good evening ladies and gentlemen this is john nesbitt bringing you the hollywood premiere of sunny sweet in his latest picture good wrinkles here he is now and listen to those fans can we have your autograph there are many celebrities here but tonight all eyes are on sunnysweet please sunny please may i have your autograph maybe i can break in here and get him to say a few words all about the scene please sunny sign mine first here's mine yes i know what you would have said six or seven prunes a day are good for you in every way and that's good advice there he goes a hollywood star now let me tell you the story of how this local boy made good sunny comes from a famous french family in california he was born on a balmy spring day and as any baby at first he just laid there drinking in the sunshine as the months passed by sunny was nourished by mother nature with nutrient riches that poured down from the warm california sunshine and up from the rich soil in which the parent tree was rooted by the time fall had come sunny was fully grown ready to go into the world there he goes off to seek adventure in hollywood well sunny was soon to find out that there was much new world of his in the first place he had never realized that all prunes are plums but all plums are not prunes for prunes you see are a special kind of plum that can be dried without fermenting but sunny qualifies and his career as a movie star was well underway he was soon to find out that there were many prunes from his family here at the studio and that he would have the opportunity to work with some of them sunny's french prune family sometimes called the prune d'agen is famous for its sweetness flavor and quality prunes of the french prune family run to the middle sizes so when you see the words medium large or extra large on the package remember these sizes refer to french prunes which never grows so large as some other varieties but which are never surpassed in sweetness and good eating quality in his first picture sunny played the part of a french duke in his regal costume he fittingly represents true prune royalty for french prunes are the most popular of all prunes quiet action there are larger prunes to be sure here's pearl one of sunny's best friends she is an imperial prune and her family which thrives in very few areas is not sufficiently numerous to be a major factor in the prune industry my but she is a shy one and rightly so well she comes from a prune family that is shy in many ways especially at fruit bearing time from pearl sunny learned that there were various other varieties of prunes but most of them are grown only in small quantities and are not important on a commercial scale she told him that should he come upon any members of the prune family grown in the pacific northwest he would find them noticeably tart this tartness being due to a larger acid content and a slightly smaller sugar content than the french prunes grown in california sunday finished his role as the duke and the studio assigned him almost immediately to a film in which he portrayed a world's champion prize fighter he played many important parts in the movies just as prunes in real life play an important part in keeping us healthy and now with his great supply of prune energy movie actor sunny wind up for the knockout punch sunny knocks out fatigue just as prune sugar energy overcomes fatigue in our bodies the average sugar content of french prunes is forty nine and a half percent which comes from their long natural ripening in the sun prune sugar is in the form of readily digestible carbohydrates chiefly invert sugar which is readily absorbed into the blood to do the job of supplying quick energy so needed when the going gets a bit rough and the tired body needs a pickup now let's see some of the requirements for that good to feel good feeling if you don't mind i'll be scientific for a few moments there is carotene for instance which is changed by the body to vitamin a prunes are an excellent source of carotene and therefore of this valuable vitamin of which the minimum requirement is five thousand international units per day this is the vitamin that does so much to protect precious eyesight and it's important for proper growth too then there is riboflavin one of the b complex vitamins prunes have a higher riboflavin content than any other fruit the average requirement of this vitamin is one and eight tenths milligrams per day it is needed for steady nerves a clear skin and good digestion as well as for proper growth thiamine also known as vitamin b1 contributes to healthy nerves a good appetite and proper growth the daily requirement of thiamine is one and two tenths milligrams also there is the mineral iron so necessary for its blood regenerating powers and an essential part of every living tissue in the body your daily requirement of iron is twelve milligrams this is sunny's way of showing just how much good six or seven prunes a day can do for you they furnish a great percentage of these essential needs of man six or seven quality prunes are approximately fifty grams of edible fruit which furnish twenty seven of the average daily minimum requirement of vitamin a thirty eight and one half percent of the daily requirement of riboflavin or vitamin b2 twelve and a half percent of the daily requirement of thiamine or vitamin b1 and sixteen and six tenths percent of the average daily minimum requirement of iron to feel good the story of sunny's life as a movie star would never be complete without his most famous role as dr sunny it's a natural for him for prunes can surely do much to keep us healthy and well as every nurse and dietician learns early in her training prunes are highly effective as a gentle natural aid to regularity this is due partly to the abundance of soft fruit cellulose food bulk in its natural and most valuable form and partly to the presence of a specific laxative element which has certain chemical and physiological properties similar to catholic and chlorogenic acid calling dr sweet calling dr sunny sweet emergency at room two hundred and eight hey doc emergency room two o eight say aah hmm coated tongue hmm most irregular eh but dr sonny knows the answer the patient will be well in no time and now he says with the rest of us it's good to feel good now let's turn from sunday's hollywood career and get a little better acquainted with his family background we've found that prunes are unique and more than just their down right tastiness and food value for example there's the way prunes are harvested in the springtime they begin their gradual development and throughout the summer are richly nourished by mother nature finally