Posted on 09/28/2020 1:12:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Mazal tov to Hannah and Methuselah on their 111 miracle babies! The proud parents are date palms grown from ancient seeds uncovered in archeological excavations in Israel.
These dates, recently picked at the Arava Institute at Kibbutz Ketura in southern Israel, are a type that hasn't been tasted since the times of Jesus and the Maccabees.
"Dr. Elaine Solowey, our director of the Center for Sustainable Agriculture, grew our first ancient date tree, Methuselah, in 2005," explained Miriam May, CEO of Friends of the Arava Institute.
"He came from a 2,000-year-old seed found in excavations at Masada; his growth was an unprecedented success that no one was expecting. However, because he is a male tree, he could not produce fruit."
But then Solowey succeeded in germinating six more ancient seeds, one from Masada and five from the caves of Qumran, home of the Dead Sea Scrolls written between 150 BCE and 70 CE.
One of the Qumram trees, Hannah, was pollinated by Methuselah and grew dates that ripened at the beginning of September to great international fanfare.
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Ironically, canned, smoked oysters are great on kosher crackers.
Where can I buy some?
:^)
They'll probably become available someday, but no one knows the minute or the hour.
Lovely, says Sallon. I find Medjoul dates too sticky sweet. Hannahs are blander and drier, with a honey aftertaste that makes me think of the land of milk and honey.
The date experts at Kibbutz Keturah say they taste like the Zahidi species of Iraqi dates. That makes sense, as Hannah is genetically related to a species that grew in Babylonpresent-day Iraq. Domesticating the date palm for cultivation started around 6,000 years ago in Babylon and in the Arabian Peninsula, Sallon explains. Methuselah and Adam, from Masada, are very Arabian-like and are more than 2,000 years old. Hannah is more Iraqi. We presume she was brought by the exiles coming back after the First Temple was destroyed, because the Talmud tells us that Judean exiles worked in date plantations in Babylon.
If they really want an old fruit, I think Barney Frank is looking for something to do.
Barney would be one bitter fruit.
...tasted since the times of Jesus and the Maccabees...
...written between 150 BCE and 70 CE.
Is it just me?
...tasted since the times of Jesus and the Maccabees...
...written between 150 BCE and 70 CE.
Is it just me?
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Don't forget the dash of Tabasco Sauce.
When I lived in California and I would make the trip back home, my dad would always be waiting with a croker sack of fresh oysters, Saltine crackers, Tabasco sauce and a pitcher of sweet iced tea sitting out on the gazebo. He would start shucking the oysters the minute we arrived.
It's always somebody.
Between 3611 and 3831.
Thanks!
Sounds tasty.
bacon makes anything taste good.
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