Do you like sultanas (golden raisins) ?

I think they taste gross and last weekend I learned another reason to not eat them.
I had a chat with a grape farmer who makes raisins and sultanas and exports them.
According to him, and he asked me to keep this hush hush, he treats sultanas with extra amounts of sulphur dioxide to keep them light in colour.
Apparently all raisins are treated with it but sultanas receive extra doses.
No wonder they taste terrible ! Yuck ! 🤢

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bijouxbroussard · F

I don’t like any type of raisins, never have. Interesting, since I like grapes well enough.

Loretta78 · 46-50, F

@bijouxbroussard So as me. I LOVE grapes but I have never liked raisins.

Wraithorn · 56-60, M

@bijouxbroussard Us humans are weird aren't we ? Similarly I like apples but can't stand apple juice. 🙂

Loretta78 · 46-50, F

@Wraithorn And I like fish, but the fish has to be without head and tail (for example like fish fingers). I just can´t stand it when a fish looks like a fish. This might be even more weird. 🤦‍♀️

Wraithorn · 56-60, M

@Loretta78 You're not alone in that. Interestingly my mother told me that exact same thing when I visited her last Tuesday.
Do you also call them fish fingers in Germany like we do here ? Now that is weird seeing as fish don't have fingers. 🙂

Loretta78 · 46-50, F

@Wraithorn No. In Germany we call it "Fischstäbchen" (= fish sticks). 😄

Aww!! Thanks for the bird. 🤗
Indeed I love living animals/pets more than dead ones.

bijouxbroussard · F

@Loretta78 I totally get that. I don’t like shrimp with the head on, either.

Loretta78 · 46-50, F

@bijouxbroussard Oh! I didn´t expect that.
But I am glad that you understand me. Because most of people just smile about my weirdness.

Wraithorn · 56-60, M

@Loretta78 Fish sticks does sound better I think. 🙂

Loretta78 · 46-50, F

@Wraithorn Well, but fish fingers sounds funnier - that´s for sure! 🤣🤣