Chopped Dates

Preparation and serving method

High-quality dates handpicked directly fromthe fruit bunch and sold as a premium variety in the markets. On a commercial scale, most are harvested by cutting the entire cluster, fumigated, cleaned, graded, packed, stored under refrigeration, and released to markets according to demand.

Here are some serving tips:

• Dry and soft dates are usually eaten out of hand without any add-on.

• Pitted dates can be stuffed with fillings such as almonds, walnuts, candied orange and cream cheese.

• They can also be chopped and added to fruit salad and in a range of sweet and savory dishes.

• Dates are also being used to prepare juice and Jallab (a type of syrup popular in the Middle East and made from dates, grape molasses, and rose water).

Date fruit allergy is a rare occurrence. The fruits are safe to eat in infants and the pregnant woman. However, in some sensitized individual to birch family pollen, exposure to date palm pollen may elicit cross-hypersensitivity reactions. For the same reason, avoid any food preparations that containdate palm products in these people..

Chopped Dates rolled in Rice flour to prevent sticking together. The date palm, native to the Middle East, was mentioned in the bible as the "tree of life," and the word "date" comes from the Greek "daktulos", which means "finger". Dates grow in large bunches which can weigh as much as 40 pounds, and large trees will yield more than 1,000 dates each year. In many countries dates are added to salads, cous cous dishes, curries and used in baked desserts and confections. As dates are very high in sugar,they can easily be converted into sugar. To make date sugar, arrange sliced dates on a baking sheet and bake at 450° for 10 to 15 minutes, oruntil very dry and hard as rocks. Grind in a food processor to make sugar.

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