Be sure to watch my date deep dive video if you haven't already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGesn4ugnLWojZI
@prime300 Жыл бұрын
Have you tasted kadamba/cadamba fruit? Native to India
@adamcapets Жыл бұрын
Babe, don't go to bed just yet. Weird explorer just dropped a new video
@memosol55 Жыл бұрын
Real
@boodashaka2841 Жыл бұрын
They aren't the one unless they watch
@arkham1329 Жыл бұрын
Another famous extract of dates in Algeria, is Date Paste, or as we call it: Ghers. It is used in many sweets here. The most renouned ones are Probably Mbardja/Bradj and Makroud, both are semolina based cookies with a date paste filling. They are a must-try next time you visit, if you haven't already!
@chriskasprzyk6235 Жыл бұрын
I love date paste. It is my go-to sweetener for adding to a bowl of hot cereal, and i also enjoy eating on its own. It's also popular with my 1-year old grandchild and believe it or not, one of our cats is a big fan as well.
@anessacimi3360 Жыл бұрын
@@chriskasprzyk6235drink milk with your date And especially stuff some good butter and some nuts in you're dare it's delicious Sorry for my bad English
@ashleylala4293 Жыл бұрын
Since the date sugar has fiber in it, you can probably reduce your flour a little bit or up the fat content. Either of those should give you better spread.
@CharGC123 Жыл бұрын
Personally I like to just soak some dates in water overnight then blend them to make date paste. Refrigerated, it will keep for a month or more, though it has never hung around that long. Not as sweet as date syrup, but far easier to make and all the fiber is intact, which, besides being good for our gut microbiome, also prevents blood sugar spikes.
@wpc456cpw Жыл бұрын
Interesting! Are you able to tell me more about blood sugar spikes and how to prevent them? I feel like I have unstable blood glucose but I don’t have any diabetic or thyroid conditions…
@fidelkva48107 ай бұрын
the fiber is not completely intact when blended
@jrcorsey Жыл бұрын
Such a great idea to explain and demonstrate date sugar. I do appreciate your quest to not only try the world's vast variety, but to share it with us. You're a treasure!
@emmahardesty4330 Жыл бұрын
Good one, nice topic. Date sugar plus white sugar will give a good cookie; depress the dough slightly before baking. Wondering if you'd take a look, a taste, of sorghum syrup. For me, it's ever so much tastier than molasses--no metalic taste. Thanks, yet again.
@WeirdExplorer Жыл бұрын
I'll check it out!
@grannyplants1764 Жыл бұрын
Yes, jaggery, palm sugar…it’s delicious, can use much less. I get a bucket of soft sugar at an Indian market. Only sweetener I use 🌴
@StuffandThings_ Жыл бұрын
Date sugar seems like a fantastic way to add a little fiber to something along with the sweetness. Seems very handy!
@TheWeirdestOfBugs Жыл бұрын
I once made eggnog, but unfortunately, I didn't have vanilla extract, so I reduced the amount of sugar I used and added date syrup. It tasted like caramel. Incredible.
@itzel1735 Жыл бұрын
Happy you tried combining all three doughs together. 👍🏽
@MushroomMagpie Жыл бұрын
I will be trying this. I make a sourdough chocolate chip cookie that is already amazing and can't wait to add date sugar. I am certain the middle eastern markets here will have date sugar. On a side note, you can aldo add a half cup of tahini to your cookies and it only makes them tastier and even more nutritious.
@WeirdExplorer Жыл бұрын
Sounds great! I love tahini
@LordRaptor Жыл бұрын
Never imagined videos with the topic being date fruit would be so interesting, despite living in the middle east and being familiar with a variety of date products, some of the stuff you've shown I haven't even heard of before.
@Verlisify Жыл бұрын
love the cooking episodes and weird recipes
@WeirdExplorer Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!!
@jacobpugh9531 Жыл бұрын
Used to use date syrup as the sweetner for any Korean style food that asked for rice syrup. Turned out great.
@HoosierDaddyOfficial Жыл бұрын
Since the date syrup is similar to molasses, I wonder what it would be like to add it to plain white sugar, in the way that you add molasses to white sugar in order to get brown sugar. Basically a brown sugar alternative. I’ll bet it’s good!
@ifyouvemadeitthisfarcongra7701 Жыл бұрын
Dude. I was working near Palm Desert CA this week. I was inspired by your recent video to stop at a "date" store and buy a box of the semi ripe dates and try them for the first time. They taste exactly like you described them...I'm hooked on your channel. I saw the syrup...shoulda bought a bottle.
@deshazo_henry Жыл бұрын
I love Shields dates. Their date shakes are freaking amazing!
@ifyouvemadeitthisfarcongra7701 Жыл бұрын
@@deshazo_henry I had a date shake for the first time today...you're right-so freaking amazing...
