On 2010-10-02, Mr Bill > wrote:
> Plum Coffee Cake with Brown Sugar & Cardamom Streusel

Being a plum and monster cardamom fan, I'm tempted to give this a try,
if I can find good plums. Jes bought some fresh cardamom. What plums
would you suggest, though I'll no doubt be stuck with whatever I can
find.

nb

On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:03:38 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2010-10-02, Mr Bill > wrote:
>> Plum Coffee Cake with Brown Sugar & Cardamom Streusel
>
>Being a plum and monster cardamom fan, I'm tempted to give this a try,
>if I can find good plums. Jes bought some fresh cardamom. What plums
>would you suggest, though I'll no doubt be stuck with whatever I can
>find.

The best plum for baking is the Green Gage, sweet and tart... not
often sold at market, mostly they're home grown.. wonderful for eating
out of hand too. I planted a seven year old tree three years ago but
haven't seen any plums yet, hopefully this coming spring.
http://www.willisorchards.com/produc...Gage+Plum+Tree

Don't believe their "Instant Orchard" BS. Even mature and fruiting
when dug a tree needs at least 3 years to recover from shock and
establish itself. But plum trees are well worth growing. Even if you
haven't much space a dwarf tree will produce well... I planted semi
dwarf, full size are difficult to mannage, and I really don't want
that much fruit all at once.

Buy your fruit trees from a local grower's nursery, mail order entails
too much risk and they are pricy. I paid $70 for mine, was a six
footer field grown, it's growing very well, about 8' tall now and its
trunk grew from 1" to 2" caliper. I'm hoping that in another year I
can remove the deer fence. And of course plum trees blossom
magnificently.

Christine Dabney wrote:
>
> On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:30:17 -0600, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> >We haven't found any prune plums yet to make our plum cake.
>
> I saw them in Sunflower just this week. And yes, I am home for a few
> more days, then it is off to San Diego.
>
> Christine
> --


We saw them too, but not enough there to use for a cake. We cooked them,
but they weren't very sweet at all.

Arri London wrote:
>
>Christine Dabney wrote:
>> Arri London wrote:
>>
>> >We haven't found any prune plums yet to make our plum cake.
>>
>> I saw them in Sunflower just this week. And yes, I am home for a few
>> more days, then it is off to San Diego.
>
>We saw them too, but not enough there to use for a cake. We cooked them,
>but they weren't very sweet at all.

There were three types of plums at the little stupidmarket in town
today, they had big plump prune plums but I bought six each of what
they called red plums and black plums; $1.59 lb. So far I ate one
each, very good but need about two more days out on the counter to
ripen. The prune plums were marked $1.99/lb. I like prunes but I
never cared much for prune plums. They had Ronzoni pasta on sale, all
shapes 69¢/lb... grabbed ten assorted.

I went into town to have a permanent crown installed, last upper left,
no one will ever see it, even I can't see it... but it feels great
compared to the one that a big hunk cracked off the side of the old
filling. I don't like going to the dentist but I do.

Christine Dabney wrote:
>
> On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:01:41 -0600, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Christine Dabney wrote:
>
> >> I saw them in Sunflower just this week. And yes, I am home for a few
> >> more days, then it is off to San Diego.
> >>
>
> >We saw them too, but not enough there to use for a cake. We cooked them,
> >but they weren't very sweet at all.
>
> Hmm..I saw a good sized pile of them...more than I would think that it
> takes for a cake. They had them on one of those freestanding
> stands..took up half the stand.
> This was yesterday...
>
> Christine

We went last week. Might go tomorrow is there's time to see if there's a
better lot available.

On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:39:35 -0600, Arri London >
wrote:

>
>
> Christine Dabney wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:01:41 -0600, Arri London >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >Christine Dabney wrote:
> >
> > >> I saw them in Sunflower just this week. And yes, I am home for a few
> > >> more days, then it is off to San Diego.
> > >>
> >
> > >We saw them too, but not enough there to use for a cake. We cooked them,
> > >but they weren't very sweet at all.
> >
> > Hmm..I saw a good sized pile of them...more than I would think that it
> > takes for a cake. They had them on one of those freestanding
> > stands..took up half the stand.
> > This was yesterday...
> >
> > Christine
>
> We went last week. Might go tomorrow is there's time to see if there's a
> better lot available.

Just saw red plums today. 99¢ for the bag, I think it was 3 lbs.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:39:35 -0600, Arri London >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Christine Dabney wrote:
>> >
>> > On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:01:41 -0600, Arri London >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Christine Dabney wrote:
>> >
>> > >> I saw them in Sunflower just this week. And yes, I am home for a few
>> > >> more days, then it is off to San Diego.
>> > >>
>> >
>> > >We saw them too, but not enough there to use for a cake. We cooked them,
>> > >but they weren't very sweet at all.
>> >
>> > Hmm..I saw a good sized pile of them...more than I would think that it
>> > takes for a cake. They had them on one of those freestanding
>> > stands..took up half the stand.
>> > This was yesterday...
>> >
>> > Christine
>>
>> We went last week. Might go tomorrow is there's time to see if there's a
>> better lot available.
>
>Just saw red plums today. 99¢ for the bag, I think it was 3 lbs.

That's cheaper than rice. I guess you didn't buy any because at that
astronomical price you'd become impoverished.

33¢/lb nowadays for fresh plums is *unbelieveably* cheap... would be
cheap for five years ago. I bought fresh plums two days ago, six red
plums; my receipt says: 1.37lbs at $1.69/lb cost $2.32.

On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:06:05 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> sf > wrote:
>
> >
> >Just saw red plums today. 99¢ for the bag, I think it was 3 lbs.
>
> That's cheaper than rice. I guess you didn't buy any because at that
> astronomical price you'd become impoverished.

There's only so much two people can eat. Since I'm the only one who
eats plums, I bought nectarines and apples instead.
>
> 33¢/lb nowadays for fresh plums is *unbelieveably* cheap... would be
> cheap for five years ago. I bought fresh plums two days ago, six red
> plums; my receipt says: 1.37lbs at $1.69/lb cost $2.32.

That was the least expensive price I've seen all summer.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

sf wrote:
>
> On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:39:35 -0600, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Christine Dabney wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:01:41 -0600, Arri London >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Christine Dabney wrote:
> > >
> > > >> I saw them in Sunflower just this week. And yes, I am home for a few
> > > >> more days, then it is off to San Diego.
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >We saw them too, but not enough there to use for a cake. We cooked them,
> > > >but they weren't very sweet at all.
> > >
> > > Hmm..I saw a good sized pile of them...more than I would think that it
> > > takes for a cake. They had them on one of those freestanding
> > > stands..took up half the stand.
> > > This was yesterday...
> > >
> > > Christine
> >
> > We went last week. Might go tomorrow is there's time to see if there's a
> > better lot available.
>
> Just saw red plums today. 99¢ for the bag, I think it was 3 lbs.
>

We've had those most of the summer. Want the pointier purple 'Italian'
or 'prune' plums for our cake