Prunes Get Such a Bad Rep / myLot

Boise, Idaho

January 22, 2025 8:39pm CST

When I was in high school and in cooking clas I recall my second choice of a recipe to be down in the class.(I had done glorified rice for my first). I choice a brownie recipe. Who doesn't like brownies, right? But mine had a secret ingredient. Few of the kids would try my cooked brownies when they heard they had prunes in them. Not a lot but enough. The chopped prunes made the flavor of the brownies richer. This left more for me. Prunes half iron in them and are a good source of fiber. I eat 2-3 every few days and never have an issue. Poor prunes. They get such a bad rep.

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8 responses

@DaddyEvil (139243)

• United States

22h

I love plums but don't eat prunes. I bet the brownies were interesting.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (170059)

• Boise, Idaho

Both are good. The brownies were tasty.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (344057)

• Rockingham, Australia

23h

They certainly do get a bad rap. I don't really like them.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (48141)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

12h

I like prunes, too... always start my day with them. Smart to put them in your brownies (as you said, more for you). At least you didn't put Exlax icing on them.

Judy Story

@jstory07 (141082)

• Roseburg, Oregon

18h

I love prunes but do not see them in the stores very often. I do buy them when I see them.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (170059)

• Boise, Idaho

That's weird. I see them all the time online.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (50961)

• United States

I like them. I bet your brownies were good.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (170059)

• Boise, Idaho

They were tasty.

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (62309)

• Centralia, Washington

23 Jan

That's a good story. I like to put secrets into food, too. I finished my tasty avocado date chocolate pudding today.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (110085)

• Marion, Ohio

13h

I don't really like them.

Fleur

@Fleura (30776)

• United Kingdom

16h

When I was growing up prunes were always sort of sn*ggered at because they were considered a remedy for constipation. Nevertheless when a 'health food' shop opened in our local town my friend and I used to go there after school while we waited for the bus, we would often argue about prunes vs. apricots (at that time I favoured apricots). Nowadays I prefer prunes, in fact I absolutely love them! It's almost an addiction; I have been known to eat a whole packet. And I think they do have something reminiscent of chocolate about them. Must try that brownie idea, do you have a recipe? *Believe it or not I'm not allowed to use this word meaning 'to laugh in a scornful way'