threeDATES!
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
September 25, 2018 10:04pm CST
Strong rains and winds do come intermittently here in my place, maybe due to the typhoon that is hovering in the skies.
How is your Wednesday, fellow users of this site? My sister is in her room elevating her lower limbs because she has left pedal fluid retention (edema), and she knows the reason why, but she told me a few minutes ago that last night, she wanted to wake me up to complain about the edema. I responded to her that I cannot do anything about that except advise her to elevate her legs and increase her oral fluid intake.
So, I stood in front of our dining table searching for something to eat. I then saw this red plastic bag with a bag of dates that was given by my sister-in-law. I took 3 pieces and ate it.
The dates are soft and the seeds are small. I am having an advance thinking that maybe my poop will be soft, because dates are somewhat stool softeners.
Persons with heart ailments should have soft stools. This is to prevent the heart from exerting too much effort in depositing the well-formed stool into the toilet bowl.
Do you like eating dates?
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@RasmaSandra (97990)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Sep 18
I enjoy figs more than dates but both are pretty much good to have now and then.
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@RasmaSandra (97990)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Sep 18
@ridingbet they are delicious. Soft, chewy and sweet.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
@RasmaSandra but isn't it these can be added as condiments to food that are cooked?
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
i wonder, are the dates cooked or roasted? or are they freshly picked, kept, and packed until they assume a wrinkled covering? hahaha
@LadyDuck (502391)
• Italy
27 Sep 18
@ridingbet Chestnuts are available right now here, during Christmas there are almonds, walnuts, but not chestnuts.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
really? here, when it is Christmas, the fruit or nuts that many would like to have on their dining tables is chest nut, and although i have tasted these nuts, i think i have already forgotten how it tastes now. 
my mother would usually ask me to buy chestnuts whenever i come home for vacation from Kuwait.
my mother would usually ask me to buy chestnuts whenever i come home for vacation from Kuwait.1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 Sep 18
@LadyDuck it was another type of nuts that i bought in the international airport here, thought these were chestnuts. when my mother said they were not, we still enjoyed the nuts.
we were able to buy chestnuts in a local grocery store here.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
these dates are sweet. i remember the dates that i bought in an Indian store in Kuwait were smaller
@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
I find it too sweet that is why I just eat one when we have...
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 Sep 18
which one is sweeter hija, the dates or the milk tea?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Sep 18
@brokenbee really? hahaha! if it is free, it should be sweeter. take care hija if you are alone in the mall.
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
29 Sep 18
@ridingbet hmmmm.. the dates? Hihi
Wait,what milk tea Ate? Those that I posted before on my FB every Friday? If that's it, it's ice blended coffee Ate.. Yes, that's too sweet too but it's free eh.. hihihi
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
He he all i think is its a dates outside the house like in park or fastfood chain.
I can take that fruit though I can say not my favorite.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
@ilocosboy they taste like prumes although prunes are better and more wrinkle-skinned and black.
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
Yes, my sister who worked in Kuwait brought some of dates
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@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
The two bags of dates are still in our refrigerator, untouched. None in my family likes dates. They were given to us by my sister-in-law.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
i think giving bags of dates from persons who work and toured in the middle east is already considered their usual gifts. bags of dates are usually what my sister-in-law gives us when she comes home from UAE.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
indeed, my lady. prunes, raisins, and dates i believe have high potassium content and have laxative effects.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
27 Sep 18
@ridingbet Yes, here they are expensive. You're lucky you get them as tokens. Tasty cakes can be made with them.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Sep 18
@bluesa i have not tasted a cake with dates. us here, we only get the chance to eat dates when any of my brother's family members have their vacation.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
really, dates are expensive there?
there are some palm trees of dates in the house of the president of the school where i am employed at, and i have seen these fruits still hanging in the tree. i do not expect though it is costly; well, maybe because we don't buy dates here but these are just given as tokens.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
it has a lot of potassium, and it is also a stool softener.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
yes it is. the laxative effect is one positive result that most heart-ailment stricken people should consider
@Courage7 (19626)
• United States
26 Sep 18
I adore dates but here they are rather hard to find dear friend.
Yes I read this about dates they are very good for a laxative effect.
I am sorry to know your sister is suffering the edema.
It is okay here it is early yet and I am a bit sad thinking of various people.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
yes, my sister is always complaining about her body image as having the swollen limbs, and i always explain to her that the signs are due to her sickness and she just has to change her lifestyle so she won't complain much about it.
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@Courage7 (19626)
• United States
27 Sep 18
@ridingbet Yes sometimes it is hard to motivate such a person I understand.
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@freelancermariagrace (29342)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
I have tried it once when my dad brought home a pack of dates from the middle east. I kind of liked it.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 Sep 18
oh, i get it. therefore you cannot eat a piece of date right out from the pack?
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
29 Sep 18
@ridingbet Exactly, do not like the taste or the texture.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
whenever i eat a date, i recall what a Muslim Filipina friend i had in Kuwait who narrated to me why they have to eat a certain number of dates to break their fast during Ramadhan.
