[PennsylvaniaMom]

Whack...(the sound of PaMom hitting herself on the forehead) thats what I have been doing wrong...I haven't been soaking them long enough.

[GSlob]

"...thats what I have been doing wrong...I haven't been soaking them long enough."
Actually, it does not matter that much how long one soaks them: in the end one tosses the raisins out and drinks the gin. One could even dispense with the raisins altogether, but then it becomes uninteresting.