I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three main
types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three main
> types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow raisins.
> The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones and I much
> prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have much lees
> taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins. For
> enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be called
> Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>

Ok I prefer Sultanas to currants.


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On 27/04/2014 6:15 AM, James Silverton wrote:
> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three main
> types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>
I'm sure I saw packets of "Sultana raisins" in Calgary some (many) years
ago.
Graham

On 27/04/2014 6:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three
>> main types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>>
>
> Ok I prefer Sultanas to currants.
>
>
The trouble is currants (aka raisins de Corinthe) are not seedless. So
in the past, when I made xmas cakes, I substituted seedless raisins.
Graham

On 2014-04-27 10:26 AM, graham wrote:
> On 27/04/2014 6:15 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three main
>> types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>>
> I'm sure I saw packets of "Sultana raisins" in Calgary some (many) years
> ago.


Those different types of raisins are due to them being the dried form of
different varieties of grapes.


I remember that there used to be a type of raisin cookie. We used to
call them squashed fly wafer. The came in a package with rectangular
sheets with crimped or perforated lines to snap them off into smaller
pieces. I have not bought cookies in years and don't even look to see
what is available, so I don't know if they are still available or not.

On 4/27/2014 10:29 AM, graham wrote:
> On 27/04/2014 6:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
>>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three
>>> main types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
>>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
>>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
>>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
>>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
>>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>>>
>>
>> Ok I prefer Sultanas to currants.
>>
>>
> The trouble is currants (aka raisins de Corinthe) are not seedless. So
> in the past, when I made xmas cakes, I substituted seedless raisins.
> Graham

True, I'd forgotten about currants; maybe because they weren't on
display at TJ's. I don't find the seeds a defect there but otherwise, I
always buy seedless raisins, There's another thing that might substitute
for currants: the dried barberries sold in Persian stores.

--
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Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On 27/04/2014 7:52 AM, James Silverton wrote:
> On 4/27/2014 10:29 AM, graham wrote:
>> On 27/04/2014 6:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
>>>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three
>>>> main types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
>>>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
>>>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
>>>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
>>>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
>>>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ok I prefer Sultanas to currants.
>>>
>>>
>> The trouble is currants (aka raisins de Corinthe) are not seedless. So
>> in the past, when I made xmas cakes, I substituted seedless raisins.
>> Graham
>
> True, I'd forgotten about currants; maybe because they weren't on
> display at TJ's. I don't find the seeds a defect there but otherwise, I
> always buy seedless raisins, There's another thing that might substitute
> for currants: the dried barberries sold in Persian stores.
>
For some reason, my d-i-l hates raisins/sultanas. So I always substitute
dried cranberries in any cookie or cupcake I make for her.
Graham

"graham" > wrote in message
...
> On 27/04/2014 6:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
>>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three
>>> main types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
>>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
>>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
>>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
>>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
>>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>>>
>>
>> Ok I prefer Sultanas to currants.
>>
>>
> The trouble is currants (aka raisins de Corinthe) are not seedless. So in
> the past, when I made xmas cakes, I substituted seedless raisins.

Much better
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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-04-27 10:26 AM, graham wrote:
>> On 27/04/2014 6:15 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
>>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three main
>>> types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
>>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
>>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
>>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
>>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
>>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>>>
>> I'm sure I saw packets of "Sultana raisins" in Calgary some (many) years
>> ago.
>
>
> Those different types of raisins are due to them being the dried form of
> different varieties of grapes.
>
>
> I remember that there used to be a type of raisin cookie. We used to call
> them squashed fly wafer. The came in a package with rectangular sheets
> with crimped or perforated lines to snap them off into smaller pieces. I
> have not bought cookies in years and don't even look to see what is
> available, so I don't know if they are still available or not.