@deshazo_henry Жыл бұрын
@@ifyouvemadeitthisfarcongra7701 I usually get a pound or two of their date crystals every time I go out there to visit my grandma. TSA always looks at me funny but it's worth it.
@deshazo_henry Жыл бұрын
Probably too late but you really should try a version with date crystals. There's a kind of famous place in the desert in California called Shields Dates, their date shakes are really good but they're made with date crystals and they're also used in a bunch of other cooking. Really good.
@infowarriorone Жыл бұрын
I always enjoy the Jared Cooks episodes. It's science!
@radionoakmont7756 Жыл бұрын
the TRINITY COOKIE it is perfection im greatly inspired Mr. Weird Explorer now i want to get all 3 sugars and make some TRINITY cookies the best of all 3 texture, flavor and consistency this is something ive been searching for this is very evry helpful i wonder how cinnamon rolls would do with the mix of all 3 sugars as well im very curious also but definetely the cookies oh gosh yes that looks like pure awesomness, and thank you again m8 this is awesomes.
@lisaparsons3853 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if reducing the flour would help with the 100% date sugar cookies?
@Andrea-rw9tf Жыл бұрын
I love dates, I made a date chocolate cake, with a chocolate and pecan fudge icing.
@SamUnreel Жыл бұрын
Jared, you have to used brown butter with the half brown/half caster sugar. That makes the cookie flavor complex.
@80sforever3 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad i'm Malaysian. Gula =sugar Gula Melaka/Malacca sugar is from coconut palm. Gula kabung/kabung sugar is from nypah palm. Going to browse online stores for date sugar. Never found in stores nearby. Date syrup is so great. Love to dribble on waffles & pancakes
@DeathMetalDerf Жыл бұрын
Those cookies look fantastic! I hope everyone is doing well and having a great day.
@TsunamiBrook Жыл бұрын
In Israel we call date syrup "Silan", and I recommend trying to drizzle it over some raw tahini on bread. It's a nice combo.
@yacineyaker7485 Жыл бұрын
u mean Palestine
@TsunamiBrook Жыл бұрын
@@yacineyaker7485 I believe the occupation of the Palestinian people is a horrible war crime, but I think it's delusional to deny the existence of Israel as a state. The land itself has no name, only people make up borders and name them. So though i am fine the name Palestine as well, no ... i don't mean Palestine. You can call it whatever you like.
@bazzboda4785 Жыл бұрын
I would be curious how unrefined cane sugar(at least in Canada brown sugar is white sugar that has had molasses added back into it) would fit into this, I am assuming it would be somewhere between the brown sugar and date sugar. Also personally I would love to see how the dairy substitutes would work in baked good. As I believe this was never covered in the milk substitute videos.
@StonedtotheBones13 Жыл бұрын
Soy milk I've found is p close to a 1 to 1 substitute for me, almond milk I think might be slightly more watery. I'm also interested in others tho
@scallopohare9431 Жыл бұрын
It is very subtle. Some is called Demerera sugar, though I am not sure if that is a specific variety. Unrefined white-ish sugar makes the best pound cake, meaning really real pound cake. I use Florida Crystals. They are probably available on-line. Also, it is good to sprinkle on rock cakes.
@williampatrickfurey Жыл бұрын
Liked the video because your description helped me to consider the possible enzymatic reactions able to occur(possibly giving a different taste) because of added fiber; if there were places with the fiber which smaller living organisms are able to hide from larger ones that would eat them. I do believe sugar without other nutrients is too poor a substrate though, considering some bad living things could feed from them in the human body
@cyssoK Жыл бұрын
The frankenstein cookie at the end looked amazing! Perfect shape and texture
@blackletter2591 Жыл бұрын
That last date biscuit looked like it would go nice with walnuts or pecans in them, maybe also a bit of coffee.
@jennifercarriger6168 Жыл бұрын
I remember that a lot of people in Europe and India called hard sugar derived from sap as jaggery. It is funny, because there is old colonial account in America referring to maple jaggary before it was commonly known a maple sugar or maple candy.
@GamerDuDimanche1456 Жыл бұрын
I believe that the short bread taste would be because date sugar id actually equal to a flour and sugar mix, not mainly sugar. So if you reduced the amount of flour and increased the date sugar content in yot recipe, you'd get a more usual cookie. Wpuld have to test how much 'regular' sugar is actually in date sugar
@dan1chen Жыл бұрын
I suspect the date sugar cookies need some additional water to loosen the texture a bit more.
@obkf-too Жыл бұрын
Algerian here, my friend sells date related products and I used to work with him, my favorite way to use date syrup is with crapes and similar breads. For the date sugar, I love using it in milk shakes and natural juices, and to bake brioche (kind of sweet bread)
@capnstewy55 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's definitely the winner. I now need to go buy date sugar and show up my mom's old cookie recipe.
