baked beans and prunes

[justcarol67]

<catlady at w...> wrote:
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> I'm so old that I still call haricot beans 'string beans' even tho'
> their name has been changed to 'green beans'.


Speaking of name changes, has anyone noticed that prunes are now
"dried plums," at least in the U.S.? Why? Has political correctness
gone so far that we can't refer to a fruit as a prune because the word
suggests wrinkles? Or is it because the manufacturers think we're too
ignorant to know what a prune is? I suppose raisins will become "dried
grapes" in the next few years. Why can't they leave the old names alone?

Carol