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It's a date!  

secret_lade 49F
14128 posts
8/24/2020 3:49 pm
It's a date!


As in, dried fruit..... Unfortunately.

Nose Hairs brought a container of dates to the afternoon leadership meeting for everyone to try.

Not my favorite food in the world!

Between the<b> weird </font></b>texture and the thick, pasty residue it left on my teeth, It kind of turned my stomach a little. I can say, with great certainty, I won't be munching on these bad boys any time soon.

Good God!

The whole experience was pretty fitting for my Monday though.... Not quite terrible but I definitely don't want to experience that twice.

Happy Monday, thank God it's nearly over.

secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
8/25/2020 2:32 pm

    Quoting pocogato12:
    One of my friends gave me a small tin of stuffed dates: stuffed with peanut butter and sprinkled with powdered sugar. I have to admit, I loved them- but plain No Go
I think dates are probably best as part of a recipe of some kind or, like you said, stuffed. Eating just a date, all by itself... Overwhelming.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
8/25/2020 2:30 pm

    Quoting Paradox12121:
    I've never been a huge fan. Although I know they're good for you.
Nose Hairs did tell me all the different ways in which a date is good for you. I had initially wrinkled up my nose at them.... But felt peer pressure to try. Damn that peer pressure!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
8/25/2020 2:28 pm

    Quoting  :

So... Wrong... So many ways!! Dates need to stick to where they belong, in bread.


Paradox12121 54M
133 posts
8/25/2020 9:28 am

I've never been a huge fan. Although I know they're good for you.

Nothing much to say.


pocogato12 71F  
37235 posts
8/25/2020 8:17 am

One of my friends gave me a small tin of stuffed dates: stuffed with peanut butter and sprinkled with powdered sugar. I have to admit, I loved them- but plain No Go

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Bigmorgan20 46M
38 posts
8/25/2020 6:12 am

very nice here for the points too thanks


lindoboy100 61M
23969 posts
8/25/2020 4:15 am

I eat dates regularly, they're a really good source of natural sugars, and keep ye regular........try them chopped into salads, you guys like coleslaw, they're good in that too. I also chop them into a nut and seed mix with raisins. Eeh, I've just remembered that tasty date and walnut salad with bean sprouts and a lime and olive oil dressing........and a wee dod coriander/cilantro......that's lunch sorted then!

Medjool dates, deelish, the should re-name them 'me drool'.......


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
8/25/2020 12:11 am

    Quoting justaguyinalaska:
    Sadly, prunes are a terrifically healthy food that help your body in many ways, including vitamin delivery, immune system strengthening, digestion and weight loss. While (in my opinion) it is closer to a *delicacy* than kale, it is rarely anyone's choice for a tasty snack.......unless Nose Hairs is French or a Francophile, in which case he is projecting the French notion that prunes are truly a delicacy.
Actually, I do like prunes and buy them from time to time.... But these were dates, and, there is a difference between the fruit of the two. I know this because I received the lecture. LOL


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
8/25/2020 12:05 am

    Quoting beenlost:
    Since Indiana Jones, I would not come close to eating any dates that were not pre-packaged
Oh that's right! The dates in the bowl! LOL


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
8/25/2020 12:05 am

    Quoting jolielaide:
    what a truly weird thing to bring to a meeting. what the hell was he thinking?
    only time you bring dried fruit to anything is if it's part of a charcuterie board.
I thought so as well. He's brought different kinds of fruit before, some I like, some I don't.... But fruit you can snack on. This.... Not so much.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
8/25/2020 12:03 am

    Quoting Paulxx001:
    I like the taste. I don't like the gooey feel. It really DOES mess with your teeth.
    Hmmm... People who hike a lot and do camping, seem to like them. 😎 🍷 🍷
The teeth part... That was the part I disliked the most! I'm kind of funny about my teeth, they hold high importance to me. You can tell a lot about a person by the condition of their teeth. I didn't like having mine covered in date goo.... yuck!


justaguyinalaska 57M
879 posts
8/24/2020 11:58 pm

Sadly, prunes are a terrifically healthy food that help your body in many ways, including vitamin delivery, immune system strengthening, digestion and weight loss. While (in my opinion) it is closer to a *delicacy* than kale, it is rarely anyone's choice for a tasty snack.......unless Nose Hairs is French or a Francophile, in which case he is projecting the French notion that prunes are truly a delicacy.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
8/24/2020 11:57 pm

    Quoting easy_going2014:
    that's tough

    it's hard to enjoy the food that people really like, when it doesn't do anything for you

    at work, I try to bring a couple of different foods when I bring things in

    and, I'll ask a few people what they'd prefer

    at least you tried them

    be safe

    hmm

    Krysta Rodriguez - "Safer"

    Seen a million movies
    All selling true love.
    Fantasies I'm not sure
    That I'm worthy of.

