Winter Dates from China in Singapore

Winter Dates in packaging, bought from Fairprice supermarket, Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

I was looking for fruit in a Fairprice supermarket in Singapore. I wanted cheap fruit. The prices of most fruit in Singapore is twice the price of the UK.

I spied Winter Dates. What were they? Dates?

I bought them.

When I got home I was disappointed to find that they were rock hard. I was also puzzled. What was I supposed to do with them? Wait until they matured and softened? Then eat them raw? Or boil them up?

 I bit into one. It is edible. Like a hard apple. No flavour. Maybe bulk with a flavoursome fruit to make a fruit salad or fruit pie.

One suggestion on Facebook from Jane>

 Try Sephardi charoset?

• I looked ir up.
• Shredded apple, walnuts.

 Seder night food 

for Passover.

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• Another suggestion, try soaking them in wine for a couple of days.

http://chestofbooks.com/gardening-horticulture/fruit/Tropical-And-Subtropical-Fruits/Date-Picking-And-Packing.html  

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