When it comes to prunes and plums, they’re technially the same fruit but one of them is dried while the other isn’t. A plum is known as a stone fruit because it has a single hard pit that feels like a stone. A prune is very simply a dried up plum and because of this they tend to be more sweet but also don’t have as strong of a flavor. Finally, there are many different types of plums but the two most common forms are European and Japanese.
Key Takeaways:
- Plums are members of the rose family and are a stone fruit because they have a single pit that is hard like a stone.
- Plums and prunes aren’t technically the same thing because a prune is a dried plum. Not all plums become prunes.
- Prune plumes are sweeter than regular plums but they also don’t have as strong or as robust of a flavor.
“For the past couple of centuries, “plum” has meant, in addition to a fruit in the prunus family, “very good and worth having” or “the best and choicest part” (as in, a plum position).”
Read more: https://foodrevolution.org/blog/are-plums-and-prunes-good-for-you/