    Caution to the wind
    My heart's been on display.
    Still the end result is
    It's not gone my way.

    So when I date some new guy
    Who's a deadbeat or jerk
    At least I'm not so crushed
    When it all doesn't work...

    When you once, unafraid,
    Wore your heart on your sleeve
    And the ones that you loved
    Chose to just turn and leave

    Every day it gets harder to
    Somehow believe
    You will survive, so you strive
    Just to keep up your guard

    'Cause it's safer to hold every card.
    Oh, it's safer to hold every card.
I did try it... I can now honestly say I have eaten a date. It reminded me a little of the inside of a fig newton, and I did wonder if dried figs are like that too.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
8/24/2020 11:52 pm

    Quoting KX450F2016:
    I've played catch up on some of your posts....... you sure are entertaining with your life events and your Spawn! LOL Way more entertaining than my days for sure!
Thanks for stopping by and catching up! It's never a dull moment around me... LOL

Actually, I think we all tend to have the same types of things happen to us, it just depends on how we see them and interpret them. Even in the most terrible of situations, I try to find the funny. Sometimes I find it, sometimes I don't.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
8/24/2020 11:47 pm

    Quoting luv2suk1966:
    I can honestly say I've never tried one. And now I don't think I will.
That was the first time I'd ever tried the actual dried fruit.... It was not for me.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
8/24/2020 11:45 pm

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    My Mother-in-law used to make date nut bars. I loved them but never had plain dates. My Monday was pretty good. I laid into my underling whose been ignoring my directives. I did it right in front of our supervisor.
I've eaten stuff made with dates in it... Like bread, etc, but never just eaten a plain date. It looked like a less moist version of a prune, so I expected the texture of it to be somewhat similar to a prune. It was not....


beenlost 63M
47 posts
8/24/2020 11:36 pm

Since Indiana Jones, I would not come close to eating any dates that were not pre-packaged


jolielaide 52F  
1754 posts
8/24/2020 8:49 pm

what a truly weird thing to bring to a meeting. what the hell was he thinking?
only time you bring dried fruit to anything is if it's part of a charcuterie board.


Paulxx001 66M
22642 posts
8/24/2020 8:26 pm

I like the taste. I don't like the gooey feel. It really DOES mess with your teeth.
Hmmm... People who hike a lot and do camping, seem to like them. 😎 🍷 🍷


easy_going2014 57M
14366 posts
8/24/2020 7:26 pm

that's tough

it's hard to enjoy the food that people really like, when it doesn't do anything for you

at work, I try to bring a couple of different foods when I bring things in

and, I'll ask a few people what they'd prefer

at least you tried them

be safe

hmm

Krysta Rodriguez - "Safer"

Seen a million movies
All selling true love.
Fantasies I'm not sure
That I'm worthy of.

Caution to the wind
My heart's been on display.
Still the end result is
It's not gone my way.

So when I date some new guy
Who's a deadbeat or jerk
At least I'm not so crushed
When it all doesn't work...

When you once, unafraid,
Wore your heart on your sleeve
And the ones that you loved
Chose to just turn and leave

Every day it gets harder to
Somehow believe
You will survive, so you strive
Just to keep up your guard

'Cause it's safer to hold every card.
Oh, it's safer to hold every card.

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KX450F2016 55M
193 posts
8/24/2020 7:19 pm

I've played catch up on some of your posts....... you sure are entertaining with your life events and your Spawn! LOL Way more entertaining than my days for sure!


luv2suk1966 63M/57F
1927 posts
8/24/2020 7:09 pm

I can honestly say I've never tried one. And now I don't think I will.

Have a great day, and be nice to one another.


mc_justmc 63M

8/24/2020 6:21 pm

My Mother-in-law used to make date nut bars. I loved them but never had plain dates. My Monday was pretty good. I laid into my underling whose been ignoring my directives. I did it right in front of our supervisor.


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