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The British plum season is well under way. For cooking, plum varieties are interchangeable; you may need to adjust the sugar to taste. Plums are ripe when they are scented and tender. The skins of plums are inclined to be tough, and it may be better too remove them when raw fruit is used such as in fruit salads. [www.QinSen.com]
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Plums are thought to have developed originally from the sloe. Many varieties of plum are grown, ranging in colour from gold to dark purple, and varying considerably in size. In England, the best plums are grown in Kent and the Vale of Evesham. [www.QinSen.com]
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Plums are used for all the usual fruit desserts, such as pies, baked and steamed puddings, flans, jelly whip, fruit salad, etc.; they may also be frozen, pickled, dried, bottled or made into jam.