Dates - Love em or Hate em???

[Limey]

I now equate dates with the other, hideously gross "D" word.

Ew.

Double ew.

Oh yeah and I hope she feels better, too.

[Roxy]

I like Medjool dates stuffed with Macadamia butter

A couple of months ago I also chopped some up and baked them into a banana bread recipe. Mmmmmm - they went gooey and sticky and some went a little bit crunchy from the sugar. YUM!!!

[Limey]

Ewwww. I hate chewy things being snuck in with regular, normal, good food. Namely bread. Raisins and dates need to be left alone.

[Gorilla]

i don't like dates. i don't like sweet food much at all any more, unless i'm really in the mood for something. i get especially disappointed by vegan cakes that are supposed to be chocolatey and turn out to be mostly dates.

p.s. get well soon stickydate!

[Limey]

i get especially disappointed by vegan cakes that are supposed to be chocolatey and turn out to be mostly dates.

Oh the horror! Since when do dates replace chocolate?!?! Blasphemy if I ever heard it.

[Juice]

Oh the horror! Since when do dates replace chocolate?!?! Blasphemy if I ever heard it.

yeah, that's just not right. the two don't even compare.

[Gorilla]

i've had quite a few vegan 'chocolate' cakes where the people making them have used loads of dates, presumably to help bind them. it's just not on is it

[Enchantress]

That is wrong , and I like dates. There's no dates in my choccy cake .

[Limey]

You're a good woman, Enchantress.

[Tigerlily]

I think that would taste good. Or dates in a vanilla cake, yum!

[Mystic]

Thanks Gorilla - I am feeling better today

Mmmm I love dates in bread - date and walnut bread, banana date bread mmmmm. I LOVE sticky date pudding, but I agree that dates in chocolate cake is wrong. My choccy cake is dateless too

[sugarmouse]

[QUOTE=Gorilla]i don't like dates. i don't like sweet food much at all any more, unless i'm really in the mood for something. i get especially disappointed by vegan cakes that are supposed to be chocolatey and turn out to be mostly dates.

is it since you have gone vegan gorilla or just for no apparent reason?i thin kmy sweet tooth has gone a lot since i have been vegan.I dont know why at all!

[Tigerlily]

Mine too Sugarmouse!

[Limey]

I hope this happens to me. Probably means I should stop buying vegan sweets.

[Tigerlily]

Yeah, like I still like my sugary tea and hot chocolate or the odd treat, but it's much better than it was. I think not being able to have whatever really helped. Now if I want a sweet, I have to make it myself or go out and buy it. By then, the craving has gone away.

[mophoto]

i friggin hate madjool dates
the only reason why i ever bought them in the first place was because of this raving woman. i was a new vegan, looking for advice, and i was taken advantage of
so thanks for nothing

i do like date bars though...

[Mystic]

Am I the culprit?

[Gorilla]

is it since you have gone vegan gorilla or just for no apparent reason?i thin kmy sweet tooth has gone a lot since i have been vegan.I dont know why at all!

yeah, it seems since i went vegan i like fewer sweet foods. when i was younger i used to love sweet things but now i don't eat them as often. i still like most fruit and vegan cake, ice cream etc. just not as much as i used to.

[assilembob]

Wow. I wish I could pick up that trait...I crave sweets like mad.

[Imapeach]

imapeach, im in Melbourne and i get date coconut rolls, and there is also date and almond rolls available at mot health food shops, i personally prefer the unpitted dates because they're gooeyer, lol, definately keep an eye out for the coconut rolls *drool*

added to my list of things to do when i've moved to Melb. *sigh* vegan paradise that place is....

[Limey]

i friggin hate madjool dates
the only reason why i ever bought them in the first place was because of this raving woman. i was a new vegan, looking for advice, and i was taken advantage of
so thanks for nothing

i do like date bars though...

Do not make me laugh out loud at work.

[Tigerlily]

Wow. I wish I could pick up that trait...I crave sweets like mad.

I forgot to mention that my sweet cravings got replaced with fat and salt cravings (chips, crackers, french fries, white bread, etc).

[mophoto]

Am I the culprit?

of course!! at least i got to try something new

date farmers everywhere should pay you for your fine job of promoting... hmm unless they aleady do

[catalina]

I love dates in date maamoul. I've been able to find some made with vegetable ghee instead of butter at Selfridge's.

[Limey]

I love dates in date maamoul. I've been able to find some made with vegetable ghee instead of butter at Selfridge's.

I only understood 18 out of 21 of those words.

[catalina]

Jeez, you counted the words? Which ones, ghee and Selfridge's?

[Limey]

and maamoul

[Christie]

I went to the shop today to buy some but they looked ugly and cost a whole lot!!

[Haniska]

I loooove medjool dates, natures caramel, hippie crack. They are so sweet that after 2 I am sick, I wait a few minutes for the nausea to die down then I am at it again. They also make my gums itch. I used to buy a pack every time I went to Whole Foods but I haven't lately because I am so bad > I'll ask for some for my birthday. I'm trying to get off sugar anyway.

[Limey]

I loooove medjool dates, natures caramel...

I should also take the time to tell you all how much I loathe caramel. Yet another reason for me to steer clear of these ugly food items.

[Christie]

I should also take the time to tell you all how much I loathe caramel. Yet another reason for me to steer clear of these ugly food items.

I hate caramel too, its horrible.

[mandycoot]

Oooh I adore both dates and caramel! Not together though.

[Haniska]

that's why I add carrots to mine, put it over rice, and make sure I don't serve it from a white bowl.

A white bowl!?!?!
You are so disgusting!!!

[Aarinsky]

I like ripening dates, and fresh ripe dates. When they haven't fully ripened, they're crisp and crunchy. When they're fully ripe, they're soft, smooshy and sweet. Either way, they're great, and better than the dried varieties (which I love too).

[moonshadow]

i like them in things... like sticky toffee pudding.

can't stand them on their own, but as that sticky toffee pudding wouldn't exist without them, i had to pick love 'em.

[Limey]

We need more haters in here. I refuse to let Team Date win this poll/competition.

[moonshadow]

if i hadn't tasted that sticky toffee pudding a couple weeks ago, i'd be right with you, limey!

[Limey]

Too bad, lost another one. Stupid sticky toffee pudding!

[paulvegan]

i love dates,dates i do love, yes i can confirm i love dates

[Juice]

We need more haters in here. I refuse to let Team Date win this poll/competition.

if you vomit, it counts as 10 votes against.

[Limey]

if you vomit, it counts as 10 votes against.

[Juice]

that smiley is so gross, yet I can't quit watching it...

[Limey]

Notice the chunks in it?








THOSE ARE DATES!

[Roxy]

LOL! Mmmmmmm regurgitated dates!!

[Juice]

LOL! Mmmmmmm regurgitated dates!!

they make a good frosting for date squares... mmmmm.

[Ashee]

Dates are good, I like them in stuff and by them selves...

[aubergine]

Dates - Food of the gods. But not as good as Figs.

[Imapeach]

Ugh... I just found some worm thingies living inside my medjool dates. True story. They'd poopied all inside of it too.

Definitely. NOT. Vegan.

Can I convert to the other team now please?

[aubergine]

I've heard of this happening in some countries. That's got me thinking...

[Limey]

Ugh... I just found some worm thingies living inside my medjool dates. True story. They'd poopied all inside of it too.

Definitely. NOT. Vegan.

Can I convert to the other team now please?

Do it, Peach, doooo eeeeett!!! Come join us *said in soothing, hypnotic tone*...be one of usssss.