How do you pronounce praline?

[Marguerite53]

YUM! I love pralines. We were gifted some homemade ones last night and oh.... yum!! Buttery, brown surgary with pecans! Doesn't get any better unless it's chocolate!

Growing up on the east coast, traveling on the highways and turnpikes; whenever I saw a Stuckey's I would whine at my parents to stop and buy me some pralines! Does anyone else remember these luscious morsels? I'm sure they are better, elsewhere, but it's the Stuckey's ones I ate the most of.

I have always pronounce them "pray" leens. Many people, I've noticed, pronounce them "prah" leens. Of course, we also have a member here whose user name is Praline.

So, all you Southerners.... which pronunciation is correct, please?

:biggrin2: Marguerite

PS... oh and then.... is it Stuck - ees or Stew - keys??? I have always said Stew-keys... are they still around??

 

[Greg a]

DANG I used to love those .....I think the key to the correct pronunciationis to fill your mouth to the extreme then the drool helps to get the correct drawl .......this is so unfair to a diabetic

 

[Bina]

Pray-leens........and........Stuck-ees...... No drawl here.

 

[Freddie]

Okay, so what the heck are Praline's??

(hope I'm not the only one who is wondering)

 

[Missy]

The Praline on here does justice to the name! She is a really nice person to correspond with and so thoughtful!

Stuckey's do exist. I know a buyer for one.

I think they still have pralines also. I just haven't bought one in ages.

I love those things but the old time ones are hard to find.

Praline told me that where she is they still have them.

 

[mecretired]

Stuckey's may have good pralines (prayleens) but the best come from New Orleans.

 

[Lynlw]

Okay, so what the heck are Praline's??

(hope I'm not the only one who is wondering)

http://www.auntsallys.com/pralines.html

and Marguerite, look they even make chocolate ones
I love them too, I say PRAY, but am northerner

 

[Lily]

Marguerite - Did you ever try Baskin and Robbins "Pralines 'n Cream" flavor of ice cream? YUMMY :biggrin2:
And I'm not even a big ice cream fan.

One of our friends from N'awlins says "prawleens," which sounds like a glazed shrimp :biggrin2:

We liked Stuckeys unless we saw a billboard for a Nickerson Farms down the highway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickerson_Farms

 

[Duffey]

Hi, we met member Praline last December when we attended the VR reunion. It is praw-leen. When we visited Jackson Square, we found several candy stores that sold the delicious candy. I have to say both our friend, Praline, and the candy are as sweet as they can be.:smile2:

 

[Marguerite53]

OH for heaven's sake, there is NO consensus here!!! I guess I'll have to travel down to New Orleans soon and try some authentic ones for myself. I know that the Stuckey's ones are just mass produced sugar bombs; probably with food coloring. I'm going to find some recipes and make some here, though, of course, without the humidity of the south, they won't be quite right.

Thanks, all.

Marguerite

 

[kfay]

I've lived in the south my whole life and pronounce them "pray-leens" , my husband is from New Orleans and pronounces them the same way.

Freddie, they are basically sugar (both white and brown) and butter and vanilla (and a few other things) that are cooked until it is almost carmalized, then pecans are added, they are poured out and then they are harded. They are very good, but, as you can imagine, very, very sweet.

 

[Lynlw]

OH for heaven's sake, there is NO consensus here!!! I guess I'll have to travel down to New Orleans soon and try some authentic ones for myself. I know that the Stuckey's ones are just mass produced sugar bombs; probably with food coloring. I'm going to find some recipes and make some here, though, of course, without the humidity of the south, they won't be quite right.

Thanks, all.

Marguerite

My Brother lived in NOLA for a few years..(he was the only Yankee Oyster shucker for a while), We've orderred the Aunt Sally's before and they were good, just the origonal creamy I didn't try the other flavor. They used to sell the broken ones very cheap.so we'd get some of them too they were good on ice cream.
Now you are making me want to order some

 

[Wise]

I never knew there was a different pronunciation than "pray"line. I've never had them though. I remember having Pralines 'n Cream ice cream from Baskin Robbins and it was the best thing they had. That was a long time ago.

