Talk:Prune

message: Why do prunes have laxative qualities? Chris 04:07, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that prune juice is really plum juice, but people don't tend think of prunes as dried plums. People have a strong association with prunes and their laxative properties, so it gets marketed as prune juice rather than plum juice. But you could juice a prune, they aren't completely dry. Freshness is relative - a prune isn't a fresh plum, but some prunes are fresher than others. It would be good if this article mentioned how a prune can get to the market sooner than a plum. Perhaps the plums that are used for prunes are a different type than those that are eaten fresh, and get to the market faster.--RLent (talk) 16:46, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

text: If you look at the table liating the contents of a 100g sample of peunes you would see it is 31% water. Just because they remove SOME water doesn't mean they remove it all. VoidHalo (talk) 00:40, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: For clarification, there are fresh "prunes" that are NOT dried WHATSOEVER, and are an oval less-sweet plum.  These are just a different species of plum.  I'll clarify the article.
if you freeze dry something u can add water to it and than u have a juice.
almost all orange juice in stores is made from dry orange powder, and water is added as the original water content has been removed. Markthemac (talk) 01:28, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

text: * I would really like more info to be put up on the dangers and benefits of using them as laxatives, that might be a major reason people come to the page. Dangers as in consuming many can lead to some painful problems in the gut.Teplitskya1 (talk) 02:58, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: laxative

message: The section on production is very US specific, the section should be moved out to a new section (maybe Production in the USA?) -TempestSA  —Preceding undated comment was added at 05:10, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Production a bit country specific 

message: I was watching this  and wondered if their reference should be taken into the popular culture references. I'm not exactly how tho (i had to look up prunes in order to understand their act, since English is not my native language. ;-> ). It's just a thought anyway. burt777 - 2008-11-17  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Burt777 (talk • contribs) 18:15, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Stewart & Steven Colbert 

message: In the UK, I've only ever known 'prune' to refer to the dried fruit; the fresh version would be called a plum no matter what the shape. So maybe use of 'prune' to mean a fresh fruit is country-specific? 94.194.66.92 (talk) 05:55, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fresh prunes is not international usage? 

message: I have taken the liberty of removing several references in the pop culture section, as I do not believe that they themselves are noteworthy. They seem to me to be simply off-hand references to prunes in a single episode, and don't really have any bearing on the series as a whole (and are effectively just one-off jokes).
However, another editor continues to remove the whole section, without discussion and with a rationale in the edit summary that doesn't discuss all elements within the section. I believe that the reference to Dr Pepper, is notable, especially as it is referenced to a Snopes article. I am quite happy to enter into discussion about the notability of such a reference, but would prefer if editors could do it on the talk page rather than simply deleting whole sections. Fenix down (talk) 13:40, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Being a new Editor myself I would say that not everyone will go on the talk page to discuss every change, some may not even know of the talk page, but maybe an administrator or someone else can make the changes more permanent. I think these notable references you mentioned sound interesting and are worth keeping, even as links. Teplitskya1 (talk) 02:53, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pop Culture Section 

message: These may possibly (or possibly not) be appropriate for a later subsection of the English language article, but not in the introduction. Hence I moved the following sentence here, to be used elsewhere, if appropriate.
"It is called 'Alu-bukhara' in Iran, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. " 
Elroch (talk) 09:05, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foreign language names 

message: The Laxative page has a link to the prune page but not vice versa. How does one change this?
:*I changed it!Teplitskya1 (talk) 05:24, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *If I do not add a new section maybe someone else should, it should say PRUNE JUICE and have that one sentence in here, I cut it out and its here, but not in the main article anymore... speaking of prune juice, other parts of the article talk about it, and so you should move those too... Teplitskya1 (talk) 05:24, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to Laxative page? As well the prune benifits section starts talking about prune juice, should that not be in its own section? 

message: I added a citation for the presence of acrylamide in prunes, but the wording of the section seems to be deceptive. The source I added refers to the amount of the chemical in prunes as "surprising high" due to the temperatures involved being lower than normally required for its formation. It is also noted that the amount is higher in pears and prunes than in other dried fruits. However, the use of "high dose" in this article seems to imply the amount is considered high for food or human consumption in general. I don't know if this is the case or not, but it isn't supported by the source I found, and may need to be clarified or backed up by additional citations. kmarple1 (talk) 17:16, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead and added the Wikipedia information regarding acrylamides and cancer.  Please do not remove this information as it is critical for people reading this article to make an informed judgment regarding the relative risk.  Again, this is excerpted from and a reference to a WELL RESEARCHED WIKIPEDIA ENTRY.  N0w8st8s (talk) 15:00, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disadvantages 

message: I've changed the info in the brief mention of the alcoholic drink jerkum- specifically, to change "Cornwall" to "the Cotswolds"; this is what the information in the Plum Jerkum article states. Aside from making this article agree with the main article, I have no other knowledge/references on the subject; if anyone has strong opinions on the matter (as I'm sure is the case with obscure regional cuisine), feel free to dive in and change it again- but only if you're willing to change it in both places, so that they agree. 82.22.27.88 (talk) 10:34, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Jerkum

message: This article states that prunes are used to make sugar plums but the article on sugar plums clearly states the opposite. (This article doesn't have a reference for that statement) Dr.khatmando (talk) 13:05, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Confess I had missed this error, but apparently it has sat in the article for years. It's both amusing and embarrassing for Wikipedia in this article which calls us out for falling into the 'assumption trap'! Thanks. Fixing the article with a ref for which there are many choices dispelling the myth. --Zefr (talk) 14:35, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  No worries. Thank you following up. They're decent articles and you've made them just that little bit better. Dr.khatmando (talk) 23:16, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sugar plums 

message: The word "table" exists three times in the article, seemingly as a superfluous punctuation of sentences. What's with that? Pickles8 (talk) 04:16, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: There's only one table in the article - the table of nutrients - and each sentence directing the reader to the "table" points out a nutrition fact. If you feel there's a better way to identify nutrition facts or highlight nutrients, WP:FIXIT. Zefr (talk) 04:35, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table?