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:
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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.
>>>
>>>
>> 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