Raisins

Many raisin bran cereals no longer roll their raisins in cane sugar like they used to

They're for people who like grapes, only really really old.

I like them in oatmeal (cereal and cookies), cinnamon raisin bread and bagels but don’t eat them on their own.

I have a currant relationship with raisins.

Is this your raison d'être, op?

Rasins are the desiccated sins of heterosexual Catholics who are pedophiles. They are to be avoided.

If you eat a lot of raisins, does it give you the trots? Just wondering.

If you want to be fancy you can call them sultanas. It's colonial and absolutely delicious!

Any fans of the Craisin?

I loathe them.

R9 Yes, I like craisins much more than raisins.

I'm with R3, raisins are suitable for cereal, cookies, oatmeal, raisin bread and bagels. I also put them in curried chicken salad. Craisins are okay and in pretty much the same things.

And rum raisin haagen dazs.

They're good in meatballs!

They haven't made a smooth transition to savory dishes like cranberries have

There's no possible use for raisins for which Craisins would not do better.

I usually like "two scoops."

Nothing like your first sentence has ever been uttered before, OP.

And as for my relationship with raisins, I do not kiss and tell.

I mix them into the bowl of melted chocolate to elevate my chocolate crispy cake offering when obliged to bring a dish or open the door at Hallowe’en. For adults only events I soak the dried fruits in malt whisky overnight to make a luxurious deluxe version.

I don't like raisins. Can only stand them in Raisin Bran and only because they're super hard/chewy/dried out. It's a texture thing for me, I guess. I don't like them plump and juicy, they make me think I'm eating freshly dead flies.

They're nature's candy!

These "raisins" sound mouth-watering. Is a handful of dead flies an appropriate substitute?

Flashback to childhood here: I still cling to the concept of raisins being great, but only Sun Maid brand in those little boxes. In preschool and grade school we’d get them as a treat. You’d be handed this little, individual box with little chewy things inside. Somehow that just seemed like such a delicious, unique treat to me as a kid. They never, ever tasted remotely as good as you anticipated, of course. But I still get that little flash of “oh, cool!” in my brain when I see the little boxes in the store.

I ate TWO in one sitting once and I was so full!

It's just a Hooters in training.

This thread is making me want to buy raisins.

Surprising the Sun Maid wench hasn't been erased

I only like them in oatmeal.

I prefer sultanas.

r23, pig.

I have never, ever associated raisins with All Hallows Ween, but I do enjoy them in baked goods

There have been so many deflating moments when you think you've finally found the strangely rare Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookie, only to realize that it's same old same old Oatmeal Raisin

I prefer Golden Raisins and eat some daily in my oatmeal instead of using any sweetener.

Raisins have a moderately low glycemic index, which means they don't cause sharp spikes and dips in your blood sugar levels. This can make raisins a great sweet snack option for people with diabetes. Some research shows that raisins can help people lose or manage weight.

since when are they a halloween treat?

32 posts and no one excoriating us about bread pudding with raisins? I happen to like it that way. I buy the large, moist raisins that are made from Red Flame™ grapes, they are tasty on their own and are perfect in sweet or savory dishes.

Tea biscuits/scones with raisins, split, toasted and buttered lavishly. Mmmmmm......

Anyone remember CHUNKY™ chocolate candy? It looked like a truncated pyramid, and was filled with cashews and raisins. I make them for Christmas, and give them as gifts, or to fill out a cookie tray.

I suspect this stanza applies to some (many?) Dataloungers.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore—

I like them in granola . I don't buy granola without raisins.

I like golden raisins. And to answer R7, I have a hit-and-miss relationship with them and they have been known to induce some nasty gas.

People gave out raisins at Halloween as a healthy alternative to candy - at least in the 70s and early 80s.

raisins ruin anything savory. the only way i really enjoy them is enrobed in chocolate (like a Fruit and Nut bar, which sounds slutty)

Not fond of them.

If you give out raisins on Halloween, prepare to have your house TP'd or egged.

I like them in rice pudding. They soften up and rehydrate just enough to lose some of their sticky stiffness.

[quote]They're for people who like grapes, only really really old.

Which is really, really old--the people or the grapes?

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Wegmans makes a tasty curried chicken salad with raisins.

both, r43.

I fucking hate them. They ruin everything.

In chocolate, yes. Anywhere else, fuck no.

