On 2/9/2011 9:24 PM, gloria.p wrote:
> On 2/9/2011 12:39 PM, Kate Connally wrote:
>> Over a year ago I bought a ton of barhi dates by
>> mail order. I could have gotten a smaller amount -
>> 5 lbs. - but I went with the 10-lb. box. I guess
>> I didn't realize how many dates that would be! Plus
>> I hadn't had any barhis in years and they're the only
>> kind of dates I really like.
>> .
>>
>> So I finally got around to making something. It is delicious.
>>
>> BRAISED CHICKEN WITH DATES
>>
>> 1 whole chicken, quartered (~ 3 1/2-4 lb.)
>> coarse salt and pepper
>> 1 T. olive oil
>> 2 med. onions, diced
>> 2 T. peeled minced fresh ginger
>> 1 t. sweet paprika
>> 3/4 t. coriander
>> 4 oz. dates, pitted and roughly chopped
>> 1/2 c. cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
>> 2 lemons, halved
>
>
> Tell us more about barhi dates, please. The recipe does sound like
> a tagine and it sounds delicious.
>
> gloria p
Well barhis are hard to get anywhere they're not grown because
they don't ship well so they aren't commercial. The best way to
eat barhis is when they are fresh, so they are soft and delicate.
They are sweet with a honey-caramel flavor. I first had them when
I was living in Ca. and we went to the Indio Date Festival. One of
the vendors was selling them. It was a revelation. I had never been
that excited about dates. I like them okay. I love the date shakes
you can get out in the Palm Springs/Indio area at stops along the
highway. But the barhis are really awesome. You can't even get barhis
in the grocery store even in So. Calif. where they are grown! Bummer.
So, when I moved back to Pgh. about 25 years ago I would occasionally
think of those barhi date and pine for them. More recently I went
online and found a "hippie"-owned organic date farm where you can order
all kinds of dates and have them shipped to you. It was a bit expensive
but worth it. Here is their web site for info on dates.
http://www.datepeople.net/
Kate
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