• NathanUp@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

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

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      1 year ago

      I love raisins by themselves, or sometimes in food like Tagine

      Raisins in baking are almost always a disappointment

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        1 year ago

        Exactly. I love raisins in trail mix, but any cooked or baked raisins are disgusting little bugs that pop in your mouth when you bite down on them and omg it makes me wanna hurl just thinking about it

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        1 year ago

        They’re fine as long as they’re inside the baked good. Won’t get roasted too much there.
        Those burnt one on the surface are terrible.

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      1 year ago

      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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        1 year ago

        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. Easing normal food and living someplace walkable does a lot.

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      1 year ago

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

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      1 year 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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        1 year ago

        That just makes them better! Like when you eat lo mein and get to pretend the pieces of cabbage are little grubs. It’s the best part!

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      1 year 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.