 

[Praline]

Hello,
Praline 'n Cream from Baskin Robbins is my very favorite ice cream. But the fat content makes it a rare treat. I think the best pralines are the homemade ones. One of the janitors at school makes the best ones I have ever tasted.
There should be a craft show at church soon and last year there were some delicious pralines. By the way, here they are praw-leens.

 

[Cris N]

Mmmmmmm..... prayleens.

 

[Lynlw]

http://www.justinwilson.com/
here you go from Justin Wilson (do you remember him from one of the earlier cooking shows I remember after Julia child and the Galloping gourmet of course)


4 cups sugar 4 tbsp Karo syrup
1 14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk 1 can water
1 tsp butter 1/2 tsp vanilla
4 - 6 cups pecans



Mix sugar, Karo, condensed milk, and water thoroughly. Cook over a low fire until the soft-boil stage. remove from heat.

Add butter, vanilla, and pecans. Beat until the mixture holds its shape. Spoon onto buttered wax paper, and allow to cool.

 

[kfay]

Ooooouuuhhh...yuck...I can't imagine a praline without butter and sugar. This receipe from Paula Deen is more like the typical way I have always seen them made:


http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/pralines-recipe2/index.html

 

[Marguerite53]

Well, both recipes look good. I was thinking I'd try Paula Deen; thank you for the link....it is printing as I write and the first recipe I'll handwrite on the back!!! Yum, yum, yum. I think this may be a replacement for my butterscotch brownies which I am known for and very sick of!! We went to England several years ago and I fell in love with Sticky Toffee Pudding (it's also just very fun to say) and I swore I would learn to make it like they did at this quaint 500 year old pub... but alas, I never got the recipe from him and all the ones I have tried have flopped. I love pecans so I will definitely give these pray-lines a try. (I'll wait to say praw-lines -- like craw-fish, I guess :tongue2: when and if I ever get to Lose-zee-anna. Thanks, gals!!

Marguerite

 

[Lynlw]

Well, both recipes look good. I was thinking I'd try Paula Deen; thank you for the link....it is printing as I write and the first recipe I'll handwrite on the back!!! Yum, yum, yum. I think this may be a replacement for my butterscotch brownies which I am known for and very sick of!! We went to England several years ago and I fell in love with Sticky Toffee Pudding (it's also just very fun to say) and I swore I would learn to make it like they did at this quaint 500 year old pub... but alas, I never got the recipe from him and all the ones I have tried have flopped. I love pecans so I will definitely give these pray-lines a try. (I'll wait to say praw-lines -- like craw-fish, I guess :tongue2: when and if I ever get to Lose-zee-anna. Thanks, gals!!

Marguerite

Let us know how they turn out. Funny the 1st review of paula's recipe was someone from Orgeon
I never made Sticky toffee pudding but if you haven't you should check the BBC's site.http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/search?keywords=Sticky+Toffee+Pudding They have alot of recipes, sometimes you have to figure out what an ingrediant is (like for the sticky toffee recipes I had no idea what Black treacle was..it sounded scarey but turns out it is just dark molasses and when I was watching some shows it took me a while to figure out that a courgette is a zuchinni
or convert temps or measurements, ect (most recipes list both types of measurements) , but I tried a couple of recipes from their site, like Yorkshire pudding after watching one of Gordan Ramsay shows and it turned out good.

hey I was just looking and one of the recipes is for Sticky toffee pudding with pecan praline...the best of both worlds lol

 

[JAMES W]

I was tempted by the Paula Deen recipe...Made a batch today for Claudia, as she is a "Praline lover" as well...They turned out GREAT.....Although I doubled the batch and added extra pecans as seemed a short on nuts.....A must to repeat for the holidays....And no, I only sampled the leafovers in the bowl....then checked my BG....hee hee