Candle-lit dinners, walks along the beach, dark movie theaters...sigh.
Okay let's set aside the corny jokes about "dates" so I can say I'm talking about the dates that come off of palm trees.
I have some today and I'm eating them in class (yeah I'm in class, we're probably talking about something important, but I guess I'll never know).
It doesn't seem to me that many non-immigrants (i.e. white folks) eat dates. Am I wrong? Whenever I offer dates to my classmates they look at them and say with a confused look: "what are those?"
It saddens me to know that people live their lives bereft of such an enjoyable food item. Even with Muslims - when I offer them dates they also say with a confused expression: "but it's not Ramadan!"
Those fools.
There is no bad time for dates, that's my motto.
Time to return to the real world. *sigh*
4 comments:
amen, sister
Dates are yummy and not only for Ramadan. Once I was eating them at school and someone asked me if I was eating prunes :S
I love dates too. But I'm in the "it's not Ramadan!" category.
There are just certain foods that are sentimentally Ramadan foods and it just feels like a betrayal to eat them during the rest of the year.
I know that doesn't make a lot of sense, but really, does it have to?
i have dates every morning for breakfast :D
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