[Sca-cooks] OOP: Spiced Fruits

[Sue Clemenger]

I've never seen spiced, dried fruits here in Montana.  Closest I've seen is
prunes or dried cranberries with a citrus "essence" added.  Are you talking
about canned fruits? Haven't actually seen those, either, other than those
apple rings, which I actually can't stand.  ;o)
--maire

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Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:39 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] OOP: Spiced Fruits


> Spiced fruits are not, a priori, OOP. But i'm just wondering about
> the spiced fruit from my childhood which we bought at the supermarket
> - during Winter Feast Season (Thanksgiving and Christmas) we used to
> have small whole spiced peaches, and red-colored spiced apple "rings".
>
> I know i could make them myself, and i've found recipes for the apple
"rings".
>
> I'm just curious why they've disappeared from the supermarkets - at
> least here in NoCal. Not too long ago i could find spiced organic
> peaches at Whole Foods, but i haven't seen them for a number of years.
>
> Is this just a regional thing, or a marketing thing, or a change in
> US culture, or something else?
>
> I'm asking well ahead of time, because it's almost peach season
> (yeah, they're in the stores, but they're a bit "early"), and my
> daughter and i are going to cook Thanksgiving dinner for the extended
> family this year. So i want to know if i need to can some myself -
> i'm an inexperienced canner, so it may be something of an ordeal. Or
> if i can find them somewhere and save the trouble...