UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Joey ate a stewed mirabelle as he helped his mother make jam. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 31, 2001] Reference
Hilda- Ah, thank you for reminding me about those wonderful mirabelle plums the French are crazy about!. From Wordnik.com. [Green Gage Plum and Pistachio Crumble] Reference
Stephen McCarthy, the founder of Clear Creek Distillery, is up on a ladder, nosing a tall vat of fermenting mirabelle plums, but his attention isn't entirely on the fruit. From Wordnik.com. [The Fruits of Clear Creek Distillery's Labor] Reference
Then she served a lady with a pound of mirabelle plums, telling her that they were as sweet as sugar. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat and the Thin] Reference
That day she was quite intoxicated by the scent of a large arrival of mirabelle plums, which filled the market. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat and the Thin] Reference
With something like mirabelle eau de vie the challenge is convincing the store and the distributor to pay any attention to it at all. From Wordnik.com. [The Pour] Reference
Hampers and low baskets covered with canvas or straw stood there in long lines, a strong odour of over-ripe mirabelle plums was wafted hither and thither. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat and the Thin] Reference
CASCAL is available in three delicious blends: Crisp White, with notes of pear, apricot and magnolia; Light Red, with notes of blackcurrant, cherry and mirabelle; and Fine Dry, with notes of cherry, apple and anise. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Eaten on their own as a candy or as an accompaniment to cheese, these little sugar encrusted fruit treats with a name that has no good translation, come in every imaginable flavor from raspberry to mirabelle plum to date. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Felt Peter to bring his Harriet to see me as soon as they retumi from this mysterious honeymoon of theirs, and believe me, dear Honoria, always (in spite of my venomous old tongue); most affectionately yours, mirabelle severn AND thames. From Wordnik.com. [Busman's Honeymoon]
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