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Plum, plum, squeeze?

What is the difference between plums, plums or plums, squeezes, reindeer, mirabelle plums, etc.? From a botanical point of view, the plum (Prunus domestica) is, so to speak, the mother of all the other species mentioned. This means that plums and mirabelle plums are subspecies of the plum, although they look very different.
In common parlance, mirabelle plums, for example, are seen as a separate variety, but the names are often used synonymously for almost all other plum species, depending on the region.

Which plums can be juiced well?

Harvest your plums in time if you want to juice them. You can expect the greatest yield of juice from plums that are still firm, especially if you are using an electric juicer or juicer. They are also less likely to be infested with maggots.
The plums must not have any rotten or moldy areas, as a single affected fruit can spoil the entire juice.

Four ways to juice plums

• Steam juicer: the best choice for stone fruit juicing. The big advantage: The fruits do not have to be pitted. Put very large plums in the steam juicer, roughly chopped up; smaller ones can be left in one piece. The juice heated by the steam can be kept for several months.
• Saucepan: You can boil the pitted and split plums with a little water, then pass them through a sieve and filter them through a cloth. So you do not need any specially purchased devices.
• Juicer: In the electric juicer, which uses centrifugal force to extract the juice from the pitted fruit, the plums retain all of their vitamins as they are not heated. The juice obtained in this way is perfect for immediate consumption, but spoils very quickly.
• Juicer: As in the juicer, the plums are juiced cold in the juicer, which preserves their healthy ingredients. The juice is squeezed out by grinding the pitted plums. In addition to electric, there are also manual models with a crank. You can boil down the raw juice so that it can be kept for months.