"Julie Bove" <juliebove@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> "Nancy Young" <rjynly@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> "Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@gte.net> wrote
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>>> Prunes and dried plumbs are quite different, for example.
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>> The industry changed the name from prunes to dried plums
>> a couple of years ago. An image thing.
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>> I haven't actually looked to see what it says in the juice aisle.
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> Now they sell plum juice.
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I suspect they are trying to appeal to a younger market. Prune juice says
"old person", even though that's not really true.