"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.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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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