Tony and others, I’m wondering if there are other good ways to process dates besides drying and putting in honey for a month like you talked about. I’m interested in hearing about any different ways of using jujubes, anything besides simply eating fresh, that any of you recommend. I’m also curious how you all dry jujubes. I’ve only cut them in half, pitted them, and dehydrated them like that. Are there other good ways to dry them?
I had read about making jujube ice cream, and that’s one thing I’ve done and recommend. I didn’t make any this year as my Sherwood didn’t produce anything like it did last year, so I can’t remember exactly what I did, but I think I cooked the jujube pieces in butter in a sauce pan until they were soft, then pureed and made the ice cream. We make lots of different types of ice cream, and jujube was one of my children’s favorites. They might still even name it as one of their favorites. I think in the future I might try to find a way to force the cooked pulp through a strainer to remove the pieces of skin. I would definitely still make jujube ice cream regularly if I couldn’t remove the skins at all, but I think it would be better without.