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Where are the dried prunes gone in supermarkets?
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od244051 said:My dad loves having a few of them in his porridge most days and now down to final pack. We can't get them anywhere in supermarkets. Asda, Aldi, Lidl and Sainsburys. Why is this? There are some on Amazon which are very expensive (£8+ a kilo) or have £3.50 p&p on them.Pollycat said:maman said:I'm convinced I saw them in Aldi last week when I was buying apricots. They may not be totally dry though, I didn't check.I saw them too in Aldi last week..I didn't check if they were slightly re-hydrated or if they were the sort which one soaks at home as I wasn't buying them.They were with the dried apricots and nuts and seeds.Just back from Aldi."Dried prunes ready to eat" - lots of them on the shelves as above.0
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Something like the fully dried instead of being ready to eat has probably just gone "out of fashion" most people likely want them ready to eat rather than having to soak them.0
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Prunes you re-hydrate would then logically become plums again0
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Checked again in Lidl today and they are 'soft pitted prunes' so not the fully dried ones that you are looking for.1
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Dates and Prunes are entirely different fruits - the former comes off a date palm, the latter is a dried plum and comes off a plum tree.duncanthedog said:Checked again in Lidl today and they are 'soft pitted dates' so not the fully dried ones that you are looking for.0 -
I like the Aldi prunes but they are less melt-in-the mouth than they used to be. They are still soft and not hard gobstoppers.No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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Sorry, a typo on my part, I meant to put prunes, no idea why I put datesEmmia said:
Dates and Prunes are entirely different fruits - the former comes off a date palm, the latter is a dried plum and comes off a plum tree.duncanthedog said:Checked again in Lidl today and they are 'soft pitted dates' so not the fully dried ones that you are looking for.
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Resurrecting an old thread! Have been able to find prunes with a bit of searching until recently but now, other than expensive health food stores, they seem to have disappeared completely.
SWMBO says I'm not seeking hard enough
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Ocado are listing M&S ones - £3 for 510g - but I don't know how that compares, as I've never bought prunes.
https://www.ocado.com/products/m-s-soft-prunes-528857011
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They just returned to Aldi after an absence of about 6 weeks. £1.69 for 500g.0
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