in august they begin to ripen however the finest prunes are not picked like other fruit but are allowed to hang in the sunshine until they're so plump and heavy with juicy goodness they drop from the trees of their own weight when nature says you're ready down they go the soil has been previously turned and worked to a cushiony mattress to catch the falling fruit and there they lie purple and plump all ready to be carefully gathered by hand now here we are at the plant let's see how plums become prunes by what is known as the dehydrating process they are first put through a hot fifteen second alkaline bath to slightly crack the skins and allow for more rapid evaporation of the moisture in the fruit next they are thoroughly rinsed then they are spread in single layers on large trays to be dried while open field drying was the only method employed for many years this method has now been largely replaced by modern mechanical dehydrators and it is in these dehydrators that the prune as we know it best actually comes to be these are truly good wrinkles the one place where wrinkles are looked upon as a sign of distinction the next step is to sort the prunes according to size as they pass over a series of graduated holes in the sorting conveyor they drop through the holes they fit and are thus automatically graded prune sizes are designated by the number of prunes it takes to make a pound naturally the fewer the prunes to the pound the larger the individual prunes the medium size is graded sixty seven or less prunes to the pound the large size runs fifty three prunes or less to the pound then comes the extralarge size which averages forty three prunes or less to the pound thus you are reminded again the fewer the prunes per pound the larger the fruit the final step before packaging is the special sunsweet tenderize process using only heat and moisture this process leaves the prunes plump and tender which permits very rapid cooking thus eliminating the vitamin loss which sometimes results from longer preparation from the tenderize process the prunes are immediately packed steaming hot into parchment paper bags which are enclosed in protective cartons also as an added protection against air dust light and heat the cartons are in turn enclosed and sealed in a lustrous gold or silver foil wrapper this hot packing and foil sealing ensures uniform moisture tenderness and fine eating quality throughout the contents of the package in addition to protecting the whole rich goodness of the fruit the foil wrapper is an easy way to always identify your favorite brand fresh from the carton the prunes are ready to be served in an infinite variety of ways raw for example the special tenderize process makes prunes so tender and good you can eat them just like candy right out of the box and raw they provide all the qualities of a natural fruit or prepare them in this simple way just fill a jar with prunes add boiling water to cover screw on the lid let cool then place in your refrigerator for several days the longer they stand the thicker the juice this american breakfast tradition is delicious when served with a little cream or with a dash of lemon or just sitting pretty in their own juice for serving with meat spiced and pickled prunes or prune pie a tempting luscious dessert with a billowy merengue that can be put together in a twinkling prune whip is another famous american dish the perfect dessert for a perfect meal here's another wonderful treat prune birthday cake a tender moist fruity cake just right for every day of the year and for special occasions too such as junior's birthday party our country however it isn't the only one that knows all about the select uses of prunes they are a favorite fruit in many countries let's see what the people of scandinavia know about prunes if you should find unexpected guests are on the way and a quick sweet bread is what you'll need just try prune biscuit roll prepare about two cups of your favorite biscuit mix by merely adding milk then roll the dough to a quarter inch thickness and spread evenly with one and a half cups of chopped and pitted cooked prunes you then top the prunes with a quarter cup of melted butter one half cup of sugar spiced with cinnamon or nutmeg and carefully roll like a jelly roll then place the role in a buttered baking dish and bake in a moderate oven for forty five minutes to an hour when cool the roll is cut into slices and there you are as easy as that coffee time's complete with dainty prune biscuit rolls here's the desserts the vanilla cream portion in this bowl is a blend of eggs quarterserved cold delicious another delightful dessert of theirs which can be served hot or cold is prunes with merengue the merengue is spread over the prunes and the dessert is baked until the top is golden brown if you have a sweet tooth serve it with cream or vanilla sauce and it's a mouthwatering treat another favorite of theirs prune souffle as light and fluffy as a dream and believe it or not the scandinavians even make a soup of prunes which they serve cold a swedish specialty no doubt but try it sometime you might like it scandinavian cooks use prunes a great deal with meat especially with fatty meats like pork one method is to stuff spare ribs with pitted prunes before baking this adds a delicate succulent flavor to the ribs another popular method of theirs is to serve boiled prunes right along with fried or baked pork chops yet another delicious way they combine meat with prunes is to place the prunes on slices of pork rolling them until they're crisp and brown ans here is an idea of theirs that works wonders with fowl stuff chicken turkey or duck with prunes the sweetness and richness of the prunes really enhances the flavor of the fowl yes there are hundreds of ways to serve prunes and to help in preparing these you have seen plus countless other prune delicacies sunsweet has gathered together a wonderful collection of prune recipes which have been put into a handy booklet merely mail your requests to sunsweet box six seven o san jose california for a free copy however you serve these prunes you can be sure they are a delicious full flavored perfect eating fruit just as important they are rich in nature's own vitamins and valuable food minerals a quick energy food that gives children and adults alike that good to feel good feeling serve prunes often they are good any way any time so there in all his regal splendor sits sunny proud of his royal heritage proud too of the golden carton which he sponsors and which is your guarantee of extra tenderness and extra goodness in the prunes you buy your sure guide to good wrinkles when you go shopping for prunes