Dec 11 2020
Date?
The local message boards have been having fun lately. It all started with a message with “Today’s Date Is?” in the subject line, with nothing in the body of the message. That set off some pretty creative and amusing replies:
1. Today’s date is Medjool.
Medjool is a large, sweet cultivated variety of date (Phoenix
dactylifera) from the Tafilalt region of Morocco, also grown in the
United States, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Jordan, Palestine.
The variety is planted both for harvesting and for landscaping. The
Medjool is a distinct landrace, described as producing “large soft
fruit, with orange-yellowish flesh, and a mildly rich and pleasing flavor.”
Israel, with its advanced wastewater recycling technologies, currently
owns more than 60 percent of the global Medjool market share, making it
the largest exporter of Medjool dates in the world.
You’re welcome.
2. Medjool dates grow in Dateland Arizona. It’s in Yuma county. I drove thru there on the way to New Mexico from San Diego.
3. It is grown in Mexico too. Especially around Mulege in Baja California
4. By way of our old and dear departed friend Yogi Berra.
Somebody once asked Yogi what time it was. He looked back at the fellow and without skipping a beat replied: “You mean right now?”
5. Time is….of the essence! So I suppose it’s one of those new perfumes at $38 per ounce?
6. Right on schedule!
FIVE YEARS AGO: The heartbreaking loss of Clyde’s brother, the inimitable Roscoe. I will never get over it.
TEN YEARS AGO: Trying to capture sunlight and shadow.
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