Comments on: Prunes

By: Haliegh

Haliegh — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:03:40 +0000

I love prunes! I think that most people haven’t even tried them and the don’t like them because maybe they don’t like the way they look?

By: Barbra

Barbra — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:07:26 +0000

Kara: I can relate to that memory…

Kerrin: Uh, no I am not familiar with the French Kisses — not D’Artagnan’s, anyhow — but they have been put at the top of my “must try” list.

By: Kerrin @ MyKugelhopf

Kerrin @ MyKugelhopf — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:40:44 +0000

Prune lovers unite! I am so with you. It’s disappointing and frustrating the label that is attached to prunes in the States. What a PR coup some agency must have had years and years ago. The association worked (um, literally) and no one looked back. I remember trying to explain this to a group of French adults years ago, that I was almost embarrassed to admit liking prunes in the US, and they were absolutely flustered – simply couldn’t understand what I was saying.

Pruneaux d’Agen are truly a world away, I always stock up when I’m in France – love to add them to fruit salads. And cook them in tagines too. And I don’t think I’d mind having them in the desserts above either!!

PS – I assume you know (and love) D’Artagnan’s French Kisses, non? Prunes marinated in Armagnac and filled with foie gras mousse. Miam miam!

By: Kara

Kara — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:41:43 +0000

I think you were correct when you connected the dots b/w prunes and digestion. It seems that the only time prunes were brought up in my house is when a person was having a particular health “problem”. Never mind the fact that they are quite delicious. And I do eat them even if I’m feeling good But I do find them as they are in the States, a little too sweet. Maybe I need to explore prunes more when I get back to France? Perhaps I’ll lose that bad memory of my mother ordering me to eat a prune.

By: Barbra

Barbra — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:43:17 +0000

Glad to hear from a few fellow prune lovers. No one from the anti-prune brigade has spoken up, so the mystery remains.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:37:32 +0000

This is one more reason for liking the French.

Cheers from a fellow prune lover!

By: Connie

Connie — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:12:23 +0000

It is really odd that prunes get such a bad rap stateside, I love them. All those desserts are screaming out to me, especially that baba!

By: Giovanna

Giovanna — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:49:02 +0000

Oh–you’re in prune heaven, lucky you! And I have no answer for you about the war on prunes. If you figure it out, I hope you’ll fill in all of us!