Re: Prunes are now Dried Plums

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From: Ciccio
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:29

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On Nov 13, 12:10 am, Borked Pseudo Mailed <nob...@pseudo.borked.net>
wrote:
> Read about it here:http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20010202/ai_n13892893
> orhttp://www.tiny.cc/ILmAL  Pretty slick marketing move.
>
> My wife is a pediatrician.  She tells the story of directing
> a parent to put two ounces of prune juice in eight ounces of
> formula.
>
> The nervous mother reversed the
> amounts with predictable results.

Actually, prugna secca, or "dry plum" is prune in Italian. Anybody
know if such is likewise in other languages?

Ciccio

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