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crazychris12crazychris12 Posts: 26,254
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Does anyone here buy a box of dates to eat at Christmas? My mum always did when I lived at home. Hated them, all sticky and that stone in the middle. :rolleyes: Just seen some boxes in Asda so people must still buy them.

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    stud u likestud u like Posts: 42,100
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    I buy them without stones. They are better in cakes.
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    petral_galpetral_gal Posts: 1,051
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    Oooh i bought a bag of chopped dates today to make a sticky toffee pudding!!! I hate them on their own tho!!
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    LainiomonkioLainiomonkio Posts: 890
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    I love the gorgeous, plump, sticky dates from Waitrose - the Medjool ones.... dribble!
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    jsmith99jsmith99 Posts: 20,382
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    I've actually been looking for dates yesterday and today. M&S had "luxury" dates, at £4.99 for 12. Sainsbury's had the same dates, plus some French ones which looked awful! Budgen's had none.

    So tomorrow it looks like Tesco. I won't use the local ASDA because it has no "basket only" checkouts. The self service area has a notice "Up to about 20 items only"; what on earth does that mean? So it has a queue of full trolleys.
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    PaparazzoPaparazzo Posts: 6,155
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    Ugh my mum bought some yesterday and today I forgot about the seed and bit right through it. Ouch, my teeth. But it tastes nice in the way that they don't taste nice?
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    indianwellsindianwells Posts: 12,702
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    Paparazzo wrote: »
    Ugh my mum bought some yesterday and today I forgot about the seed and bit right through it. Ouch, my teeth. But it tastes nice in the way that they don't taste nice?

    Eh???:confused:
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 393
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    crazychris12 wrote: »
    Does anyone here buy a box of dates to eat at Christmas? My mum always did when I lived at home. Hated them, all sticky and that stone in the middle. :rolleyes: Just seen some boxes in Asda so people must still buy them.

    I do. I buy the unglazed ones, because I have a person at home which has problems in eating and dates are very good for your health - they are rich in minerals and a bunch of them is a perfect meal substitute,
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    staceyxxx23staceyxxx23 Posts: 12,549
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    Think my family do D: I don't like them though.
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    LaChatteGitaneLaChatteGitane Posts: 4,184
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    staceyxxx23 wrote: »
    Think my family do D: I don't like them though.

    School finished for the day ? Shouldn't you be doing any homework for school?
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    crazychris12crazychris12 Posts: 26,254
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    LaChatteGitane wrote: »
    School finished for the day ? Shouldn't you be doing any homework for school?

    Are you her parent? :D
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    LaChatteGitaneLaChatteGitane Posts: 4,184
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    crazychris12 wrote: »
    Are you her parent? :D

    No ! Thank god ! :D

    She wouldn't be allowed on the internet, computer, tv .....
    She would be allowed to read a book after I'd checked it out.

    And no music that I don't like either.:p

    No boys ! To the attic with ye !
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