Garibaldi biscuits! We called them 'squashed fly biscuits'


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On 2014-04-27 11:49 AM, Ophelia wrote:

>>
>> I remember that there used to be a type of raisin cookie. We used to
>> call them squashed fly wafer. The came in a package with rectangular
>> sheets with crimped or perforated lines to snap them off into smaller
>> pieces. I have not bought cookies in years and don't even look to see
>> what is available, so I don't know if they are still available or not.
>
> Garibaldi biscuits! We called them 'squashed fly biscuits'
>
>

Google was my friend and confirmed what I thought I remembered....
Sultana biscuits. Garibaldi biscuits are a sibling to them but made with
currants instead of raisins. It seems there is now a Chinese made
product but I have never seen them. However, I have not bought cookies
in ages, so I never look at the cookie selection and have no idea what
is available these days.

"James Silverton" wrote in message ...

I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three main
types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

~~~~~~~~
The small yellow raisins may be what we call golden raisins. They are
fairly sweet--and they are more expensive than black raisins. I have a
salad recipe that calls for golden raisins. After buying them once, I
decided to use small black raisins next time. I did not see any advantage
(other than color, which is not important to me), and they were not worth
the cost.

It's interesting that you mentioned Sultanas. I recently read a book that
referred to Sultanas, and I had to look up the word to understand what was
being described.

MaryL

"graham" wrote in message news

>
For some reason, my d-i-l hates raisins/sultanas. So I always substitute
dried cranberries in any cookie or cupcake I make for her.
Graham

~~~~~~~~
Yum! I love cranberries. Of course, I also like raisins, but cranberries
are "the best."

We spend a week in Cape Cod a few years ago. The tourist home where we
stayed provided fresh-baked, still warm cranberry muffins every morning.
They were wonderful!! Of course, they could also put on weight pretty
quickly.

MaryL

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-04-27 11:49 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>>>
>>> I remember that there used to be a type of raisin cookie. We used to
>>> call them squashed fly wafer. The came in a package with rectangular
>>> sheets with crimped or perforated lines to snap them off into smaller
>>> pieces. I have not bought cookies in years and don't even look to see
>>> what is available, so I don't know if they are still available or not.
>>
>> Garibaldi biscuits! We called them 'squashed fly biscuits'
>>
>>
>
> Google was my friend and confirmed what I thought I remembered.... Sultana
> biscuits. Garibaldi biscuits are a sibling to them but made with currants
> instead of raisins. It seems there is now a Chinese made product but I
> have never seen them. However, I have not bought cookies in ages, so I
> never look at the cookie selection and have no idea what is available
> these days.

I haven't seen Garibaldi's for years although I expect they are still out
there. Not something we buy.

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On 2014-04-27 12:30 PM, MaryL wrote:
>
> ~~~~~~~~
> Yum! I love cranberries. Of course, I also like raisins, but
> cranberries are "the best."


Is it cranberries you like or craisins or whatever the heck it is they
call dried cranberries. Raisins are simply dried grapes and have their
own natural sweetness. Cranberries are pretty tart and they need to be
sweetened in order to be edible and to keep.





> We spend a week in Cape Cod a few years ago. The tourist home where we
> stayed provided fresh-baked, still warm cranberry muffins every morning.
> They were wonderful!! Of course, they could also put on weight pretty
> quickly.

There was a local donut shop franchise that used to sell really good
carrot cranberry muffins. Their donuts sucked and their coffee was like
dishwater, but I kept going back for the muffins.

"Dave Smith" wrote in message ...

On 2014-04-27 12:30 PM, MaryL wrote:
>
> ~~~~~~~~
> Yum! I love cranberries. Of course, I also like raisins, but
> cranberries are "the best."


Is it cranberries you like or craisins or whatever the heck it is they
call dried cranberries. Raisins are simply dried grapes and have their
own natural sweetness. Cranberries are pretty tart and they need to be
sweetened in order to be edible and to keep.





