Going to the Bangladeshi fruit market yesterday I saw this reddish dates on display. Not contented, I personally went to the vendor asking what they were and where did they come from. Well, they were indeed dates and came from Saudi Arabia.
I have worked in Saudi before and I haven't seen such color being sold...they're usually yellow in color. The size is smaller too compared to the red ones.
These are still raw and not good to eat. Years ago while working in Saudi, every week with the consultant I work with, he usually have a box weekly from one of his patients. He will just get a handful then give to me for all of us nurses in our area.
Some will eat them when they're fully ripe, all brown in color. I like it half-ripe and half-raw. That way, it's not too sweet and it gives you that crunchy way of eating a real fruit like a pear.
There might not be fresh ones in some places for they are exported already sweetened and can be bought in some Asian stores around the globe or at duty-frees in Middle Eastern airports or can be anywhere like Morocco.
