Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
raisins plump
English answer:
succulent raisins
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English term
raisins plump
Nose: Baked apples with cinnamon and raisins start, with the raisins plump, the cinnamon sweet and the apples slightly unripe, balancing the sweetness.
I know "plump" as an adjective (fully, round), but in this sentence it looks like some sort of expression?
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succulent raisins that haven't gone old and hard [see below]
This is simply a description of the "nose" (i.e. scent) of the whisky, which seems to evoke the smells of a pleasant baked apple, in which the "raisins [are] plump", the "cinnamon [is] sweet" etc.
The "plump" here is just included to make the raisins sound rather more appealing than dry and hard - they're juicy and succulent because they've been soaking in the juice of the apple (NB not the whisky!) while it's being baked, rather than specifically because of the culinary process described by the other answerer.
Those once-plump raisins and bright dried cranberries are now even more dry, shriveled, and maybe even hard.
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Tony M
: Yes, the 'raisins are plump' — it's just a word order inversion after 'are...'
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Exactly - thank you!
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Thanks, Yvonne!
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Mark Nathan
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Thank you!
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magdadh
: what Tony M said
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acetran
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Thank you!
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B D Finch
: Well explained. This got me all nostalgic for baked bramley apples, though I used to bake them with currants and sultanas, rather than raisins.
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It's a mouthwatering image, isn't it?
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Christine Andersen
: One of my favourite puddings... We have a dozen apple trees of different sorts, and you can use dried apricots, mincemeat, lots of things for variety, but the classic is sultanas and raisins. Sage stuffing and a strip of bacon round the apple is good too
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Oh that sounds lovely - we had apple trees growing up and the supermarket ones aren't a patch on home-grown!
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Katya Kesten
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Thank you!
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British Diana
: Who can explain what "start" means in the sentence?
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Good question - possibly that's the flavour that can be sensed first? (just guessing, though!)
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Sheila Wilson
: Freshly dried raisins that still have lots of flavour/smell
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Using flavored liquids to 'plump' the raisins with, like orange or pineapple juice, Brandy, etc.
https://www.thedailymeal.com/how-plump-raisins?amp
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Tony M
: Not here: you seem to be msitaking it for the verb 'to plum the raisins'; this cearly would not apply when discussing the 'nose' of a whisky; were it relevant, it would be "the raisins are plumped".
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Christine Andersen
: I think you are on the right track - the raisins do ´plump up´ as the apples bake. But not from added liquid here.
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Sheila Wilson
: This is a whisky tasting. There aren't any raisins, plumped up or not - just a hint of the smell
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