Okay, dumb question alert

[chirpygirl]

I have always thought that raisins are red grapes and sultanas are white grapes?
And that prunes are dried plums

Am I right? And if I'm not, then what is the difference between raisin and sultanas!!

Raisins and sultanas are dried grapes

Prunes are dried plums, but what is a currant?

But what is the difference between a raisin and a sultana? Is it just the type of grape?

Don't bring currants into it! That's too confusing!

I don't know chirpygirl and the quesion actually popped up in 'real life' a few weeks ago. I've looked on wikipedia [sad git alert] and it just says grapes.

Not sure how true this is, but according to this page :

What's the difference between raisins and sultanas? How are raisins dried?
This is probably one of the most common questions I get asked. Simply put, sultanas lie on the ground for around one week and are then artificially dipped in a potash solution. Typically Sultanas tend to be lighter in colour and are sweet. Raisins on the other hand are sun dried for approximately three weeks, during which the 'Maillard reaction' takes place, where the contents of the drying grape quite literally 'cook' inside the skin. As a result, the raisin is darker in colour and has a rich, almost chocolate flavour. Generally though, both are the product of the same grape variety, Thompson Seedless.

And then there are currants...

LOL! I don't know, but I'd be interested in finding out.

Currants grows on a bush, grapes on a vine, prunes are a variety of plum. Not every plum will be a dried pruned!

raisin's are black grapes

sultana's are white grapes

prunes are plums

that's what i've always been told, and i'm pretty sure i've read on a pakcet of sultanas thet they are white grapes

did you see on that page they refer to home baking as scratch baking... as if it's weird to cook something from scratch?

no.... wait.

according to the aldi packaging they're both white seedless grapes and are sun dried... doesn't say hat the diferance is though.

maybe length of drying?

Sultana is a grape variety, in SA you get to buy it as a table grape.

Raisins can cause kidney failure in dogs!

Wow, thanks guys, at least I don't feel like it is a dumb question if I am not the only one unsure!

So I have established from here and random googling that currants and sultanas are both raisins as well as 'nomral' raisins, but it is the drying process that makes them one or the other...

Solved! (ish)

Mum2FunkyDude - currants as in dried fruit currants rather than say blackcurrants are also from the grape