Prunes ... Love 'em or hate 'em ....

[Over The Hill]

Prunes and Custard is fantastic. Good variation is mixed dried fruit soaked in alcohol of some kind- peps it up a bit.

With custard - my mum always made it just as it was about to be served and so it was hot from the pan - no skin on it.
Wifey and all her family make it about an hour before it is served, stick it in a jug and leave it. You then are sticking tepid custard that has started to set and has a horrid skin on it over your pud. Grounds for divorce?

 

[User482]

I used to love that bit.

It was more edible than anything else my school served up.

Anyway, prunes: they're ok.

 

[Fnaar]

Haven't tried them since primary school days, when you HAD TO eat your prunes and custard for pudding (p'raps once a month, I guess) or else. I'd probably like them now, but I just haven't tried them.

Miss Goodbody reports that she's not over-keen on dried-up old plums, but the vicar had shown her some interesting things to do with them.

 

[jefmcg]

Grounds for divorce?

Grounds for you taking over the kitchen.

Unless you are posting from 1957 or thereabouts

 

[Paulus]

Love them. In fruit cakes or fruit salads with natural yoghurt. Natures laxative.

 

[fimm]

Oh yes. Especially tinned prunes. I should get them more often.
I like the idea of prunes in overnight oats. I will try that sometime.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Preferable to gooseberries, IMO.

 

[pclay]

Oh yes. Especially tinned prunes. I should get them more often.
I like the idea of prunes in overnight oats. I will try that sometime.

If you put them in overnight oats, don't put them in whole, chop them up a bit, its much better. They are a natural sweetener so no sugar required.

 

[jonny jeez]

Love.

Dried especially

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgVlRvl2DI0


http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/novelty-songs/the_prune_song-frank_crumit.htm

 

[Fab Foodie]

Love.

Dried especially

Novotels always have dried prunes at Brekkie :-)

 

[jonny jeez]

Novotels always have dried prunes at Brekkie :-)

I shall be enjoying them at the novotel suite hotel in Geneva next week!

 

[slowmotion]

Love them. In fruit cakes or fruit salads with natural yoghurt. Natures laxative.

Yes, but shouldn't a pudding have more going for it than just being some kind of bowel lubricant?

 

[Over The Hill]

Grounds for you taking over the kitchen.

Unless you are posting from 1957 or thereabouts

Three problems-
1. Going to inlaws, you do have to step back to 1957 husband role, strictly limited to carving meat.
2. I have been married for 27 years and probably am leaving it a bit late to bring it up.
3. I manage to burn custard when I make it.

 

[Paulus]

Yes, but shouldn't a pudding have more going for it than just being some kind of bowel lubricant?

Of course it should. But they have a duel purpose.