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Image of The Day ~ Chinese Dates

January 13th, 2011 · 14 Comments

Chinese dates in bulk
Chinese dates in bulk

Photo © Adrian van Leen
for openphoto.net CC:PublicDomain

Tags: Image of The Day

14 responses so far ↓

  • 1 claudia lamascolo/aka pegasuslegend // Jan 13, 2011 at 8:38 am

    Interesting have never seen these so gourmet!

  • 2 Boudreaux Ryan // Jan 13, 2011 at 8:42 am

    Hey Claudia,
    Always appreciate seeing you, sharing our blogs, and making foodie history.

    CCR
    =:~)

  • 3 Megan // Jan 13, 2011 at 10:07 am

    I luv the almighty date! 🙂

  • 4 Boudreaux Ryan // Jan 13, 2011 at 10:12 am

    Megan,
    You know, we traveled to Palm Springs, CA once and near there is the date capital of the world. Have you ever had a “Date Shake”? They are amazing.

    Regards,
    Ryan

  • 5 Gera@SweetsFoodsBlog // Jan 13, 2011 at 10:35 am

    I’ve aproblem wit them — I can eat for tons 🙂

    Cheers,

    Gera

  • 6 Boudreaux Ryan // Jan 13, 2011 at 10:42 am

    Gera,
    You are so right, they are like popcorn! Just pop them and eat them all day long!

    Ryan

  • 7 Emily @Cleanliness // Jan 13, 2011 at 11:08 am

    Great photo! Love that you can just feast with your eyes!

  • 8 Boudreaux Ryan // Jan 13, 2011 at 11:12 am

    Emily,
    You are so right, the image can speak volumes!

    Ryan

  • 9 OC2Seattle // Jan 13, 2011 at 12:32 pm

    OOOOH – dates! Nothing better than slicing one open, stuffing it with blue cheese, and drizzling a little honey on top. I’ve never heard of Chinese dates before though. Hmmm . . .

  • 10 Boudreaux Ryan // Jan 13, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    Sara,
    You are so right, there are so many ways of utilizing the date, and this blue cheese and honey sounds absolutely appetizing!

    Ryan
    =:~)

  • 11 Shelby // Jan 13, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    One of the professors I worked with used to bring dates back from CA with him and give them to us as gifts…. LOVED them!

  • 12 redkathy // Jan 13, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    Oh my gosh beautiful dates! I fell in love with dates when grandma first introduced me to them. She used them in so many different ways, it was amazing.

  • 13 Boudreaux Ryan // Jan 14, 2011 at 9:59 am

    @Shelby,
    I bet that was a real treat indeed, dates are so versitle, yet so under used in cooking.

    @redkathy,
    So glad you were intruduced to them so early, I did not really get into dates much until about 8 years ago on a trip to Southern California.

  • 14 Winelady Cooks // Jan 18, 2011 at 1:43 pm

    It’s interesting what images can do to our pysche. This makes me want to go out and buy dates to make date nut bread.

    Thanks for sharing,
    Joanne