HERB - Watermelon
Sandy M Koenig
ravensmk at juno.com
Thu Jun 4 02:12:01 PDT 1998
yes, I was wondering abouut dried apricots and peaches
RAVEN
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"
On Wed, 3 Jun 1998 08:54:34 EDT LrdRas at aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 6/3/98 1:01:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, owner-
>herbalist at Ansteorra.ORG writes:
>
><< M'Lord
> Cariadoc of the Bow (no offense intended, I'm still learning how
>to
> address people) cited the Andalusian cookbook as having a recipie
> for making fresh dates out of dried ones that calls for
>watermelon.
>
> - Aislinn >>
>
>I don't seem to remember any reference for making fresh dates from
>dried ones
>posted by His Grace from the Andalusian cookbook but I posted a recipe
>very
>similar to what you describe from The Baghdad Cookery Book
>(al-Baghdadi).
>Here it is:
>
>To Make Fresh Dates from Dried
>
>1 Watermelon
>1 LB Dried Dates
>
>Cut a circular opening in the top of the watermelon large enough to
>allow
>entrance of your hand. Save the piece cut out. Reach in and remove
>the seeds
>and flesh, squeezing and leaving the liquid behind. Put the dates
>into the
>watermelon. Replace the cut out section. Leave in a cool place 24
>hours.
>Your dates will be as is they were fresh. (Note: This technique can
>also be
>used with figs and, I suspect other types of dried fruits. Experiment.
>:-))
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