Receta Plums, Prunes and the Pioneers.

Being a pioneer in the 1800s, the work was long and what better way to fuel up than by eating dried fruit?  Prunes, now don’t go making that pruney yourself; are simply plums that have been dehydrated.  According to The Old West Baking by Lon Walters, “records from old supply houses indicated prunes were throughout the area.  Pound for they were high in nutrients, low in cost and kept well.” (page In Utah, there are two major types of plum trees, first is Potawatomi plums.  The were planted and grown along natural waterways, canals and ditch banks by Mormon pioneer settlers.  americana, commonly called the American plum, wild plum, or Marshall's yellow sweet plum, is known by most…