D is for Dates
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Dates are the Fruit of Kings
Natural, pitted, and dried dates are wonderfully rich and sweet. In some parts of the world date palms are so highly valued that the trees are passed down from generation to generation, sometimes in the form of a bride's dowry. Under the proper climate conditions, a tree is capable of producing fruit for more than 100 years! Medjool date palms from French Morocco were introduced to California's Coachella Valley 80 years ago and today several varieties thrive in the area. We have a Canary Island Date Palm in our backyard that is about 50 years old. We learned from the previous owners that the tree was a volunteer—probably started when a squirrel buried a date. There are plenty of date trees in our neighborhood, which was once a large farm and dahlia field.
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A Few Facts Courtesy of Wikipedia
Dates have been a staple food of the Middle East for thousands of years. They are believed to have originated around the Persian Gulf, and have been cultivated since ancient times from Mesopotamia to prehistoric Egypt, possibly as early as 4000 B.C. There is archaeological evidence of date cultivation in eastern Arabia in 6000 B.C. In later times, Arabs spread dates around South & South East Asia, northern Africa, and Spain and Italy.
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Einar_A
May 20, 2012 @ 9:11 pm | delete
- I enjoy dates very much. I like grinding them up in the blender with a variety of nuts and seeds to make my own energy bars.
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iijuan12
May 18, 2012 @ 1:22 pm | delete
- I love making date bread. Yummy! I'm not a huge fan of fresh ones, though. I guess I've only had fresh ones in other countries and I always had to be on the lookout for bugs. Thankfully I haven't had that issue in the US.
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just_Dawn
Mar 18, 2012 @ 4:28 pm | delete
- Great info! Thanks! :)
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SereneSea Dec 10, 2011 @ 6:24 am | delete
- I loved the tree loaded with dates, it reminds me of the yummy tasty chutney we prepare with dates, jagiri and tamarind.
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MintySea
Nov 11, 2011 @ 9:59 pm | delete
- I want some dates after reading this. They are fun to eat like candy.
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D is for Dates was created by Kim Giancaterino on August 27, 2007. This Squidoo page is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
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