I ate my date.

@ridingbet (66857)
Philippines
May 23, 2017 5:39am CST
My niece came home from Dubai, and she and her father who is my kid brother, came home a few days ago. My niece,RL, brought us a bag of dates from Dubai. I like dates and I love eating them since I tasted them in Kuwait way back 1986-1990. A flatmate who is a Muslim said when it is their breakfast after the evening prayers at 6pm, and the first food they eat is a few dates. (It is in Quran that The prophet Mohammad had to eat dates to break his fasting the whole day.) I ate 5 pieces of dates. I like it over bananas now. Do you like dates?
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minx267
@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
ROFL - I just love that title... I don't eat dates though..
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minx267
@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
24 May 17
@ridingbet Yes, it does!
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 May 17
hahaha! my friend, does the title connote cannibalism?
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@minx267 and my next discussion's title is also a 'cannibal over-eating her dates'.
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Nawsheen
@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
23 May 17
Yes i like to have them. They are sold on supermarkets over here. I prefer the fresh one.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 May 17
you mean, the dates just picked out or plucked from the tree?
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Nawsheen
@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
24 May 17
@ridingbet yes. Sometimes we get them in the market over here.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
23 May 17
I like dates, but did not use them when my kids were around as they did not like them. I have not had any in a while.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 May 17
i like the taste of this palm fruit, and i think it has similarities with a prune.
allen0187
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
23 May 17
I like dates as well. My uncle worked in Saudi Arabia before and every time he went home here in the country he'd bring a lot and I'd have my fill of dates.
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allen0187
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
25 May 17
@ridingbet I can finish one pack in one sitting! That is how much I love dates!
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 May 17
@allen0187 me too, my friend. i simply love eating dates. i like the bigger ones. i want to take a piece now, but i worry i might have loose motions again, and it is Sunday tomorrow; sure i don't want to go out of the church to poop, right?
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 May 17
when i was in Kuwait, i did not even liked tasting a piece, but when my flatmate told me to taste one piece (it was Ramadhan that time), i bit one, and liked it. having a pack of dates as a token from somebody who comes from a Muslim country, is good if not better, than the refrigerator stick-on reminders, or strong perfumes, in my own opinion.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
24 May 17
Yes, I like dates, but I never eat more than a couple of dates, they are full of calories.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
25 May 17
@ridingbet I have no problems eating dates, dried prunes work as laxative.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
26 May 17
@LadyDuck yes, the dates are laxatives. now, if i want to eat, i think i will limit with just 3. my motions are now of normal consistency, and no more abdominal pains and urgency.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
25 May 17
rich in potassium too, but also a laxative.
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
23 May 17
Yes, I do. But I don't eat them often.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 May 17
there are some health benefits of dates. i believe it is high in potassium.
DianneN
@DianneN (246849)
• United States
28 May 17
I only like fresh dates, but my husband loves fresh or dried.
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DianneN
@DianneN (246849)
• United States
31 May 17
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 May 17
the dates was given by my niece, and they are dried dates.
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Susan
@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
24 May 17
I love them. I usually have a couple during the Christmas season.
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Susan
@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
28 May 17
@ridingbet not really. I space the eating of them.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
25 May 17
don't you have abdominal trouble after taking more than one piece?
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
23 May 17
My daughter is in the middle east and she occasionally would include them in the packages she sends home. Not very fond of them though. But your title provoke some naughty thoughts in my mind.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 May 17
really? maybe if the picture i posted is a person holding a knife. but you tasted dates, only you do not like it somehow?!
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
29 May 17
@ridingbet _They're good to use as a baking/ cooking ingredient.
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Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
23 May 17
I tried at least one but I can't take it.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 May 17
why? don't you like the taste? or the after-taste?
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Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
24 May 17
@ridingbet I don't like the taste, they've said it has iron so I tried but I cannot take it.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
25 May 17
@JustBhem oh, maybe you are tasting the iron as the IRON, like the plantsa? heheh!