Tshamoya, we'll miss you, too.

[Guest guest]

You are certainly prolific today, making up for

your absence?<br><br>I'm unfamiliar with these mesh

bags, does cheese cloth work just as well? Dried dates

or fresh?<br><br>You must buy almonds in bulk: how

long do they last?<br><br>Thanks for revealing all, B

[Guest guest]

it is the jetlag.....<br><br>BAGS - I found the

cheesecloth bags too dense, but if you, after blending, first

strain the mixture through a sieve and then put it

through the cheesecloth it shouldn't be too tiresome a

process.<br><br>Ciao<br>chamoya<br><br>DATES -Fresh dates, soaked (it makes them

easier to

blend - medjool dates though are the softest and easier

on the blender if not soaked. Use the soaked water

to blend with the seeds! It is sweet.)<br><br>Always

buy everything organic - unless you want your food

poison enriched.<br><br>ALMONDS - actually i don't use

almonds that much - more often sesame and hemp seeds,

with maybe 3 almonds. Almonds tend to give me that

sore throat reaction in larger quantities. I've heard

it said that all almond trees were originally

poisonous(i forget the correct term) but the odd tree whose

almonds were edible was crossed with the other odd tree

and so we have edible almonds.