Re: date palm syrup- legal?

[Guest guest]

Hey Marilyn,

About dates in general. In Israel they are mostly sold in both the

Market and Supermarket in the Bulk section in like large cases. Many

things are sold this way in Israel! In many health food stores they

are bagged by the actual store but with no labels. This makes it

difficult to know which dates these are. I wonder if there is a way

to tell by looking at it?? That way my dad can make this for me when

I am there. Since it is hard to know that honey is %100 honey there

and not mixed with molasses. He wants to get a source of honey from

his friend in a kibbutz.

I plan on returning to Israel again sometime in October/November at

that time I will contact Avi with the SCD kitchen and report back

here. My dad has been learning about all of this for me because he

wants me to have an easier trip next time (his wife- step mom is

totally nonsupporting of me doing this diet. Her mother has UC and

has suffered for like 60 yrs.) Even with my feeling better- she knows

best! But my dad doesn't care about opinion and is so happy something

is finally working and that I am sleeping again!

Anyway- wow that was a rant into some familial drama and dysfunction!

Jodi

> However, she said that dates from elsewhere could

> be legal if you were certain no sweetening had

> been added. I make a date syrup by pitting and

> chopping Medjool dates and simmering them in

> water, then whizzing them up like a syrup with a hand blender.

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> — Marilyn