intense. It's in a jar on the counter that's been sitting there for a couple of months. It's eaten as a snack!

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