• @poinck@lemm.ee
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    189 months ago

    I just want to confirm, that raisins do not belong anywhere! I rather have pineapples in my cheesecake.

    • newIdentity
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      269 months ago

      Why does everyone seam to hate raisins (and olives)

      They are fucking delicious

      • @droans@lemmy.world
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        199 months ago

        I love oatmeal raisin cookies and I’m tired of pretending I don’t.

        Raisins are delicious and most cookies would be improved with oatmeal.

        • Mario_Dies.wav
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          39 months ago

          Oatmeal raisin cookies are one of my favorites! I don’t bake them often because I eat way too many cookies when I do.

        • @Peaty@sh.itjust.works
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          19 months ago

          Have you ever tried aging the dough in the fridge for a few days? It makes the oatmeal softer while the outside gets crisp.

        • HotDogFingies
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          19 months ago

          I love oatmeal raisin cookies, hold or majorly reduce the raisins. Cookie part tastes great because oatmeal is awesome.

      • @nikolai@feddit.de
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        69 months ago

        Nah, don’t mix them up, olives are great, especially well sourced ones. Raisins are just an unpleasant surprise, every time.

      • HotDogFingies
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        19 months ago

        People hate raisins because they’re not chocolate. I enjoy G.O.R.P. on occasion, but I don’t eat trail mix for the raisins. I leave most of them behind. They can be a bit much. Ratio of anything to raisin needs to be right. One raisin to five to ten of anything else, otherwise they’re just overwhelming.

        Olives, on the other hand, are fucking delicious. Hell yeah. Bathe me in their brine-rich kisses.

      • Ayumu Tsukasa
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        19 months ago

        Well for me it’s because grapes are my favorite fruit so it’s like everything I love about a grape is sucked out of it.

    • JGrffn
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      39 months ago

      Hear me out. Christmas rice with raisins. They absorb moisture from the dish and become these sweet little treats in the midst of a very buttery and savory rice. I hate raisins but I fucking love that rice.

          • JGrffn
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            19 months ago

            Posted an explanation in this comment chain!

        • JGrffn
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          19 months ago

          Maybe it’s a cultural or family thing? So it’s just pre-cooked rice, you cook it as you would any rice I guess, but you add chicken stock, raisins, and butter (at the end, after you’re done cooking it). Variations often also include peas and corn, maybe diced carrots, but we stick to just raisins. The savory mix of the buttery rice with tiny packets of moist raisins sprinkled about the rice makes it delicious!

      • @poinck@lemm.ee
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        29 months ago

        Interesting. That reminds that there is indeed another dish that is ok with raisins: Christmas loaf (Stollen).

      • HotDogFingies
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        29 months ago

        I dunno what Christmas rice is, but raisins are so much better in savory applications than sweet.