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Dates
Dates from this year's crop are now on sale in the shops along the highway at Ejido Alfredo Bonfil, east of the turnoff to San Ignacio.
They're 33 pesos a kilo, and in addition to the regular size there are some huge ones--still golden, because they haven't been dried. I bought a
package of those and am trying to sun-dry them [which may account for the gray and sometimes drizzly days La Paz has been having].
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalera
Dates from this year's crop are now on sale in the shops along the highway at Ejido Alfredo Bonfil, east of the turnoff to San Ignacio.
They're 33 pesos a kilo, and in addition to the regular size there are some huge ones--still golden, because they haven't been dried. I bought a
package of those and am trying to sun-dry them [which may account for the gray and sometimes drizzly days La Paz has been having].
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Kazillions of free ones here in Nopolo on the main Avenue, in all sizes. Tried to dry the yellow ones myself once before. Managed to raise a nice crop
of assorted bugs and critters, not to mention an assault by various rodents.
Must be a trick to this.
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More and more acreage here on the Yuma mesa going to dates, almost all Medjools. Less and less citrus.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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DENNIS
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Do they require less water than citrus?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
More and more acreage here on the Yuma mesa going to dates, almost all Medjools. Less and less citrus. |
Desert, Nile ( Colorado ), dates.
Add a few muslims and like living in Egypt.
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Hook
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My wife is going to be experimenting with a recipe she found for chorizo and goat cheese stuffed dates. Sounds interesting.
We'l probably use the soy chorizo as we find we like it just fine. Almost indistinguishable from the real stuff...........except for the lack of chewy
bits. 
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Most of them are probably Deglet Noor's (product dates, date sugar, cereal pieces, milkshakes etc) Instead of dryig them you might want to hydrage
them so they are moist and edible. Want a " Desert Romaki, wrap a peice of bacon around the date and grill on skewer.
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I love this recipe
Mix walnuts and cream cheese to whatever ratio you want.
Stuff dates with this mixture and wrap in precooked(Dont let the bacon get crispy) bacon, securing with a toothpick.
Bake or broil until sizzling...yummy
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bajalera
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Hydrage them? How do you do that?
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Paulina
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lera,
I think that was a typo, Hydrate.
These receipes sound yummy. I haven't eaten a date for a long time. My grandmother used to roll them in sugar at Christmas time. I had no idea that
they could be cooked with bacon, etc...
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My bro in law brought to a party a side of Medjools stuffed w/imported gorgonzola & :pistachio nuts and wrapped in bacon and oven baked !!! YUM
flavor was off the charts(don't forget the lipitor)
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by aha baja
My bro in law brought to a party a side of Medjools stuffed w/imported gorgonzola & :pistachio nuts and wrapped in bacon and oven baked !!! YUM
flavor was off the charts(don't forget the lipitor) |
It's the bacon that sends it off the charts. Soy chorizo should be safe.
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Kazillions of free ones here in Nopolo on the main Avenue, in all sizes. Tried to dry the yellow ones myself once before. Managed to raise a nice crop
of assorted bugs and critters, not to mention an assault by various rodents.
Must be a trick to this. |
When I posted this, I was halfway serious.
Is there a way to dry/preserve them without attracting millions of ants and other critters. And while having them outside, how do you keep rodents
from getting to them. Anyone knows how they do them in San Ignacio, for instance?
And for the record:
Had a blind date once and even wrapping it in bacon didn't improve it any.
[Edited on 9-22-2008 by vandenberg]
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bajalera
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Thanks, Paulina, but I don't know what hydraing is either.
I just put the dates on the rack I cook cookies on, and set that on a cookie sheet covered with aluminum foil. Put it out four days in a row, didn't
see any flying/creeping things on them.
Van, maybe if you'd bury that bacon-wrapped blind date instead of just leaving it standing there in your back yard like a trophy of times past, you
wouldn't have a bug problem.
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Hook
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I thought Fishbuck was the one who put his dates on the rack and stuffed them.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Reeljob
Most of them are probably Deglet Noor's (product dates, date sugar, cereal pieces, milkshakes etc) Instead of dryig them you might want to hydrage
them so they are moist and edible. Want a " Desert Romaki, wrap a peice of bacon around the date and grill on skewer. |
Wow, bacon wrapped dates ....
Dennis did you check these out ?
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Food Dehydraters
For those of you interested in food dehydrating there are many products available, it has been very popular for many years (like four thousand)
http://www.bizrate.com/fooddehydrators/
There are many others, just Google it.
CaboRon
[Edited on 9-22-2008 by CaboRon]
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Since they originated in the desert, I would imagine dates do take less water than citrus. The citrus orchards are usually watered by flooding, the
date palms all have drip systems.
BTW, try dates stuffed with pecans. Whenever I go to Phoenix I almost always stop at Dateland for one of their date shakes.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
Since they originated in the desert, I would imagine dates do take less water than citrus. The citrus orchards are usually watered by flooding, the
date palms all have drip systems.
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The saying is that dates like their head in the furnace and their feet in water. Dates take alot of water and will not do well if let go dry. The
dates on the mesa are irrigated by drip because the soil is sandy. the dates in Bard are all flood irrigated and frankly most feel that the dates in
Bard end up being more moist.
Medjool dates are great however remember they are about 60% sugar but also a great source of potassium and fiber
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
Since they originated in the desert, I would imagine dates do take less water than citrus. The citrus orchards are usually watered by flooding, the
date palms all have drip systems.
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The saying is that dates like their head in the furnace and their feet in water. Dates take alot of water and will not do well if let go dry. The
dates on the mesa are irrigated by drip because the soil is sandy. the dates in Bard are all flood irrigated and frankly most feel that the dates in
Bard end up being more moist.
Medjool dates are great however remember they are about 60% sugar but also a great source of potassium and fiber
bacquito
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