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Post by fullmahina on Mar 29, 2018 22:16:06 GMT
By the way, fresh figs are zero points. From your mouth to God's ear. I eat dried figs and don't count points for them. The most I eat is two or three at a time, same as the amount I would eat of fresh figs. I have made my peace with this. |
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Post by zazzles on Mar 29, 2018 23:07:22 GMT
By the way, fresh figs are zero points. From your mouth to God's ear. I eat dried figs and don't count points for them. The most I eat is two or three at a time, same as the amount I would eat of fresh figs. I have made my peace with this. Amen. I looked at the NI for fresh figs vs. fresh dates, and the dates are much more substantially NI dense. But, like you, if I was eating dates or figs and not going overboard beyond the extent I would eat other fresh fruit I wouldn't be concerned. I was just amazed to see "a hole" in the plan that isn't really addressed in the plan materials. I thought they had gotten their act together. |
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Post by Holly Gail on Apr 7, 2018 14:01:57 GMT
I live in an area with a sizable Arab population, and there's one market close to my house that's run by some Lebanese men. They always have a fairly large selection of quite a few varieties of dates. Once I saw a sign that said "fresh dates," and a woman who was picking through them (think what a display of tomatoes or apples looks like), so I asked her how to choose them. She picked some out for me; I bought them and took them home and tasted them.
First, the outside of each one is as smooth as a fresh cherry, as smooth as an apple. Second, they didn't taste sweet AT ALL. They were sort of a light green color, not the dark brown that dried dates are.
The beautiful, sweet, brown, moist Medjool dates that many stores carry are, in fact, DRIED DATES and not fresh dates. When the package says "fresh Medjool dates" it means they're freshly dried.
Count 'em. They're high in SmartPoints; they were high in PointsPlus, they were high in Momentum points... You can budget for them, but they are in NO WAY zero points.
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Post by Daria on Oct 7, 2018 18:08:44 GMT
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Post by diva49 on Oct 7, 2018 18:59:33 GMT
This is from LiveStrong:
Fresh vs. Dried
The fresh dates are available soft, semi-soft or dry. The dry fresh date is not the same as the dried date. A dry date simply contains less moisture than a soft date. Fresh dates, if kept in an airtight container, stay fresh for up to 8 months if kept refrigerated, or for up to year in the freezer.
A dried date is deliberately dehydrated to remove its moisture. Dried dates have a longer shelf-life than the fresh. Dried dates if refrigerated in an airtight container stay fresh for up to one year, and if in the freezer can last up to five years.
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Post by cathygeha on Oct 8, 2018 8:24:21 GMT
Fresh dates are picked from the tree unripe...and nasty tasting acerbic things that sweeten as they age and ripen. My husband likes them and I do not. They are a bit like alum or unripe quince and make the tongue and mouth pucker more than raw lemon when eaten.
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Post by Kate on Dec 19, 2018 15:27:10 GMT
I did the calculations and 2 medjool date have 8 Smart Points. Calories 137; Saturated Fat 0; Sugars 30 gram and Protein 1 gram. Hope this information helps clear away some of the confusion about this food from the gods:)
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Post by DebDoesWW on Dec 19, 2018 15:51:41 GMT
Medjool dates are listed in the tracker too.
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Post by Holly Gail on Dec 20, 2018 5:28:28 GMT
Medjool dates are listed in the tracker too. How are they listed? With points? As zero? What? |
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Post by DebDoesWW on Dec 20, 2018 5:31:09 GMT
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Post by Holly Gail on Dec 20, 2018 18:11:37 GMT
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Post by wrbonebrake on Apr 26, 2019 22:41:39 GMT
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