When are gray dates picked? How to choose and buy gray dates

Gray dates are also called Xinzheng gray dates. The fruit is long and obovate, and the skin is orange-red. It is produced in Xinzheng, China. Gray dates are named because before the Ruoqiang dates mature and turn red, they are gray all over, as if covered with a layer of frost, so they are named "gray dates". The flesh is green-white, dense, crisp, and has a lot of juice. The flesh of the dried dates is dense and elastic, and tastes sweet and tasty.

Contents of this article

1. When to pick gray dates

2. How to choose gray dates

3. How to eat gray dates

When to pick gray dates

The picking time of Ruoqiang grey dates is uniformly stipulated by the government, and farmers cannot pick them ahead of time. The government generally sets the harvest time of red dates in the middle and late October of the Gregorian calendar every year.

It is reported that the picking time of Ruoqiang red dates is slightly later than that of other places every year. The Ruoqiang red dates that hang naturally on the trees can fully accumulate various elements such as sugar and trace elements, reaching the best state, thus ensuring the quality of the red dates.

How to choose gray dates

Pinch, look and taste:

1. Pinch the flesh of the red dates to see if it can bounce back quickly. The better the rebound, the better the quality of the dates.

2. Tear off the date skin and flesh to see the texture of the flesh. Dates with high sugar content can be pulled into threads when the humidity is appropriate. Such dates taste sweet, but no threads can be seen if the dates are very dry. You can look at the color. Yellow-white, pink or light brown flesh has high sugar content.

3. Finally, eat it. The red dates from good production areas have glutinous and delicious flesh, and the date skin is thin. The sweet and firm taste is unforgettable.

Gray jujube is also called Xinzheng gray jujube. The fruit is long obovate and the peel is orange-red. It is produced in Xinzheng, China. The gray jujube got its name because the Ruoqiang jujube is gray all over before it matures and turns red, as if covered with a layer of frost, so it is named "gray jujube". Later, it was cultivated on a large scale in Xinjiang and other places. The fruit is long obovate, with a slightly thin and slightly skewed body. The top of the fruit is wide and round, with a slightly concave apex. The fruit surface is relatively flat. The peel is orange-red, turning from green to gray before the white-ripening period, and from gray to white in the white-ripening period. The flesh is green-white, dense, crisp, and has a lot of juice. The flesh of the dry jujube is dense and elastic, can recover after being compressed, and is resistant to storage and transportation.

How to eat gray dates

1. Ready to eat right after opening the bag, with rich jujube fragrance and refreshing sweet taste.

2. Soak it in boiling water for a few minutes to make it soft, sweet and delicious.

3. Make soup, porridge, and tea.