Comments on: Locally Grown Golden Dates???

By: Lou

Lou — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:36:19 +0000

finally, I know can put a name on those fruits you featured! I see them these days at the Asian markets but hadn’t the courage to taste them. Now I could try these jujubes without fear of getting an upset stomach.

By: miles

miles — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:04:33 +0000

Dates (fruit of Palm Tree)are available during summer and a traditional fruit during Ramadan in the Middle East.Here in Kuwait you will find Palm Trees along the road,well take cared by Bangladesh Nationals and mostly in the backyard of kuwaiti villas. You can eat this unripe which is in yellow color and crunchy but its sweeter when ripe and soft which its color become red…very delicious!

By: Florence

Florence — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:20:22 +0000

i think it is mansanitas, reminds me of sugar plum.
I miss the taste.

By: brenda

brenda — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:57:11 +0000

@ brownedgnat, you’re right, manzanitas looked like miniature green apples. They turn red if overipe, but the shape is still like an apple. We had a big tree before and got lots of childhood memories with it.

The ones in MM’s picture does’nt look like it. I haven’t seen this kind of fruit so I really cannot contribute but its good that there are lots of information on these.

By: brownedgnat

brownedgnat — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:29:38 +0000

Definitely jujube. They are plentiful at the farmer’s market here in northern California. They’re called Chinese apples and taste similar to apples. This all brings back memories. Growing up, my grandfather brought home tiny apples. They grew wild in Cavite. It didn’t click when I bought some at the farmer’s market until “Tulip” mentioned manzanitas. However, I recall Manzanitas looked more like miniature green apples–in shape and in taste. I don’t recall the red color.

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:49:15 +0000

I agree with Alilay and Grace they are jujube. They are good dried too. You can find a lot of this in Thailand too.

By: grace

grace — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:46:13 +0000

Yup these are definitely jujubes or [called dates here in china]. they are very much in season in Beijing right now. I’ve seen them range from small olive size to near golf ball sized ones. I find the small ones sweeter. I only eat them while they are still crisp – i find the mushy ones disgusting. They are also available dried, fried [like potato chips] and candied. the english translation for the candied ones is – donkey hide gelatin dates…. wonder if its really stewed in donkey hide

By: tulip

tulip — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:08:23 +0000

Jujube is known as Mansanitas locally. Now I have to say, it looks like mansanitas than a date palm to me.

By: Kit

Kit — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:38:38 +0000

The photos are of a fruit known here(Canada) as Jujubes. They are not dates. Dates are from the Date Palm, and are usually yellow or orange brown.

Jujubes are also known as Chinese Dates. They are sweet and have
the consistency of an Apple.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujube

Cheers

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:26:39 +0000

T., Fabulous post, and what a nice place to spend a few weeks! I think the mirabelles may be slightly different from the ones I have above, but delicious in a pie nonetheless! Enjoy the rest of your trip! alilay, Jujubes or Chinese dates, interesting, have to look that up. And I know the ripe red ones, have seen those before but have never cooked with them. eatit1s, thanks for the link! Risa, you are using a particular version of explorer where the comments sometimes go blank… its a little bug that I can’t figure out, or at least my tech guy is too busy to figure out. It doesn’t happen in Firefox which seems to be a pretty good browser alternative… Julie, thanks! Jujube seems to make the most sense so far…