1. Fresh dates should be picked after they are bought, and bad dates with scratches or black spots and insects on the surface should be picked out to avoid the bad dates containing mold from infecting other fresh dates during storage.

2. The method of keeping jujube fresh at home generally uses refrigerator. Among the bought fresh dates, pick out fresh and intact dates whose skins are not all red, seal them with plastic bags, leave a little air in the bags, seal them, and then put them in a refrigerator at 0℃-4℃ for cold storage. When packing in plastic bags, it is best to pack in small bags. Every time you open a small bag and eat it, you can keep fresh dates longer.

3. If you don't need to store it in the refrigerator, you can also put the fresh dates in a fresh-keeping bag or box, and then store them in a cool and ventilated place, so as to keep the freshness of the fresh dates.

4. If there are a large number of fresh dates, the fresh dates to be stored should be precooled at 5-8℃ 1-2 days before refrigeration. The precooled fresh jujube was stored in the cold storage with the temperature of 0℃- 1℃ and the relative humidity of 90%-95%.

What can't winter dates be eaten with?

1. Not suitable for eating with cucumber and radish. Radish will have anti-warm-blood acid enzymes, and cucumber contains vitamin decomposing enzymes, both of which will destroy the vitamins of its red dates.

2. It should not be eaten with vitamins at the same time. Vitamins in red dates will decompose and destroy vitamin K, which will reduce the therapeutic effect.

3. It should not be eaten with animal liver. Animal liver is rich in copper, iron and other elements, and copper and iron ions are easy to oxidize the vitamins contained in red dates and lose their efficacy.

4. It is forbidden to eat when taking antipyretics. Taking antipyretic drugs and eating foods with high sugar content can easily form insoluble complexes and reduce the initial absorption rate. Jujube is a food with high sugar content and is forbidden to eat.