@Onoma314 Жыл бұрын
Nice. I usually use dates to sweeten my tamarind chutney
@paulgroth3345 Жыл бұрын
How I envy you your date syrup I have not had any of many years one of the great joys
@Ralpha1961 Жыл бұрын
The dried dates dough needs more water or oil. The powder absorbed the moisture allowing a dryer cookie.
@1TakoyakiStore Жыл бұрын
I bet adding date sugar to a banana bread recipe would be killer.
@everetteberhardt5629 Жыл бұрын
dammit its like i stop watching your channel for a little bit and come back and you've revamped the energy and brought the fireee - this is amazing actually. literally. the cookie people are going to freak out
@riverAmazonNZ Жыл бұрын
Personally I love palm sugar. The taste reminds me of jersey caramel. I find date syrup has a slight metallic aftertaste, subtly. Maybe it’s the burnt taste you mentioned. I haven’t tried date sugar.
@richardportman8912 Жыл бұрын
There are reasons why i love to visit this channel.
@jmcr71795 Жыл бұрын
A short question on roasting coffee, have you ever tried using a hot air popcorn popper? This was suggested to me by a professional roaster back in the 1980s, for some Nicaraguan coffee I had brought back to Canada, and other than the piles of "fluff" flying around, it worked wonderfully. I have never though though to use it to roast other fake/substitute "coffee" seeds, but do you think it might work?
@JacquesTreehorn Жыл бұрын
Add gelatin if you want to make them chewy. I remember when quaker oats used to put dates in their granola cereal. Now it is just raisins.
@MithalanMithrarin Жыл бұрын
I'm writing an isekai story about someone becoming an orc living in the desert, and you have just convinced me that the orcs would grow and harvest dates!
@sharon945037 ай бұрын
What you are using is date 'powder', not date 'granulated' sugar. The Date Lady (found at Walmart) is more of a granulated sugar and provides a bit less dryness when baking. Also, it says it is a 1:1 swap, but I find that it's better at around 2/3 of a cup date sugar to replace 1 cup of white or brown. Also, because date sugar doesn't melt the same, flattening cookie dough before baking helps with a better texture, imho.
@IamsTokiWartooth Жыл бұрын
wonderful, simply wonderful
@JustSpectre Жыл бұрын
Speaking of cultures that uses dates, it was the favourite fruit of the oldest civilization, ancient Sumerians. Records of them using various products from dates including sirup remained on ancient tablets found all over modern day Iraq including recipes such as mersu (date and nuts balls) or Palace cake (sort of a fruit cake with dates and raisins).
@stockicide Жыл бұрын
You can find that exact brand of date syrup in larger Wal-Marts if you don't live near a Whole Foods or similar store.
@Sam.Sung_ Жыл бұрын
You read our minds with that final cookie.
@tambaloneusderpaloneus6626 Жыл бұрын
I have date syrup (the fruit date sort) and it's perfect for sweetening porridge because that extra flavour is so nice.
@Jagermonsta Жыл бұрын
I like your baking trays, nicely seasoned
@NamasteTexas11 ай бұрын
I found this while I was looking at recipes for making chocolate syrup at home. I like to make iced coffee with a little dark chocolate or chocolate syrup. I'm going to try making chocolate syrup with date sugar and see how that works
@cerberaodollam Жыл бұрын
An Adam Ragusea style experiment, nice. BTW, I'm allergic to tomatoes and was wondering if you gonna make more alternative ketchups?
@StonedtotheBones13 Жыл бұрын
There's a whole series of will it ketchup, I recommend it. Except the noni one, don't do that
@wpc456cpw Жыл бұрын
Have you had Banana Ketchup before? You can find it at most Asian grocers, it’s a Philipino thing!
@scallopohare9431 Жыл бұрын
Sticky toffee pudding uses dates.
@AymenDZA Жыл бұрын
My aunty makes us Date Syrup almost all the time, and one thing she always tells me is that if the syrup has a "burnt" flavor in it then it wasn't cooked/prepared properly, I'm biased so of course I prefer her Syrup to the widely available ones in the market but to each their own but there's quite a lot of variations when it comes to syrup from different flavors and concentrations of sugar to different consistencies and so on.
