how do you tell if dates have gone bad?

ArmsOfLove · 04-25-2007, 02:47 PM

I just went to use them but the date on them is 3/29/07 (thus my switch to Bulkapean eating

)

But are they really bad? They don't stink. They look like dates

poleidopy · 04-25-2007, 02:53 PM

I was actually going to post the SAME question!!! Once I transferred mine from the store's plastic containers to my glass jars, they had dried out a little. Aren't they supposed to be more chewy & less hard & dry? Anyway,

for the answer to your question (as the baby is CHEWING on my leg...ow, ow, ow)

doubleblessings · 04-25-2007, 03:18 PM

I don't know, but DH kept some in the fridge that he bought last Christmas ('05) for

maybe 5-6 months and was still eating some of them (he way over bought). I finally tossed the rest but he said they were still good.

Beauty4Ashes · 04-25-2007, 03:48 PM

I know this from experience. Dates keep quite well in the refrigerator. But if they are not refrigerated and start getting really dry skin and kind of crunchy and if you open them up and find little critters inside, then they are too old. Dh always brings back dates from Syria; people buy the medjool dates from Saudi Arabia to give to us, so we are stuck with tons of dates for a long while.

ArmsOfLove · 04-25-2007, 04:47 PM

thank you

I also called a friend who loves dates and she said basically the same thing--that they are like raisins but they might dry out and crystallize.

so should be good for what I'm making

Beauty4Ashes · 04-25-2007, 05:04 PM

Although when the dates get really dry, they can still work for a date filling. In the Arab world, there's this cookie called mahmoul, it's a buttery cookie stuffed with a date filling. I made some with dates that were pretty dry and they still tasted pretty good.

poleidopy · 04-25-2007, 05:32 PM

OK, now I am really freaked out about finding "critters" in my dates. Yeah, I've only had them for a few days, but still.

So should I stick the glass container they're in in the fridge?

And Crystal, now I am dying to know what you're making.

ETA: I'm glad someone knew the answer - I tried googling "do dates go bad?" and just got a lot of weird relationship advice.

Teacher Mom · 04-25-2007, 05:34 PM

Until I read what forum this was in, I thought you were talking about dating dates........

Yeah, you just know when they have gone bad.....

Beauty4Ashes · 04-25-2007, 06:02 PM

Next week on Oprah: When good dates go bad and how to spot a bad one before it gets you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by poleidopy

OK, now I am really freaked out about finding "critters" in my dates. Yeah, I've only had them for a few days, but still.

So should I stick the glass container they're in in the fridge?

And Crystal, now I am dying to know what you're making.

ETA: I'm glad someone knew the answer - I tried googling "do dates go bad?" and just got a lot of weird relationship advice.

ftr, those dates had been sitting in our pantry for months, maybe even close to 1 year. After a couple of days, nothing should be wrong with them.

jghomeschooler · 04-25-2007, 06:37 PM

@ the relationship advice, i would not have expected such results while looking for food info LOL

ArmsOfLove · 04-25-2007, 06:42 PM

that's funny

I'm making a recipe from Living Without called Sephardic Haroset Pick Me Ups. I'll try to post the recipe later

04-25-2007, 02:47 PM	#1
ArmsOfLove Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 79,607	how do you tell if dates have gone bad? I just went to use them but the date on them is 3/29/07 (thus my switch to Bulkapean eating ) But are they really bad? They don't stink. They look like dates __________________ Crystal "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." Maya Angelou

04-25-2007, 02:53 PM	#2
poleidopy Deactivated Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Where I'm loved. Posts: 16,592	Re: how do you tell if dates have gone bad? I was actually going to post the SAME question!!! Once I transferred mine from the store's plastic containers to my glass jars, they had dried out a little. Aren't they supposed to be more chewy & less hard & dry? Anyway, for the answer to your question (as the baby is CHEWING on my leg...ow, ow, ow)

04-25-2007, 03:18 PM	#3
doubleblessings Rose Garden Can I have this dance? Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,494	Re: how do you tell if dates have gone bad? I don't know, but DH kept some in the fridge that he bought last Christmas ('05) for maybe 5-6 months and was still eating some of them (he way over bought). I finally tossed the rest but he said they were still good. __________________ Doubleblessings (ISFJ) Blessed mom of DS-(10) and DD-(10)

04-25-2007, 03:48 PM	#4
Beauty4Ashes Rose Garden Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 13,095	Re: how do you tell if dates have gone bad? I know this from experience. Dates keep quite well in the refrigerator. But if they are not refrigerated and start getting really dry skin and kind of crunchy and if you open them up and find little critters inside, then they are too old. Dh always brings back dates from Syria; people buy the medjool dates from Saudi Arabia to give to us, so we are stuck with tons of dates for a long while. __________________ Tammy--ISTJ wife to AbuBa(6/2001) mom to B (6/2004) D (6/2005) L 4/2008 R 9/2015 Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that they might be glorified.

04-25-2007, 04:47 PM	#5
ArmsOfLove Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 79,607	Re: how do you tell if dates have gone bad? thank you I also called a friend who loves dates and she said basically the same thing--that they are like raisins but they might dry out and crystallize. so should be good for what I'm making __________________ Crystal "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." Maya Angelou

04-25-2007, 05:04 PM	#6
Beauty4Ashes Rose Garden Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 13,095	Re: how do you tell if dates have gone bad? Although when the dates get really dry, they can still work for a date filling. In the Arab world, there's this cookie called mahmoul, it's a buttery cookie stuffed with a date filling. I made some with dates that were pretty dry and they still tasted pretty good. __________________ Tammy--ISTJ wife to AbuBa(6/2001) mom to B (6/2004) D (6/2005) L 4/2008 R 9/2015 Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that they might be glorified.

04-25-2007, 05:32 PM	#7
poleidopy Deactivated Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Where I'm loved. Posts: 16,592	Re: how do you tell if dates have gone bad? OK, now I am really freaked out about finding "critters" in my dates. Yeah, I've only had them for a few days, but still. So should I stick the glass container they're in in the fridge? And Crystal, now I am dying to know what you're making. ETA: I'm glad someone knew the answer - I tried googling "do dates go bad?" and just got a lot of weird relationship advice.

04-25-2007, 05:34 PM	#8
Teacher Mom Rose Garden Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Twilight Zone Posts: 13,772	Re: how do you tell if dates have gone bad? Until I read what forum this was in, I thought you were talking about dating dates........ Yeah, you just know when they have gone bad..... __________________

04-25-2007, 06:37 PM	#10
jghomeschooler Deactivated Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 991	Re: how do you tell if dates have gone bad? @ the relationship advice, i would not have expected such results while looking for food info LOL

04-25-2007, 06:42 PM	#11
ArmsOfLove Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 79,607	Re: how do you tell if dates have gone bad? that's funny I'm making a recipe from Living Without called Sephardic Haroset Pick Me Ups. I'll try to post the recipe later __________________ Crystal "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." Maya Angelou

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