Jujube is the fruit of the date palm tree, also known as date palm and Iraqi candied dates. They are green foods beneficial to human health, and are also called "desert bread" because of their high nutritional value.

Jujube was introduced into China in the Tang Dynasty, and people called it Persian Jujube, which has no leakage, and it is called "No leakage" in Compendium of Materia Medica.

Dates are similar to dates in appearance, but they are not dates. It is bigger and longer than jujube, and the seeds inside are slender. The flesh is as sweet as honey, and the sugar content is 70~75% (glucose and fructose).

Jujube is rich in nutrition and contains many nutrients needed by human body, such as rich fructose, vitamins and minerals. It is very easy to be digested and absorbed by the human body and has the function of strengthening the body.

So there is another saying in Saudi Arabia called "a date palm a day", that is to say, a date palm can provide a person with the energy he needs in a day.

Dates can be eaten as preserves and steamed for about five or six minutes. The steamed jujube is not so sweet and greasy, and the fiber will soften, which is more suitable for the elderly and children.

Jujube can also be used to cook porridge and soup. Add a few dates when cooking porridge, the taste will be sweeter; The soup made of red dates, tremella and lotus seeds is very delicious.

Iraq is the hometown of date palms, named for its trunk like coconut trees and fruit like dates. This is an important food for local residents. There is an Arabic proverb that says, "Be as fierce as a tiger to your enemies and as sweet as a date palm to your friends".