Funny! I was thinking the same thing "what the heck are happy raisins?"

That is what my daughters call my souped up raisins. Take one box of yellow raisins, dump in a shallow dish (glass or porcelain is best), pour gin over them. Let them sit on your counter, uncovered, for about 5 days. I stir them up twice daily, to get them all to the bottom of the dish for a while. The raisins will plumb up, the alcohol dissipate, and then I put them in a glass jar, and eat a spoon full in the morning, and a spoon full in the evening, to keep from having arthritis pain!

Google raisins in gin to find out more. All I know, the sulfur used to make the raisins yellow, and the juniper berries in the gin interact, and cause some magic potion. :)

How much gin? Well, I went to the liquor store, and asked for a bottle of gin. I was asked, how big... and I said I don't know, I am making raisins in gin. They knew what I was talking about, and sold me a small bottle of gin.

How many raisins? Some recipes say 9 daily, some say 10 daily. 10 daily didn't do anything for me, thus I take a spoon full in the morning, and another 12 hours later. Yes, the 12 hour time frame works best for me.

Moni

I remember you telling us about this a while ago. How long did it take for you to see results?

I do this regularly as well. I don't like eating them as is, but I put them in oatmeal, on my cereal, etc. When I run out, I get reminded again when my knee acts up. I just buy the 'mickey' at the liquor store. But you have to use the golden thompson raisins, not the dark ones.

I knew what you meant by "happy raisins" and am glad you posted it. I tried them once before and it didn't work for me but am going to try again since I cannot take anything for the arthritis except Tylenol which is like taking nothing. Will try taking more than required like you do. Thanks for the reminder.