baked beans and prunes

[annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67"
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> 
> <catlady at w...> wrote:
> <snip>
> > 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

Nah, it's just because the word "prune" connotes "fruit you would
never dream of eating except that you need the fiber to keep
'regular.'"  It's merely an image makeover.

Annemehr