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Dark, wrinkly, and sweetraisins sneak their way into manySouthern dishes.

In addition to savory dishes, raisins can also be found lurking in a variety of desserts.

Who hasnt bitten into a chocolate chip cookie only to find out its packed withraisins?

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Like most things, folks are pretty divided when it comes to raisins.

In the world of offensive foods, raisins don’t even register for me.

There was a little box of them in EVERY SINGLE lunch my parents made me growing up.

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I stand with raisins!

They are completely innocuous and deserve your affection.

Meghan Overdeep, Senior News Writer

I generally love them, especially golden raisins in savory dishes.

My mom gave out those little boxes of raisins for Halloween.

I’ll eat them anywhere!

Nellah McGough, Business Manager

My grandmother tricked me into thinking they were candy.

Kind of like finding out Santa isnt real once I figured out they were dried up grapes.

Daniel Boone, Design Director