On 4/27/2014 10:29 AM, graham wrote:
> On 27/04/2014 6:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
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>>> 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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> 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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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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