> We spend a week in Cape Cod a few years ago. The tourist home where we
> stayed provided fresh-baked, still warm cranberry muffins every morning.
> They were wonderful!! Of course, they could also put on weight pretty
> quickly.

There was a local donut shop franchise that used to sell really good
carrot cranberry muffins. Their donuts sucked and their coffee was like
dishwater, but I kept going back for the muffins.

~~~~~~~
I like the real cranberries, but only in salads or baked goods or something
else that "cuts" the tartness. That is, I like the touch of tartness when
they are mixed with other products (even in trail mix), but I normally would
not eat just a handful of dried cranberries in the same way that I will eat
a handful of raisins. My mother used to cook cranberries for Christmas and
Thanksgiving, but of course that was loaded with sugar (and I now avoid
that). I have seen craisins but have never tried them.

MaryL

On 2014-04-27 12:52 PM, MaryL wrote:

> I like the real cranberries, but only in salads or baked goods or
> something else that "cuts" the tartness. That is, I like the touch of
> tartness when they are mixed with other products (even in trail mix),
> but I normally would not eat just a handful of dried cranberries in the
> same way that I will eat a handful of raisins. My mother used to cook
> cranberries for Christmas and Thanksgiving, but of course that was
> loaded with sugar (and I now avoid that). I have seen craisins but have
> never tried them.
>

As far as I can figure, craisins are dried cranberries, and there is
sugar added, usually soaked in sugar solution before drying. Craisin is
a trademark name.

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> As far as I can figure, craisins are dried cranberries, and there is
> sugar added, usually soaked in sugar solution before drying. Craisin is
> a trademark name.

I've never had them. I always just assumed that it was a mix of
"raisinized" cranberries and real grape raisins. I guess not but that
would probably be a good mix, along with some chopped nuts.

On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 10:52:06 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

> On 4/27/2014 10:29 AM, graham wrote:
> > On 27/04/2014 6:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
> >>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three
> >>> main types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
> >>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
> >>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
> >>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
> >>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
> >>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Ok I prefer Sultanas to currants.
> >>
> >>
> > The trouble is currants (aka raisins de Corinthe) are not seedless. So
> > in the past, when I made xmas cakes, I substituted seedless raisins.
> > Graham
>
> True, I'd forgotten about currants; maybe because they weren't on
> display at TJ's. I don't find the seeds a defect there but otherwise, I
> always buy seedless raisins, There's another thing that might substitute
> for currants: the dried barberries sold in Persian stores.

Someone was talking about buying packages of mixed raisins in the UK -
only after that did I see Trader Joe's sells it. I've never seen it
anywhere else, or maybe I wasn't looking for it so I didn't see it. I
don't know how common or uncommon that mixture is now.


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On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 12:46:54 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>
>
> Is it cranberries you like or craisins or whatever the heck it is they
> call dried cranberries. Raisins are simply dried grapes and have their
> own natural sweetness. Cranberries are pretty tart and they need to be
> sweetened in order to be edible and to keep.

I've seen dried cranberries sold both sweetened and unsweetened.


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On 4/27/2014 9:35 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-04-27 10:26 AM, graham wrote:
>> On 27/04/2014 6:15 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
>>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three main
>>> types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
>>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
>>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
>>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
>>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
>>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>>>
>> I'm sure I saw packets of "Sultana raisins" in Calgary some (many) years
>> ago.
>
>
> Those different types of raisins are due to them being the dried form of
> different varieties of grapes.
>
>
> I remember that there used to be a type of raisin cookie. We used to
> call them squashed fly wafer. The came in a package with rectangular
> sheets with crimped or perforated lines to snap them off into smaller
