from the date palm tree and have a sticky texture; sometimes sold already pitted and chopped

Dates come packaged in a number of different forms. Pitted and unpitted dates from the Middle East and California are sold in plastic containers and have not been artificially sweetened. Chopped dates that have been rolled in powdered sugar are much sweeter. For the recipes in this book, I suggest using the non artificially sweetened variety.

One of the earliest fruits know to man, dates were grown in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) and in Egypt more than 5,000 years ago. Called "the candy that grows on trees," they served as food for camel caravans making treks across the dessert.

Khajoor Dry Fruit

Dates is the seventh Christmas special episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses, first screened on 25 December 1988.

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