Katra wrote:
> In article . com>,
> "Ed Kim" > wrote:
>
> > i really like plums. so when costco had a big ol' box of plums for
> > (like) $5 i grabbed it. uhm... there's like 20+ plums in there! i
eat
> > about 1 or 2 a day. i'm afraid that more than half of them will
rot
> > before i get to them. so i'm asking for any good recipes (or other
> > uses! ) for these plums.


> Take the seeds out of the ones you can't get to and dry them.
>
> Makes prunes. ;-)

Can't make prunes from any old plums... gotta have prune plums, they
contain enouhg sugar to preserve them... other plums will rot.

> They can also be canned or made into jam/jelly.

Yup, but hardly worth the effort with some 20 odd plums.... gotta have
a bushel, at least a pecker.

Sheldon