the half bushel. Dates My favorite fruit snack in the fall and winter is apple slices with dates, for the perfect mix of tart and sweet. Growing up, I never liked dates. They tasted dry and kind of waxy. But then I discovered there were soft, plump, moist varieties that didn’t taste like the chalky ones that haunted my childhood. Barhi dates, for example, are wet and sticky, but when frozen, they acquire the taste and chew of caramel candy. Seriously. Paired with my Honeycrisp, it’s like eating a butterscotch-flavored caramel apple. Locally, you should be able to find decent Medjool dates in
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