> pieces. I have not bought cookies in years and don't even look to see
> what is available, so I don't know if they are still available or not.
>
>
We had them here. Made by Sunshine Biscuit Company. I have not seen
them in many years but there were among my favorites as a child.

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On 4/27/2014 9:29 AM, graham wrote:
> On 27/04/2014 6:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
>>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three
>>> main types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
>>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
>>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
>>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
>>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
>>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>>>
>>
>> Ok I prefer Sultanas to currants.
>>
>>
> The trouble is currants (aka raisins de Corinthe) are not seedless. So
> in the past, when I made xmas cakes, I substituted seedless raisins.
> Graham

I thought currants were made from dried currant berries and not grapes
like raisins.

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On 4/27/2014 11:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-04-27 12:52 PM, MaryL wrote:
>
>> I like the real cranberries, but only in salads or baked goods or
>> something else that "cuts" the tartness. That is, I like the touch of
>> tartness when they are mixed with other products (even in trail mix),
>> but I normally would not eat just a handful of dried cranberries in the
>> same way that I will eat a handful of raisins. My mother used to cook
>> cranberries for Christmas and Thanksgiving, but of course that was
>> loaded with sugar (and I now avoid that). I have seen craisins but have
>> never tried them.
>>
>
> As far as I can figure, craisins are dried cranberries, and there is
> sugar added, usually soaked in sugar solution before drying. Craisin is
> a trademark name.

You can buy a lower sugar version of craisins.

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On 27/04/2014 10:52 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 4/27/2014 9:29 AM, graham wrote:
>> On 27/04/2014 6:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
>>>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three
>>>> main types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
>>>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
>>>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
>>>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
>>>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
>>>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ok I prefer Sultanas to currants.
>>>
>>>
>> The trouble is currants (aka raisins de Corinthe) are not seedless. So
>> in the past, when I made xmas cakes, I substituted seedless raisins.
>> Graham
>
> I thought currants were made from dried currant berries and not grapes
> like raisins.
>
In the UK it's all about the context. If you see a recipe for fruit cake
or xmas pudding that specifies "currants" as part of the dried fruit
mix, it means "raisins de Corinthe", a term that got corrupted in past
centuries to "currants".
Summer or jam recipes will always specify red-, black- or white-currants
meaning the berries.
Graham

On 4/27/2014 1:08 PM, graham wrote:
> On 27/04/2014 10:52 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 4/27/2014 9:29 AM, graham wrote:
>>> On 27/04/2014 6:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
>>>>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three
>>>>> main types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
>>>>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
>>>>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
>>>>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
>>>>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
>>>>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ok I prefer Sultanas to currants.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The trouble is currants (aka raisins de Corinthe) are not seedless. So
>>> in the past, when I made xmas cakes, I substituted seedless raisins.
>>> Graham
>>
>> I thought currants were made from dried currant berries and not grapes
>> like raisins.
>>
> In the UK it's all about the context. If you see a recipe for fruit cake
> or xmas pudding that specifies "currants" as part of the dried fruit
> mix, it means "raisins de Corinthe", a term that got corrupted in past
> centuries to "currants".
> Summer or jam recipes will always specify red-, black- or white-currants
> meaning the berries.
> Graham

I did not know that. Thanks.

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On 4/27/2014 1:06 PM, wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:49:03 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:

>> Garibaldi biscuits! We called them 'squashed fly biscuits'
>
> Yeppers
>
We called them squashed fly cemeteries.

On 2014-04-27 1:03 PM, wrote:

>
> The real sultana raisins have suffered the last few years, I was told
