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Raisin

Raisins are simply grapes dried in the sun or in an oven. Those dried in the sun are much the best. There are several kinds: Muscatels, Valencias, Smyrna, and Eleme raisins, and Sultana raisins, which are without stones, and generally used in cookery. When making good cakes and puddings it is well worth while to use good Muscatel raisins, as they are much superior in flavour to the common ones, and especially as grocers frequently sell loose ones, which answer excellently for the purpose, at a cheaper rate than the bunches which are to be used for dessert.