 The word raisin comes from the Latin racemus meaning a cluster of grapes or berries, and with a pedigree like that it's not hard to see that |
they've been around for a long time indeed. The first recorded mention of the shrivelled brown little treats dates back to 1490 BC but you can thank the Crusading knights for bringing them back and popularising them in Europe. It's nice to know they were good for something, right? DP |
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