> when I couldn't get them for Xmas puds that there had been crop
> failures. I don't mind the 'regular' raisins but much prefer the
> golden raisins, they have triple the flavour.
>

I had no problems getting golden raisins for fruitcake for this past
Christmas.

On 2014-04-27 1:51 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:

>> I remember that there used to be a type of raisin cookie. We used to
>> call them squashed fly wafer. The came in a package with rectangular
>> sheets with crimped or perforated lines to snap them off into smaller
>> pieces. I have not bought cookies in years and don't even look to see
>> what is available, so I don't know if they are still available or not.
>>
>>
> We had them here. Made by Sunshine Biscuit Company. I have not seen
> them in many years but there were among my favorites as a child.
>


Yes. That is the brand. I liked them. Maybe it is because I liked
raisins. Some people don't, and that is something I never really
understood. Maybe they just ate too many of them at a sitting. That
could explain it.

On 2014-04-27 1:52 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:

>>>
>>> Ok I prefer Sultanas to currants.
>>>
>>>
>> The trouble is currants (aka raisins de Corinthe) are not seedless. So
>> in the past, when I made xmas cakes, I substituted seedless raisins.
>> Graham
>
> I thought currants were made from dried currant berries and not grapes
> like raisins.
>

That is what I used to think, but I was researching it for some reason
and I learned that currants are actually a type grape, unlike black
currents and red currants.

On 4/27/2014 3:23 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 4/27/2014 1:06 PM, wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:49:03 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>
>>> Garibaldi biscuits! We called them 'squashed fly biscuits'
>>
>> Yeppers
>>
> We called them squashed fly cemeteries.

Lawd! that brings back memories but we just called them "fly cemeteries"

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On 4/27/2014 1:50 PM, sf wrote:

>
> Someone was talking about buying packages of mixed raisins in the UK -
> only after that did I see Trader Joe's sells it. I've never seen it
> anywhere else, or maybe I wasn't looking for it so I didn't see it. I
> don't know how common or uncommon that mixture is now.
>
>


BJ's has a "gourmet" raisin mix. Probably five kinds in the package
from small to large. I get a bag a couple of times a year.

On Sunday, April 27, 2014 1:51:56 PM UTC-4, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 4/27/2014 9:35 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > On 2014-04-27 10:26 AM, graham wrote:
>
> >> On 27/04/2014 6:15 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>
> >>> I have been buying raisins from Trader Joe's lately for use on my
>
> >>> breakfast cereal. Unlike other supermarkets, there seem to be three main
>
> >>> types: large black raisins, small black raisins and small yellow
>
> >>> raisins. The large raisins have a different taste than the small ones
>
> >>> and I much prefer the small ones at breakfast. The yellow raisins have
>
> >>> much lees taste and I am going to stick with the small black raisins.
>
> >>> For enlightenment of British readers, the yellow raisins used to be
>
> >>> called Sultanas when I was a kid in Britain.
>
> >>>
>
> >> I'm sure I saw packets of "Sultana raisins" in Calgary some (many) years
>
> >> ago.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Those different types of raisins are due to them being the dried form of
>
> > different varieties of grapes.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > I remember that there used to be a type of raisin cookie. We used to
>
> > call them squashed fly wafer. The came in a package with rectangular
>
> > sheets with crimped or perforated lines to snap them off into smaller
>
> > pieces. I have not bought cookies in years and don't even look to see
>
> > what is available, so I don't know if they are still available or not.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> We had them here. Made by Sunshine Biscuit Company. I have not seen
>
> them in many years but there were among my favorites as a child.
>

I used to love those flat raisin cookies which were perforated into squares - do they make those anymore? Can't even think of the name, but they weren't sicky sweet, so my mother 'allowed' them.

On 2014-04-27 5:09 PM, Kalmia wrote:

>> We had them here. Made by Sunshine Biscuit Company. I have not
>> seen
>>
>> them in many years but there were among my favorites as a child.
>>
>
> I used to love those flat raisin cookies which were perforated into
> squares - do they make those anymore? Can't even think of the name,
> but they weren't sicky sweet, so my mother 'allowed' them.
>


That is them Kalmia.... Sunshine Biscuit Company's Sulatanas. At least,
that is what I remember. The came in a package stacked about 6 high and
each one was perforated to be snapped into 5 or 6 pieces.


On a related note..... there was another type of cookie that we loved as
