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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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

You can buy a bottle of gin and pour it over a pint jar of them and let them sit a few weeks and eat a few each day, believe it’s 8, and they are really bitter like MSM and good for joints. I might need to do this again.

Wraithorn · 56-60, M

@cherokeepatti Thanks for the hint Patti but 🤢 no thanks. I don't do alcohol anymore since I was 23. 🙂

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Wraithorn oh OK they told me at the health food store.

walabby · M

@cherokeepatti I've heard that story here, except it uses prunes and gin.