[Sca-cooks] Sca-cooks Digest, Jujubes
Alma Danks
wenchalma at yahoo.com
Wed May 22 09:44:26 PDT 2013
Jujubes season is in begins in October, ends in December. It is also called the winter date.
I googled it.
Alma Danks
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From: Donna Green <donnaegreen at yahoo.com>
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:20 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Sca-cooks Digest, Jujubes
Fresh jujubes sometimes show up in my local farmers market (San Francisco Ferry Building). I don't recall their season. I've gotten them a few times and they are tasty. I've not candied them, but I may try next time I see them.
Juana Isabella
> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 17:34:57 -0500
> From: "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at att.net>
> To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Jujubes
>
> Zizyphus jujuba, the Chinese jujube, is the preferred
> jujube. Z.
> mauritania, the Indian jujube, and Z. lotus are less
> preferred in that
> order. They can be eaten fresh, but are usually
> candied. It has been
> served at various times in the U.S., but it is not a regular
> commercial
> import. Since it is an ingredient of Eight Treasure
> Rice Pudding, you would
> be most likely to find it at an oriental market.
>
> Bear
>
> >
> > In the Great Courses, Food History class episode, "The
> Alexandrian
> > Exchange and Four Humors" there is mention of a small
> fruit imported from
> > the East called "Jujubes". "A tiny, little date-like
> fruit"
> >
> > Did this fruit/interest in this fruit, die out before
> medieval times? If
> > not, has anyone served this at an SCA feast? Where did
> you find it? The
> > instructor does say that they can sometimes be found in
> western
> > supermarkets.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Stefan
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