On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 00:33:46 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
...
>> In article >,
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>
>>> First... How do you pronounce them? I grew up saying "prayleen" but I
>>> have
>>> only heard "prawline" or "prawleen" from other people.
>>
>>> I have looked up various recipes and I can't really tell what the texture
>>> should be from those but the shape and look of them is exactly like I
>>> remembered.
>>>
>>> So... How should they be?
>>
>> Southerners should answer this. To me "prayleens" are pecans in a stiff
>> caramel coating. I'm from Nevada and couldn't discern a real southern
>> praline with a gun to my head. I remember when my parents got sugary
>> pecan lumps for Christmas that were called pralines. Come to think of
>> it, they weren't caramel.
>
>Stiff! That's the word I was searching for. These were not stiff.

Why didn't you say so... I have the perfect praline for you.