So has anyone on here ever eaten fresh dates? I had only ever had the dried variety and I never liked them, but then I was at the healthfood store and I saw fresh dates, so I thought I'd give them a try. OH MY GOD they are so awesome!! I swear it's like eating candy...Except they are a harmless fruit! The only thing that kind of sucks is that they are pretty expensive.

Yeah, they're really great. I like to eat them with fresh figs for dessert in the summer.

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I've only ever tried the dried ones too, but i'd like to try a fresh one can't even imagine what they look like.

my friend has a huuuuuge date tree in her garden, so i have them all summer :] i love datesss!
last year, they were all falling on the floor and squidging.. so we hear her five year old brother screaming and crying and assume he stepped on a nail or glass where they were getting the sitting room redone... nope, he's stepped on a date :]

I've tried the partially re-hydrated ones.

I was sitting there for about ten minutes chewing this.. this thing, wondering when it was going to start tasting good, or more preferably, go away.



I love dried dates though. They're super sugary though. But so tasty. I so miss working at a health food shop.

I've never had a fresh fig before.

They're really syrupy and sweet. Fresh figs and cream rocks. Too bad my fig tree won't grow in the north of England (not sunny enough where I live now). I could get my grandad to post some up from the south I suppose... hmm....

Man you've got to try some. Figs and cream (with a little honey) is SO SO SO good.. I used to love eating that when I was a young child growing up in the southeast USA.

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Figs and cream is AWESOME. I had a desert once that I think was dates and walnuts in honey. Served warm over vanilla ice cream. I'm not sure if it was dates, because if it was, that would've been the only time I had dates.

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Where can you get fresh figs? What do they taste like?