Different names for the Fruit of the Date palm.

Question

My grandma was from Zacatecas and use to use dates in her rice pudding. She called them by a specific name. I dont know if it was a colloquial, regional name or possibly a slang term? I know that "datil" is the correct spanish word. Anyone know any other names for it.

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Answer 1

Date palm

Medjool is probably the best known it is a large soft sweet variety grown

throughout the Middle East , but also in California from where it is exported

all over the world , it is also one of the most expensive , I pay $19.00 per Kilo.

Dry or soft dates are eaten out-of-hand, or may be pitted and stuffed with fillings such as almonds, walnuts, pecans, candied orange and lemon peel, tahini, marzipan or cream cheese. Pitted dates are also referred to as stoned dates. Partially dried pitted dates may be glazed with glucose syrup for use as a snack food. Dates can also be chopped and used in a range of sweet and savory dishes, from tajines (tagines) in Morocco to puddings, ka'ak (types of Arab cookies) and other dessert items. Date nut bread, a type of cake, is very popular in the United States, especially around holidays. Dates are also processed into cubes, paste called "'ajwa", spread, date syrup or "honey" called "dibs" or "rub" in Libya, powder (date sugar), vinegar or alcohol. Vinegar made from dates is a traditional product of the Middle East.[19][20] Recent innovations include chocolate-covered dates and products such as sparkling date juice, used in some Islamic countries as a non-alcoholic version of champagne, for special occasions and religious times such as Ramadan. When Muslims break fast in the evening meal of Ramadan, it is traditional to eat a date first.

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Fruit Phoenix dactylifera is a flowering plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit. Although its place of origin is unknown because of long cultivation, it probably originated from lands around Iraq. Wikipedia

Hi Amber could the Scots guy do this ? - ray76, Jan 20, 2016

$19Australian? Wow. Expensive! - gringojrf, Jan 20, 2016

I don't know the names but here in La Paz you can get several types. Most are about 50 pesos per kilo. - gringojrf, Jan 20, 2016

They are now about $29. 95. - ray76, Jan 21, 2016

Answer 2

Ecuché de mi amiga. Dijo "Dátil es la palabra correcta. No conozco otra palabra que sea sinónimo de dátil."

Thanks jubilado . As I understand it all the other words are localised words for the types of dates grown there .I think that the Medjool dates are the biggest and sweetest and are grown throughout the middle East , but California has just about taken o - ray76, Jan 21, 2016

over the market they are delicious and I love them but cannot afford them . - ray76, Jan 21, 2016

Answer 3

Hi Gringojrf, you think that was expensive have a look at these our dollar has

dropped against the US dollar they are now $29.95

Yes we have those here. About 50 pesos or $3US for a kilo. Time to move to Mexico mate then you can all the dates you want. Oh also date shakes are very popular here. - gringojrf, Jan 22, 2016