On Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:44:34 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

>On 6/22/2014 10:47 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 22 Jun 2014 08:25:51 -0400, Gus > wrote:
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>>>> Do you refrigerate after opening?
>>>>
>>>> Most brands say that. Though the raisans stick together and get hard.
>>>> I told someone a few years ago-- the box says to refigerate, but the
>>>> brand I had bought did not say it explictlly when I went to show them,
>>>> embarrassing me... The box I got the other day does say to
>>>> refrigerate, after opening.
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>>> No. I put them in a container with a tight lid and keep them in a
>>> lower cupboard. I don't use raisins very much, so if they dry out too
>>> much between uses I rehydrate them with a few drops of water and a
>>> vigorous shake before putting them away or just drown them in alcohol
>>> (like rum) and let them wait that way.
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>> Yes, I use rum!
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>I like raisins on my morning cereal if it is a plain one and I
>sometimes add additional ones to Bran Flakes if they seem to need it. I
>use the original plastic lidded container to keep them on the counter.
>They don't dry out notably in 3 or 4 weeks. They do tend to clump but
>are easily separated with my fingers.

Used to get Raisan Bran when liittle, but when older realized the
raisans were shiny because they were covered with sugar. Why do they
cover raisans with sugar?? They are already full of sugar. For few
years, bought bran flakes and added raisans... Haven't done that in a
while, but now have a hankering for it after reading your post.