kids but I have not seen for many years. They were round or slightly
oval and had a hard icing on top. They came a long, rectangular package
and they had different colour icing and trim. They were a very
expensive treat. We rarely had any kind of commercially made cookies
because my mother was a great baker.


Back to raisins.... I used to love raisin squares or raisin pies. My
mother made them frequently, and with six of us in the family that
worked out well. My wife is slim because she avoids stuff like that. I
don't dare make a batch for myself. Once in a while they make a nice
treat if you see them in a bakery.

In article >,
says...

> I used to love those flat raisin cookies which were perforated into squares - do they make those anymore?
Can't even think of the name, but they weren't sicky sweet, so my
mother 'allowed' them.
>
>
Squashed fly biscuits. They are still on sale here and completely
addictive.

Janet UK

On 4/27/2014 2:32 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> On 4/27/2014 3:23 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 4/27/2014 1:06 PM, wrote:
>>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:49:03 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>
>>>> Garibaldi biscuits! We called them 'squashed fly biscuits'
>>>
>>> Yeppers
>>>
>> We called them squashed fly cemeteries.
>
> Lawd! that brings back memories but we just called them "fly cemeteries"
>

We called then cookies. I guess it's a coastal thing.

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Several years ago, while we were traveling in California, we went to the
Sunmaid Raisin factory and did their tour. I was fascinated at the care
taken to make the raisins from grapes.

After the grapes are picked, they are laid on cloths in the vineyard to
dry with sunlight.

Sunmaid growers are a cooperative and they are very careful to keep the
drying grapes clean and free of debris and other problems. The raisins
that don't pass Sunmaid's muster are shipped to other brands.

After doing this tour and watching the video in the visitor center, I
won't buy any brand but Sunmaid.

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On 4/27/2014 4:30 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

> Back to raisins.... I used to love raisin squares or raisin pies. My
> mother made them frequently, and with six of us in the family that
> worked out well. My wife is slim because she avoids stuff like that. I
> don't dare make a batch for myself. Once in a while they make a nice
> treat if you see them in a bakery.
>

I will eat a handful of raisins for dessert. They are so good for you.

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On 2014-04-27 7:08 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 4/27/2014 4:30 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Back to raisins.... I used to love raisin squares or raisin pies. My
>> mother made them frequently, and with six of us in the family that
>> worked out well. My wife is slim because she avoids stuff like that. I
>> don't dare make a batch for myself. Once in a while they make a nice
>> treat if you see them in a bakery.
>>
>
> I will eat a handful of raisins for dessert. They are so good for you.
>

A handful? I usually have them in pinches. When I have them on cereal I
have maybe a tablespoon of them.

On 4/27/2014 6:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-04-27 7:08 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 4/27/2014 4:30 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Back to raisins.... I used to love raisin squares or raisin pies. My
>>> mother made them frequently, and with six of us in the family that
>>> worked out well. My wife is slim because she avoids stuff like that. I
>>> don't dare make a batch for myself. Once in a while they make a nice
>>> treat if you see them in a bakery.
>>>
>>
>> I will eat a handful of raisins for dessert. They are so good for you.
>>
>
> A handful? I usually have them in pinches. When I have them on cereal I
> have maybe a tablespoon of them.
>
>
I have small hands. It would be slightly over a tablespoon. They have
lots of iron.

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Thanks for the update on that. I think our Raisin Bran comes with raisins already added. We put blueberries on other types of flakes and hot porridge. Cheerio old chap.

On 2014-04-27, Janet Wilder > wrote:

> won't buy any brand but Sunmaid.

Thanks for that, Janet. After reading this thread and yer post, I
grabbed a handful of SM Zante Currants. No seeds, taste as good as
the day I purchased them, despite being a tad older and drier.

I too, have always preferred Sunmaid. Perhaps it's cuz of the lady
that posed for the original picture on the box. I recall when she
finally passed and the story being in all the CA papers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Collett

Sunmaid is one of the few brands I trust. This on the box:

Contents: Zante currents.


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