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The '''sultana''', in [[period]], was a semi-dried [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[grape]]; today it is simply a raisin which has been treated to resemble the old sultana. Its name comes from the feminine form of the Turkish title "[[sultan]]", since a sultan's wives were supposed to be the chief consumers of the grapes.
A horrid little semi-dried [[grape]].


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Another one of the 'If you put this in meals, it makes it medjeeval' type fruits.

Latest revision as of 10:32, 20 October 2006

The sultana, in period, was a semi-dried Turkish grape; today it is simply a raisin which has been treated to resemble the old sultana. Its name comes from the feminine form of the Turkish title "sultan", since a sultan's wives were supposed to be the chief consumers of the grapes.