[Sca-cooks] Dates

[David Friedman]

>I was the happy recipient of a box of dates brought back from Dubai 
>by a co-worker.  (It WAS a 2 pound box.    I now have about a pound 
>and a half left.) They are huge, moist and delicious.  Not at all 
>like the stale dried up things you get in boxes in the local 
>supermarket.  I would like to make something with them this weekend 
>to bring into the office Monday to share the bounty.  I've looked at 
>recipes for standard date nut breads and variations on the theme, 
>but I am searching for something slightly outside the norm.  Do any 
>of you have a recipe that the modern masses might enjoy, but is not 
>the same old same old?
>
>Thanks,
>Felicia
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Hais
al-Baghdadi p. 214/14 (GOOD)

Take fine dry bread, or biscuit, and grind up well. Take a ratl of 
this, and three quarters of a ratl of fresh or preserved dates with 
the stones removed, together with three uqiya of ground almonds and 
pistachios. Knead all together very well with the hands. Refine two 
uqiya of sesame-oil, and pour over, working with the hand until it is 
mixed in. Make into cabobs, and dust with fine-ground sugar. If 
desired, instead of sesame-oil use butter. This is excellent for 
travellers.

2 2/3 c bread crumbs	1/3 c ground pistachios
2 c (about one lb) pitted dates	7 T melted butter or sesame oil
1/3 c ground almonds	enough sugar

We usually grind the nuts separately in a food processor, then mix 
dates, bread crumbs, and nuts in the food processor, then stir in 
melted butter or oil. Dates vary in hardness; if it does not hold 
together, add a few tablespoons of water, one at a time. For 
"cabobs," roll into one inch balls. Good as caravan food (or for 
taking to wars). They last forever if you do not eat them, but you do 
so they don't.



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David/Cariadoc
www.daviddfriedman.com