Wouldn't it follow the best wine
makers in the world would also have the best raisins? Having the same
common denominator, those two should go hand in hand.
Yet, according to the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, the top raisin producers are the United States, Turkey, China,
and Iran, while the top wine countries in the world are France, Italy, and
Spain, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.
If they’re all coming from grapes, then
something here does not measure up…
And where is Japan in all this??
Wouldn't it also follow Japan would be more prevalent on the raisin
frontier given their love/need to save space? Like sweaters in a vacuum
bag, raisins are the airless space-savers of food storage. Surely, they
must have a following in Japan. Plus, raisins are a key ingredient in
rice pudding. Again, I'm just putting two and two together here.
On a side note, raisins are just
grapes dried of moisture. Nothing else changes. Chemically, the
compounds are still exactly the same. And yet, these dried grapes take on
an entirely new name. A name that doesn't even hint at their original
past. Dried grapes could be called gripes, changing the letter “a” to a letter
“i” to indicate past tense. They once were grapes, but now they're
gripes. Instead, they're given a completely new identity: raisin.
If that's the case, why don't other
things get a completely new identity when they dry up? Like leaves.
When leaves fall from trees they don't suddenly become feuilles.
Leaves on the ground are still referred to as leaves. And, what
about clouds? Or pens that run out of ink? Or nursing breasts that
have run their course? Where is their dried out identity? Shouldn't
they deserve a new defining name?
One other thing… A Raisin in the Sun? What the heck is
that raisin doing in the sun? He's already a raisin. He ain't gonna
become any more raisinly than he already is by staying in the sun! That's
like giving a wave a drink of water: needless and unnecessary.
And that’s all I have to say about
raisins.
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