As always, the purpose of this thread is to gather the community to explore a category of flavor and its many uses.
##⭐ This week's flavor is . . . Date
Post your own recipes containing this week's Flavor of the Week, as the star or in a supporting role, with or without development notes. Talk about other people's recipes that use it. Share flavor notes. Compare and contrast different manufacturers' versions of the FOTW. Ask for help using a flavor in general or to achieve something specific, offer advice, brainstorm ideas, consider substitutions, suggest pairings... really anything at all as long as it's on topic. But most of all, remember to have FUN
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>>###$20 worth of Date flavors
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###🔗 USEFUL LINKS
GENERAL INFORMATION
Date on Wikipedia | Flavor Facts - Date | Date Recipes on ATF
FLAVOR OF THE WEEK
NOTED PODCASTS
INFORMATION ARCHIVES
FOTW Listing | FOTW/Noted Spreadsheet | Flavor Facts
LAST WEEK
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🗓 COMING ATTRACTIONS
Here's a peek at what's on the schedule . . .
|DATE|FOTW|DATE|FOTW|DATE|FOTW|
|---:|:---|---:|:---|---:|:---|
|Jul20|Fig|Nov23|Apple+Bakery|Mar29|Bilberry|
|Jul27|Plum|Nov30|⭐ FOTQ VII|Apr05|Pink Lemonade|
|Aug03|Grapefruit|Dec07|🍂 ORIENTAL|Apr12|Clove|
|Aug10|Butter|Dec14|Cocoa|Apr19|Blueberry Blends|
|Aug17|Apricot|Dec21|Herbs|Apr26|Just Blueberry |
|Aug24|🍂 5's and 7's|Dec28|⭐ FOTY 2021|May03|Plain Lemonade |
|Aug31|⭐ FOTQ VI|Jan04|Huckleberry|May10|Corn|
|Sep07|Kiwi|Jan11|Pretzel|May17|Pineapple|
|Sep14|Cucumber|Jan18|Banana Nut Bread|May24|Fruity Custard|
|Sep21|Black Licorice|Jan25|Sesame |May31|⭐ FOTQ IX|
|Sep28|Passionfruit|Feb01|Toffee|Jun07|🍂 Black Tobacco|
|Oct05|Purple Grape|Feb08|Wild Cherry|Jun14|Plain Custard|
|Oct12|Cactus|Feb15|Blueberry + Bakery|Jun21|Strawberry & Cream|
|Oct19|SOUR|Feb22|Blueberry Candy|Jun28|Vanilla Custard|
|Oct26|Dark Chocolate|Mar01|⭐ FOTQ VIII|Jul05|Jackfruit|
|Nov02|Maple|Mar08|🍂 Gold Tobacco|Jul12|Rice|
|Nov09|Smoothie|Mar15|Strawberry Lemonade|Jul19|Cinnamon Danish|
|Nov16|French Vanilla|Mar22|Blueberry Jam|Jul26|Strawberry Milk|
####Q: How do flavors get put on the schedule?
####A: Requests and suggestions from people like YOU!
If there's something you'd like to see, just post a request in this thread. You can request both a specific flavor profile and where it lands on the calendar.
No, I'm not proud of "better date than never."
But it did seem better than “Date and switch," “A date worse than death,” “Seal your date,” “A twist of date,” “Date mail,” “A love-date relationship,” “Fashionably date,” “Step up to the date,” “At any date,” “A sad date of affairs,” or “The date is over.”
😂😂 love it. I've got VT red dates and that's it. Picked it up for chemburnvictims cinder&smoke
>Twenty years ago you had the highest GNP in the world, now you're tied with Albania. So, good job. Your second largest export is secondhand goods, followed closely by “DATES” for which you lose five cents a pound. You know what the business world thinks of you? They think a hundred years ago you were living in tents out here in the desert chopping each other's heads off and that's exactly where you'll be in another hundred years- so on behalf of my firm, yes, I accept your money.
Bryan Woodman [to Prince Nasir Al-Subaai]
Prior to owning any Date flavors, I tried to make a date cookie-inspired juice back in 2017. Used FLV Fig, INW Smoked Plum, and WF Molasses. It got pretty close to the confections my aunt used to make every Christmas . . . https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/78367#christmas_confections_by_lonesomerhodestn
I might try to take another stab at it with new flavors.
I actually recently acquired VSO Date and it is interesting. We had a date tree until the 1983 freeze. A little date goes a long way but it is ideal with many bakery flavors especially the heavy flavors including banana nut bread!
I think I’ve mentioned to my husband 1/2 a dozen times doing the date episode. Irritated, he asked me.. what the f* is this date episode you keep talking about. 👀
He thought you meant date date?
This "fruit" comes from a palm tree, but is it a technically a flower, a seed, or a berry?