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[cerealjoe]

You know what just caught my attention today? Here, on packets of prunes it says "dried plums". Maybe there is some obscure Finnish word for "prune" but it seems that "dried plum" is the main expression. Isn't that fascinating? I find these kinds of things absolutely wonderful, differences in language and all of that. That said, I bet many people consider "prune", in its "dried plum" meaning, to be an obscure word in English. I will never understand why people don't like prunes, they're awesome! Then again, I love dried fruit in general. I don't like dried ginger though, but it's not really a fruit, is it? Also, as a final note on prunes for today, on that package of prunes I have, there is a picture of plums on the front. Why put a picture of plums when you're selling prunes? I guess it's a bit like pictures of pigs on a pork product... it probably makes sense to the majority of the population but it doesn't compute in my brain. Time to move on to July 22nd. As always, it's the weird photo that ended up being my favourite. ... oh, to have a decent-tasting tomato again! I guess those are only about seven or eight months away. (HQer over here, for what it's worth)

Comments

[anandimide.livejournal.com]

I think prunes have been rebranded "dried plums," at least in the US! I don't know about your part(s) of the world, but when I was growing up prunes were used as a gentle laxative for babies & old people, so they acquired a negative image that way. I think the change happened within the past 6 or 8 years, but I'm not sure. Maybe it's slowly filtering to other parts of the world?

Beautiful photos, as usual! :-)

[cinnamonghost.livejournal.com]

In German we don't have a word for "prunes" either, we just call them "dreid plums" (Trockenpflaumen), too. Same in Hungarian(aszalt szilva).

I love them, too!