Sunday, June 5, 2011

Dates of Tunisia

Date production in the world is only confined to a small number of countries, most of them being the Arab countries. And so when my dad returned home for a short 2 week vacation, he bought us a familiar pasalubong fresh from the Middle East Region - Dates

Dates of Tunisia
The date palm is believed to have originated in the lands around the Persian Gulf and in ancient times was especially abundant between the Nile and Euphrates rivers. A few trees around Bohol here in the Philippines are said to bear an abundance of fruits of good quality.

Dry or soft dates are eaten out-of-hand, or may be seeded and stuffed, or chopped and used in a great variety of ways: on cereal, in pudding, bread, cakes, cookies, ice cream, or candy bars. The fruit, because of its tannin content, is used medicinally as a detersive and astringent in intestinal troubles. In the form of an infusion, decoction, sirup or paste, is administered as a treatment for sore throat, colds, bronchial catarrh. It is taken to relieve fever, cystisis, gonorrhea, edema, liver and abdominal troubles. And it is said to counteract alcohol intoxication.

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