I throw a handful of raisins in ____
MMmm...my mouth :) Those giant-sized moist & chewy Dark Chilean raisins are pretty much a staple in my cupboard, I like 'em in all kinds of cold cereal & oatmeal, quick breads & my own blend of trail mix. Dark chocolate covered raisins are the best, tho' Even the salad I ate tonite came topped with some of these guys. What do you sprinkle raisins on? Entree uses? Even if you hate raisins...let's talk about it.
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43 Comments:
Straight into the mouth. Yummy!!
izatryt at 7:49PM on 07/28/08
raisins in salad, raisins in couscous, raisins in granola/trail mix
joyyy at 7:50PM on 07/28/08
Oatmeal (not that instant stuff!), and some real butter and dark brown sugar.
LunaPierCook at 7:51PM on 07/28/08
Nothing. Raisins (or any other dried fruit for that matter) are not welcome here. It's a texture thing. Sorry!
brooke29 at 7:55PM on 07/28/08
The "regular" for cereal and golden raisins for salads. Raisins are underrated, but they can really add that small punch of flavor. I also love putting peanut butter and raisins on bananas (I think it's a hold over from preschool for me).
marieinla at 7:55PM on 07/28/08
Three large handfuls of golden raisins or sultanas per recipe (I often double the amount) in my famous sweet and sour meatballs. When I make them in miniature and serve them as appetizers, everyone stands around the bowl with their toothpicks trying to spear what become little raisin-y bits of deliciousness.
Barring that, raisins (any color) go in my rum raisin ice cream after a nice time soaking in a bath of Appleton's 12 year old rum.
Mizbee at 7:57PM on 07/28/08
marieinla...me too...raisins, peanut butter & bananas spread & rolled-up on a flour tortilla...great snack to eat-out-of-hand.
JEP at 8:02PM on 07/28/08
raisins in Pasta con Sarde....mmmm....
http://www.mattthebutcher.com/
onepercent99 at 8:06PM on 07/28/08
Did I mention bread pudding or baked with winter squash...?
JEP at 8:06PM on 07/28/08
...in kid's trick-or-treat bags on halloween!
(just kidding; i'm not that evil)
sailordave at 8:14PM on 07/28/08
Everything! I love raisins!
So many baked goods and breads, stuffings, bread puddings, cakes, brownies, fruitcakes, cookies........
With chicken in a million recipes, and pork.....
Some good Indian dishes.......
With peanut butter, or cream cheese on a sandwich. Same PB with raisins, carrots and celery........
The list goes on!
YUM.
sadiepix at 8:16PM on 07/28/08
the garbage... raisins have no business on this planet.
Southern_bella at 8:27PM on 07/28/08
The trash. Raisins are one of the two foods that I won't eat. Prunes are fine, dried cherries are fine. Raisins, nope.
dbcurrie at 8:52PM on 07/28/08
Tuna salad! Most of my friends think this is gross though. :(
gnats at 8:55PM on 07/28/08
gnats: hmm, never had it in tuna salad, but your post reminded me that i like raisins in chicken salad. i am one of those people who love fruity chicken salads. :)
marieinla at 9:05PM on 07/28/08
JEP: a peanut butter/banana/raisin tortilla sounds classier than my usual way of eating at the kitchen counter with an open jar of peanut butter!
marieinla at 9:11PM on 07/28/08
noodle kugel!!
sweetpotato at 9:31PM on 07/28/08
My distate of raisings (and most nuts) occurs pretty much only when they are baked into things. I do love dried fruit in pastas, salads, and as snacks though...
lo82070 at 9:53PM on 07/28/08
Most of the above, and in rice pudding. Oatmeal raisin cookies are favs, just under chocolate chip. I also like them in salads, especially carrot salad and broccoli salad (w/bacon) - what's not to like? ;-)
PerkyMac at 10:08PM on 07/28/08
raisins have a huge yuck factor for me, except, for some reason, in raisin bread. otherwise i'd have to agree with the raisin haters here.
cybercita at 10:29PM on 07/28/08
Arroz con leche- the ONLY place they belong.
PumpkinBear at 12:52AM on 07/29/08
I don't like carrots cooked, so to get the sweetness I replace carrots in dishes like beef stew with a handful of raisins.
