[Sca-cooks] Seasonal Produce
lilinah at earthlink.net
lilinah at earthlink.net
Mon Sep 15 07:21:42 PDT 2003
While i haven't bought any, our local produce heaven, The Berkeley
Bowl, sells fresh white, red, and black currants and has been for
several years at least.
I don't recall seeing fresh dates for sale. We ought to be able to
get them though, since there are major date growers here in
California.
There are a number of "period" recipes that call for fresh dates -
i'll have to look for them. The Conditum/Spiced Wine i made for the
Greco-Roman feast called for fresh dates (i used white grape juice
and verjus and it was very poplar - flavored with bay leaves, black
pepper, saffron, and mastic).
Anahita
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