"koko" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 09:23:24 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>>"Gary" > wrote in message
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>>> Janet wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The other day I was making braised red cabbage and couldn't find the
>>>> sultanas, so I used chopped fresh dates instead. Good combination.
>>>
>>> Interesting. I've never used them in a recipe. Just had them plain along
>>> with something else. I'm thinking to eat them combined with dry roasted
>>> peanuts. Seriously, it's been so many years, I forget the companion to
>>> dates that I liked so long ago.
>>>
>>> Will be fun to try them again after forever.
>>
>>
>>My mom, and just about everyone else back then, stuffed them with some
>>kind
>>of nut, almond, cashew, pecan, walnut etc., and then dusted them with
>>powdered sugar. I like them stuffed with the nuts, but not so much the
>>powdered sugar on them.
>>
>>Cheri
>
> This is one of my favorite ways to fix dates.
> http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...re _dish.html
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/c5kwxux
>
> They are always well received and was a required dish at our rfc
> cookins'
>
> koko




I make them wrapped in bacon during the holidays, but never have stuffed
them with chorizo. I will have to try that.

Cheri