Understanding What's a Date Before It's Dried: From Crisp Khalal to Juicy Rutab
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The date palm, one of the oldest cultivated trees in the world, produces a fruit that undergoes several stages of ripening before it becomes the familiar, chewy dried date. To answer the question of what's a date before it's dried, one must look at the earlier stages known as "khalal" and "rutab," which represent the fruit's firm and soft fresh states, respectively.
