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Ideas for dates please

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  • celyn90
    celyn90 Posts: 3,249 Forumite
    Date and walnut loaf :EasterBun
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  • Jayar
    Jayar Posts: 735 Forumite
    My DH has a date and banana sandwich every day for lunch.
    Yes, every bleedin day!
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  • CVID
    CVID Posts: 311 Forumite
    At a pinch, you could just eat them. That's how 99% of the world's date production ends up.
  • organic_wanabe
    organic_wanabe Posts: 808 Forumite
    celyn90 - I just love your little smillie!
  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,638 Forumite
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    Hi johnlincoln,

    We have an older thread with more ideas for dates so I've merged your thread with it to keep all the suggestions together.

    Pink
  • Prudent
    Prudent Posts: 11,686 Forumite
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    I got some dried dates on offer in Julian Graves. I have made the banana and date bars from the recipe thread (still in oven :) ) Does anyone else have any other nice recipes for dates? I have lots of other dried fruit in the cupboard, so any fruit cake/loaf recipe would be welcome.

    Thanks,
    Pru
  • Valentina2
    Valentina2 Posts: 212 Forumite
    You could make "devils on horseback", which are dates wrapped in streaky bacon and fried. Wrap a date in a slice of streaky bacon, put a cocktail stick through the middle to stop the bacon unwrapping, and fry them until the bacon is cooked. You don´t need to add any oil to the pan as the fat from the bacon will be enough to fry them. When cooked, he date will be warm and soft and the combination of sweet and savoury is delicious.
    Val
  • Prudent
    Prudent Posts: 11,686 Forumite
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    Sorry, forgot to mention that we are vegetarian. Dd became a vegetarian a couple of years ago and then I got a vegetarian boyfriend, so find it easier to cook what they will eat.
  • Justamum
    Justamum Posts: 4,727 Forumite
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    Make a nice sticky ginger cake and chop a few ounces of dates to go in it. Very yummy. Or just eat them out of the packet. Very yummy too!!!:D
  • Justamum
    Justamum Posts: 4,727 Forumite
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    Prudent wrote: »
    I got some dried dates on offer in Julian Graves. I have made the banana and date bars from the recipe thread (still in oven :) ) Does anyone else have any other nice recipes for dates? I have lots of other dried fruit in the cupboard, so any fruit cake/loaf recipe would be welcome.

    Thanks,
    Pru

    The bars sound nice - how do you get onto the recipe thread, or am I being unusually thick?:o
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