of dates and milk

[Guest guest]

VICIOUS GOSSIP

 

There has been a reprehensible

rumor circulating about yours truly,

and I must take this opportunity

to comment. More than one person

claims to have seen me eating

dairy while on my recent trip to

Portland. One man even claims

to have photographic evidence.

 

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

 

Would I deliberately have compromised

everything I believe in by eating ice

cream or pizza? No whey!

 

Did I willfully eat dairy? The truth

must be told. On June 19th, 2001,

I knowingly did just that, and I

savored every mouthful!

 

THE BEST DAIRY PRODUCT

 

While attending the Raw Food

Festival, I met a group of

farmers who live by this motto:

 

“CELEBRATE DIVERSITY”

 

That is just what these fine folk

do. Their dairy farm is located in

Niland, California, but they own

no cows.

 

MY DATE WITH DAIRY

 

What manna of agricultural product

do these people produce? Got Dates?

What is the most delicious of their

50 varietals? They pronounce it

“dairy,” but the spelling is a bit

different: " d-a-y-r-i. "

 

50 VARIETIES

 

Attention date lovers. You’ve never

had a date until you’ve tried soft

dates in their juiciest stage. These

dates are mouth melters, to be sure.

 

I imagined myself the robed Bedouin

in a desert oasis after sampling dayri,

zahidi, hayani, and black fingerlings.

I was a Saracen sitting on a Persian

rug, dining with T.E. Lawrence, enjoying

deglet noors and Mecca golds in

Damascus.

 

Do I now eat dairy? Guilty as charged.

Before judging me, please be warned that I

cannot wait to nibble on “bachelorette #1”

(the silliest name that I’ve ever heard of

for a date).

 

For me, these dates were the discovery of

a lifetime. No more dried out supermarket

dates in my pantry. I've ordered a 15 pound

box of freshly picked dates which will

include eight different varieties. The 50

different types grown on the “Date

People’s” farm mature and come into

season at different times of the year,

so what’s ordered arrives fresh.

 

The cost: $38.50 for a 15 pound box

plus UPS charges.

 

You can also order a 4.5 pound gift box

for $17.50. In lieu of flowers, send

dates, and teach your friends the variety

of tastes and textures available to those

who really know what good eating is all

about.

 

HOW TO ORDER

 

Sadly, the Date People are not yet

on the Internet. Order by phone:

 

PHONE: 760-359-3211

FAX: 760-359-3212

 

*NOTE: I do NOT take money for

promoting other people’s products.

When I find something so delicious,

I give praise where credit is due.

Regarding these dates, it gets no

better than this. When ordering,

tell Anjou that the NOTMILKMAN

sent you.

 

Robert Cohen

http://www.notmilk.com