I love plums, it reminds me of summers spent in my grandparents’ house as a kid. It’s sweet and refreshing, I think it’s the best fruit out there to be frank.
Bat-Shahar
You can’t buy sugarplums around here. You can buy sugarplum candles and sugarplum lipstick and perfume but no sugarplums. I called six candy stores. Some of them had never heard of them. My sister was nicknamed Sugarplum but never had one. I had to look up recipes and none of them completely matched, but I roasted the nuts, chopped the dried fruit, mixed in the spices and the jam and rolled them in sugar. I had always pictured them as a fancy gumdrop but these were dark and rich. And I wonder how many things live in their shadows and imitations and we never knew the real thing?
I love plums, it reminds me of summers spent in my grandparents’ house as a kid. It’s sweet and refreshing, I think it’s the best fruit out there to be frank.
You can’t buy sugarplums around here. You can buy sugarplum candles and sugarplum lipstick and perfume but no sugarplums. I called six candy stores. Some of them had never heard of them. My sister was nicknamed Sugarplum but never had one. I had to look up recipes and none of them completely matched, but I roasted the nuts, chopped the dried fruit, mixed in the spices and the jam and rolled them in sugar. I had always pictured them as a fancy gumdrop but these were dark and rich. And I wonder how many things live in their shadows and imitations and we never knew the real thing?