Apples, papaya, pineapple, oranges, and grapefruit.
Covalda was a brand name of dates first marketed in 1935, not a variety; it was purchased by the Jewel Date Company in 1997.
From a box sold in Chicago, Illinois.
Breakfast Ambrosia
2/3 apples, papaya or pineapple, sliced or other available well-bodied fruits
1/3 oranges or thick-skinned grapefruit
Always use white pulp under peel
2 T. flax meal or sunflower meal or both
2-6 T. grated coconut. Use with each variation
1/2 avocado if available or T. coconut cream
2 tsp. honey in comb or 4-6 Covalda dates
Season with mace, ginger, or nutmeg, fresh rosemary herb, 1 tsp. chopped purple dulse, grated lemon peel or a few kumquats.
Beulah Strickland
Herald of Health Oct/60