Pecan treats

Usage examples of pralines.

Mademoiselle de Pralines asked, “Why is this cotton adrift in the harbor?

Jules was much more useful sitting in the forward cabin, giving advice through the open pressure hatch, and helping with the valves and switches—though after that kiss good-bye, Beau found himself wishing it was Emma de Pralines lending him a hand.

Emma de Pralines had been an impossible ideal twirling a white parasol, a walking emblem of Southern womanhood, all done up in satin ribbons—and likely trailing a dozen infatuated beaus, each able to buy and sell a stranded naval officer.

And a woman who needed Beau far more than Emma de Pralines ever could.

If they did not belong to the de Pralines, it was up to their masters to say so.

I’ve heard of New Orleans pralines all my life, so I got some today and now they’ve disappeared.

I've heard of New Orleans pralines all my life, so I got some today and now they've disappeared.

Young James, tallest of the children, proclaimed them to be pralines, and they cheered once again.