How to spoil a good meal

She spoke freely of proteins, carbohydrates, and the physiological requirements of the average individual. She was not a girl who believed in mincing her words, and a racy little anecdote she told about a man who refused to eat prunes had the effect of causing me to be a non-starter for the last two courses.

(from Very Good, Jeeves, by Sir P. G. Wodehouse)

BENEFITS OF PRUNES