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Christmas is the Season For Gifting Medjool Dates

Among the less known traditional gifts are medjool date and assorted dated gift baskets.  It was how I was first introduced to dates a long time ago.  I thought they were chocolates covered with coconut.  Turned out they were dates with coconut.  They were the cheap dates, not the medjool dates, but not bad.  Once I tasted the medjool date it was a whole different experience.  It is kind of like when you get a gift box with chocolates from Wally world and a box of chocolates from Sees candys.  There is a huge day and night difference, so if you are considering gifting dates, considered that there is a huge difference.  One makes you look like a considerate individual, the other one makes you look cheap. Choose carefully, one is a career maker, the other is a career breaker.

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The Medjool Date Harvest Season Is Over

By mid October the medjool date harvest season was over.  Now the only dates available are older dates. Medjool dates get a little dryer and harder over time, but they can last a very long time.  The date festival is coming and lots of dates will be available at the Indio fairgrounds a lot of tourists are introduced to dates for the first time at this event.  It has grown quite a bit, so much so that it is getting out of hand.  The success to a large extent depends on the weather.  The desert is often cold in the winter.  Evenings can be brutal.  In day time it is warmer than most other areas, but at night it can be colder than other areas.  The range in temperature is extreme, it is another unattractive thing about the desert.  Extremes in temperature are not everyone’s cup of tea.

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