• NathanUp@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Why do people hate raisins? They’re chewy little sugar bombs. What’s not to like?

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      2 years ago

      Raisins are fine until you eat a cookie expecting chocolate chips and get a raisins instead.

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      To the American palate natural sugars taste like sour lemons. The rest of the world goes crazy for sultanas or raisins in things because they are such a sweet little surprise. To Americans raised on a steady diet of factory brewed high fructose corn syrup, they seem to offend and overwhelm their senses.

      I hear so much raisin hate on American podcasts etc. I’ll never understand it.

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        You’re not far wrong, but the corollary is it’s really hard to avoid unless you’re fairly nutrition aware. After moving away I lost several kilo in a year by accident. Eating normal food and living someplace walkable does a lot.

        ed: typo

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        2 years ago

        Even the pastry in the meme is a “pain au raisin” which they’ve just put… icing sugar on top of 🤢

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        Lol that’s absurd hahaha People have different palletes and culture and socioeconomic history. To just slash out us little Americans for a quick jab is ignorant at best. Everyone loves fruit in America. Everyone on earth loves fruit. Put that pet theory to rest.

        For what it’s worth, I love raisins in bread, cereal, salads and cookie and I’m American as they come.

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      2 years ago

      Someone gave out little boxes of raisins on Halloween. I poured them into my mouth. They had worms in them. To this day I’m suspicious of raisins.

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        2 years ago

        Damn it, man! I just bought a big pack of those little boxes of raisins for my toddler yesterday. Now I’m gonna remember this and instinctively check the damn box before I give them to her. Thanks a lot!!

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          Well I hope you do! Just pour the raisins into your palm, see that they’re fine, put them back in the little box for the kid to pinch out one at a time. Meanwhile, put all the little boxes in a ziplock bag to keep pantry moths out. If you want to be extra sure, I think if you froze them for a day or two you’d probably kill anything that was already in there.

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      2 years ago

      I love raisins on their own. And in raisin brand for some reason. But I strongly dislike their texture in baked goods such as cinnamon buns or cookies.