Title: Date Basics
Categories: Dessert Fruit
Yield: 1 Servings

SELECTING,STORING,PREPARING
		Phoenix dactylifera

SEASON: All year.

LOOK FOR: Lustrous plump golden brown fruit, lighter in color than dried dates. Both pitted and unpitted dates are sold prepackaged.

TO STORE: Keep dates tightly wrapped; when refrigerated, they will keep for several weeks.

TO PREPARE: Cut out the pits, if necessary.

TO SERVE: Eat dates out of hand; use them with other fruit as a dessert; or use them in recipes for desserts, cookies, and salads.

Source: The New Good Housekeeping Cookbook ISBN: 0-688-03897-2 Typos by Dorothy Flatman 1995

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