The jujube tree can grow up to 40 feet (12 meters) in height, with long drooping branches, and is often thorny. The tree is quite lovely and used by some gardeners for ornamentation.
The Algerian Jews ate jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) on New Year's Eve.
Jujube - the edible fruit of a tropical plant also known as the Chinese date. Also, a chewy gelatin candy. Julienne - to slice food into very thin shreds or strips.
jujube See Chinese date. kokum = kokum ful = cocum Notes: This Indian souring agent is made from dried mangosteen peels. It's often used in fish dishes. Look for it in Indian markets.
Jujube: A datelike fruit, most often red with yellow flesh, whose taste resembles that of a prune. Originally from China, jujube is now also cultivated in California. Julep: ...
Also known as: Jujube (Chinese). Rice Vinegar Made from fermented (white) rice it is popular in China, Japan and Korea.
Cornelian cherry Goumi Jujube Kiwifruit (a.k.a. the "kiwi" or Chinese gooseberry, Actinidia spp.) Loquat Mulberry (some species) Persimmon, Diospyros kaki ...
A reddish-coloured, oval-shaped fruit with sweet white flesh. Also known as jujube or Chinese date, they are available dried, candied or fresh from Asian supermarkets. Chinese rice wine ...
search A small, hard, gelatinous candy with a fruit-flavor. Also refers to a Chinese jujube, a red, olive-sized fruit with a leathery skin with a prune-like flavor. Julienne ...
about 380 small factories were making lozenges, jujube paste, and stick candy, but most fine candy was imported. With the development of modern machinery and the increasing abundance of sugar, confectionery making became an important industry.
Medicinal usages are also similar to mainland China and less common with offal uses. Korea traditional medicine focuses more on simpler, herbaceous materials and plants, such as ginseng, jujube and ginger.
Red Dates Dried fruit of the Chinese jujube tree that have a bright red crinkly skin. Rice Paper A thin, crispy wrap made from rice flour and water used to wrap spring rolls.
jujube The fruit of a tropical Asian plant, sometimes called Chinese date, which is picked ripe, dried, and used to sweeten cough medicines; also the name of a candy.
See also: Fruit, Chine, Chinese date, Flavor, Date
 
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