GregWA at 1:52AM on 07/29/08
Oatmeal, and in my baked goods I use chopped golden raisins because if DH can't see them he'll eat them and I still get my raisiny flavor and moistness :-)
I think he was probably served something with a nice fat fly in it at some point in his childhood, because that's what he says raisins in food remind him of...
cowprintrabbit at 2:55AM on 07/29/08
Raisins, apples & cream cheese is a good bread spread.
Anyone put the dried fruit in "stuffing"?
Brand loyal?
JEP at 7:03AM on 07/29/08
sorry another raisin hater here. I put them in oatmeal cookies for the SO but that means i wont touch them. oh wait i do like rasins in one application, soaked in vodka for my spiced fruit cake, come to think of it, i usually toss the rasins and keep the vodka... hmm is that wrong? ;-)
huneybumper at 7:38AM on 07/29/08
I only like them plain (usually with nuts) - in pretty much any baked good I can't stand their texture. Oatmeal raisin cookies make me sad because I think about how they could be oatmeal chocolate chip or plain oatmeal cookies instead.
producestories at 5:37PM on 07/29/08
My salad! I like the hit of sweet with the acid from the dressing. I also just snack on them. Or pour it in my oatmeal. (I love the golden raisings best.)
lorelei76 at 10:45AM on 07/30/08
...Nothing but trail mix. That is it. Raisins belong in nothing else. UGHH. Adding raisins to a cookie is the best/fastest way to ruin it.
Butrflygirly at 10:49AM on 07/30/08
This comment is probably not welcome here, but I don't really like raisins...eep! If I did though, I'd probably throw them in a bowl of oatmeal, or some bread!
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 5:12PM on 07/30/08
chicken salad, but i prefer dried cranberries by a significantly large margin
agk685 at 5:35PM on 07/30/08
Picadillo--according to my boyfriend's family recipe. SO good. Latin comfort food. Here's a link to the recipe...
http://mousebouche.blogspot.com/2008/05/dear-boo-it-was-lovely-to-have-you-over.html
and these chocolate cookies with gin-soaked raisins will convert even a raisin-detestor..... :)
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/MAIDA-HEATTERS-CHOCOLATE-COOKIES-WITH-GIN-SOAKED-RAISINS-104420
The Mouse at 7:12PM on 07/30/08
@JEP ~ I have been fascinated by the "Dark Chilean" raisins since you started this thread. I was talking about them at lunch today and I am officially on a quest to buy them.
izatryt at 7:53PM on 07/30/08
@izatryt...I buy the raiains at my local Fresh Market...they have a huge selection of dried fruits all in their own containers..good luck on your hunt!
JEP at 8:19PM on 07/30/08
There is a Fresh Market about 45 minutes from me. Love Fresh Market. Good reason for a road trip!!! Calling the peeps.
izatryt at 8:27PM on 07/30/08
Chicken Tacos, rice pudding....must have raisins. Everything else, pretty much must NOT. (Those chicken tacos would not be the same) (Obviously)
Cary at 9:36PM on 07/30/08
One of my family's favorite side dishes is sauteed spinach topped with raisins and toasted pine nuts.
KashaKnish at 5:25AM on 07/31/08
I don't eat raisins either. I used to love them as a child but for some reason I don't any longer.
@Butrflygirly I totally agree about the cookies.
bobbob at 10:55AM on 07/31/08
i use them quite frequently actually... savory and sweet dishes alike:
Add them to a fruit salad
Add them in a soy crumble picadillo
together with vanilla maple carrots
into Carrot Cakes
Arroz con Dulce - a puertorican dessert made with rice, evaporated and condensed milks.
Madelyn
KarmaFreeCooking
MadelynRodriguez at 11:19AM on 07/31/08
baked beans! yum!
supersu75 at 3:26PM on 08/02/08
Gin. Helps with arthritis.
bessfour at 4:57PM on 08/02/08
rice pudding
fruit yogurt
plain yogurt
with juicy crunchy green apples
with mushed bananas and crunchy pb
pilaf/pulav rice
with almonds
arathi at 12:00PM on 08/03/08
I live in wine country and the Farmer's Market sells locally dried - no additives. Big and fat, golden, sweet and "plummy". They are good in many things, but I especially like them in my bran muffins and a bistro-type salad if I don't have fresh grapes.
Before I add them to muffuns, I soak them in a little heated rum or wine.
suegsf at 12:47PM on 08/03/08
Iiiii like them in everything except cinnamon rolls.
pjracz10 at 5:27PM on 08/03/08