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Date fruit

  • 21-01-2012 06:01PM
    #1
    cat_dog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 276 ✭✭


    Where is the best place in Dublin to buy natural dates? I've seen them in supermarkets like Superquinn and Lidl but they were coated in glucose syrup. Yuck.

    I thought this would be the best forum to ask..
    Thanks :)
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  • #2
    Gauge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Gauge


    Whereabouts in Dublin are you based? I buy them from a fruit and veg shop in Deansgrange, think they're about €2-3 for a bag of pitted dates, no syrup or anything. They're extremely addictive!


  • #3
    Cardinal Richelieu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,407 ✭✭✭Cardinal Richelieu


    cat_dog wrote: »
    Where is the best place in Dublin to buy natural dates? I've seen them in supermarkets like Superquinn and Lidl but they were coated in glucose syrup. Yuck.

    I thought this would be the best forum to ask..
    Thanks :)

    I buy the Tesco Wholefoods ones, natural, sometimes people mistake the dates natural stickyness as a coating.


  • #4
    cat_dog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 276 ✭✭cat_dog


    Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »
    I buy the Tesco Wholefoods ones, natural, sometimes people mistake the dates natural stickyness as a coating.
    That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!:)


  • #5
    Slaphead07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,323 ✭✭✭Slaphead07


    small 'ethnic' middle eastern shops should have them. Just tightly packed sticky, no added sugar stuff.


  • #6
    castlewhite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭castlewhite


    the best dates for taste are Medjool dates, they will be sold loose(not packed tight or in those little circular packs) in a good fruit and veg shop or a middle eastern shop. They always contain the stone and are the most expensive.


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