The Slice 

September 2015

Welcome September! The month of Dates! 

If you are driving around the country side in Egypt, you will notice that the palm trees are heavy with their bounty, and that the dates are changing color as they are maturing on the tree. It is a sight to behold!

Dahshour is famous for its date palm groves and for the variety of dates growing there:  the yellow 'sewee' that turns brown when ripe, the red 'hamrawyee' that turns almost black, the 'samanee' with its pink cheek that turns a golden brown, and of course the small and very sweet brown 'amhaat'.   Already the peasants have gathered the dried corn stalks from their fields and have begun to build the enclosures where the dates will be spread on the ground to dry. 

And we at Minnie's are ready to dry our very own 'samanee' dates in our solar tunnel shielded from the elements of nature. We are also gearing up to making date paste to use as sugar substitute in our famous biscottis. If successful, I  think we will have to change their name as the ingredients have shifted from being biscottis. I will keep you posted on the results.