Raisins. Ah, Liaisons

They are disgusting.

Golden raisins have always struck me as vaguely evil, like cauliflower. Both look like the Dark Side version of, respectively, normal raisins and broccoli.

[quote]only Sun Maid brand in those little boxes

R22 I love those little boxes. I empty one into my oatmeal every morning.

I love Craisins (and whoever came up with that snappy name should hopefully have become the head of Marketing). I love oatmeal cookies with raisins as much as i love chocolate chip cookies (both freshly baked, of course). Chicken salad (both curried and plain) isn't the same without either raisins or Craisins.

But Zante currants > raisins any day.

Hated raisin bread as a kid because I, too, was reminded of freshly dead flies baked into the loaf.

They should put chocolate chips in oatmeal cookies instead. Chocolate is always an improvement.

The best raisins I’ve ever had were the ones rolled in crushed almonds in Raisin Nut Bran cereal. Oh, Darfur Orphan, your malnourished brain cannot imagine how delicious they are. I should send you a care package, but I’m busy. I need to reorganize my snow globe collection. It’s the holiday season, after all.

Yes, r9. They are great in a chicken salad with walnuts, dill, and red onion.

See's Candies makes a piece of candy that is so delicious. It is called a rum nougat. Aside from the dark chocolate covered caramel, it is my favorite in the entire Nuts & Chews box.

Raisins really do make Irish Soda Bread what it is

As you get older, you gain a whole new respect for people who hand out raisins for Halloween

This is one of those things that comes down to brand. Good raisins are good but I don’t like the cheap grainy ones.

I don't like them hot - like a friend made some Austrian streudel and the hot raisins ruined it, I thought. But then Raisin Bran Crunch is my favorite cereal.

I love raisins. If you don't, you're a fucking loser.

raisins are losers

Chocolate covered raisins. Mmmm! Worth the high blood sugar.

Raisins have been known to show up in one's stool the day after.

I guess if you search hard enough. No, thanks.

I guess everyone's forgotten us.

Did someone mention my name?

[quote] See's Candies makes a piece of candy that is so delicious. It is called a rum nougat.

I love See's Candies and I like raisins, but I don't like that rum nougat candy.

I like raisins in my Grape Nuts, steel-cut oats, rolled oats.

I don't like raisins so much when they're baked into something (like bran muffins) because they become waterlogged and lose their chewy texture & concentrated flavor.

Not sure why raisins are disliked, now. They're pretty mild-tasting.

r57 Don't forget us.

- The Caraways

I was hoping to see a reference to Jan Hooks.

My obsession with decomposed fruit is none of your business

Craisins are fucking disgusting.

Au contraire, r66! I have a small collection!

Since childhood I've loved all forms of dried fruits. Apricots, figs, raisins, currants, sultanas etc. Made our Christmas cake end of July and have been 'feeding' it brandy each month. Can't wait for Christmas mince pies too!

They're my favorite band.

I soak raisins in a little warm rum for a treat now and then.

I love them, in fruitloaf, bread, chocolate or on their own. Like R74 I like most dried fruit

[quote] There's no possible use for raisins for which Craisins would not do better.

You have to be a little crazin to prefer Craisins.

Raisins are aka Formerly Green Grapes

I think the Sun Maid Raisins gal hasn't been canceled because she is Italian and it's still OK to make fun of Italians (and Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss, Austrian, Poles, Russians, and WASPs.) As well as most Eastern European nationalities.

^ Did I leave anyone out? Canadians, maybe?

Welcome to Raisins!

The only thing worse than a raisin on a regular day, is raisins received when trick or treating. Nature's candy, my ass. Giving raisins to trick or treaters is just begging for your house to be egged, TPd, and flaming dog pooed.

Chocolate covered raisins? Why do that to chocolate? Chocolate is wonderful, why would you ruin it by putting it on disgusting shriveled raisins.

I only buy golden raisins. They’re better tasting.

Do you prefer Goobers or Raisinetes?

I'm finally allowed to post again and this is the thread I'm doing so. Raisins. I love them all, even you guys. Sun Maid are the pinnacle. I even like the bonnet.

Raisins is one of the all time best South Park episodes.

Love them in rice pudding. Here's a good recipe that calls for both golden and regular raisins using leftover white rice. I always seem to have a pint leftover from Chinese takeout and I hate to throw it out so I make this.