@clairmorrill8660 Жыл бұрын
Jared, the natives used to eat Sala berries, they have a natural appetite suppressant in them though
@mukhtaralbahlani5273 Жыл бұрын
Hey, so I have the feeling I need to correct you, although making date molasses can be made by cooking them they use just keep them in a hot container somewhere under the sun and have something push onto the dates to squeeze the molasses out... no water required. Though I think that would depend on the cultivar of dates you have because some produce more sap than others and it might also depend on the country your in but that's how we do it
@clairmorrill8660 Жыл бұрын
Jared, you forgot about another fruit from North America, it grows in the Pacific Northwest, is called Sala, it's botanical name is Gauntheria salon
@DaBunne Жыл бұрын
basic white sugar is treated as a liquid in recipes and not as a dry ingredient. so when using date sugar in a recipe, you would have to consider the high fiber content and reduce the flour slightly in the recipe to compensate for the added fiber of the date sugar, and increase the water (or milk?) to compensate for the lack of surar-type liquid not getting added.
@bouzakmaya3260 Жыл бұрын
If it's not à bother, do we use the same amount of date sugar like we do with white sugar?
@Momzie80812 күн бұрын
Was hoping to see the cookie recipe that you showed!
@Catherine_Yong Жыл бұрын
I was looking for some inspiration for baking and i think this might be it! Thanks 😊
@Gringo_Mayo Жыл бұрын
This man always somehow makes me crave fruits that I hate. Damn you Weird Fruit Explorer!
@mattmarzula Жыл бұрын
Those are some powerful emotions for a topic so sweet.
@AwesomeFish12 Жыл бұрын
Always fun to learn new ways to use fruit. Thanks for the info 👍🥭
@Alina-ws6ob Жыл бұрын
Love your copper cookie trays. 😊
@PhosphorAlchemist Жыл бұрын
Grocers that cater to the diaspora from the middle east, northern Africa, and Central Asia will have some firm of date sugar or syrup that is _much_ more affordable than a Whole Foods or natural foods store. These are usually small stores with very specific inventory. While it can feel intimidating to walk in not knowing anything, many shopkeepers I've run into way are excited to share their food culture if you come with curiosity and a willingness to try new things. Get a pastry while you're there -- delicious! Many of these stores remain cash-only for small transactions, so go with that in mind.
@rufuscusack2962 Жыл бұрын
Always enjoy watching!
@mediocreturbulence5746 Жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS EXPERIMENT VIDEO
@CryptoFamily8 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting review. Thanks for sharing this!
@createinspain23 күн бұрын
I think your recipe just needed more liquid with the date sugar. The fact that it is dried dates will mean it absorbs more liquid, so unless you compensate, yes, it will be dry.
@oxcide5888 Жыл бұрын
i love a crumbly cookie the date cookie looks so fkn good
@RoseNZieg Жыл бұрын
thanks for experimenting and telling us about it!! I never knew they existed.
@jamesmitchell6925 Жыл бұрын
I love date sugar! Dr Greger says it’s the healthiest sweetener. He’s smart.
@detectfevi Жыл бұрын
Excellent video Jared!
@mustachewalrus Жыл бұрын
You are upping my cookie game!!
@granddaddy_funk Жыл бұрын
Date syrup sounds like what bill Cosby would call his special barbeque sauce.
@critterjon4061 Жыл бұрын
You can actually do this process with any fruit for example in Eastern Europe watermelon sugar is popular
@coffeebeforemascara Жыл бұрын
Oooooooooooo, sounds delish!
@Grom-rl8bm Жыл бұрын
Loved this vid
@frankmacleod2565 Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@scotmcpherson Жыл бұрын
my chocolate chip recipe doesn't flatten when you bake and they come out cakey....solution? Just flatten them a bit with your fingers instead balling them. Works like a charm.
@MohdAradi Жыл бұрын
Ok, I'm here again first things first The Date syrup what we call (debs) shouldn't be extracted like you said but its what you get when you press the dates hydraulically second the sugar is extracted just like they do with cane sugar almost but not fully refiened (sold in KSA) what you have is more like powdered fruit / flour third since it has fiber in it has fiber in it, you should've accounted for it by adding a bit more water to the dough last. with the real pressed syrup best way of consuming is with oil fried dough balls called "Lokma"
@JacindaH Жыл бұрын
I wonder how dates would work for a roll out sugar cookie?
@wpc456cpw Жыл бұрын
This is really interesting!! Thanks for sharing Jared. I want to bake some cookies now…
@thetobyntr9540 Жыл бұрын
The holy trinity of the cookie
@martinw3780 Жыл бұрын
We are loving your videos! Can you share the cookie recipe you used using the 3 sugars together? Would we just sub in an equal amount of the 3 sugars for the recipe's total sugar? Glad we found this channel! Thank you!
@BAlex2209 Жыл бұрын
Try Nōlen Gur ,( Bengali style, first press date mollases/syrup).
@endlessnameless7004 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how that date syrup tastes in espresso.
@stephsexoticpets Жыл бұрын
AWESOME VID
@davidbenner2289 Жыл бұрын
I'll try it. Thank you.
@michaeldesilvio221 Жыл бұрын
What is the healthiest sugar to buy? I just bought coconut sugar and I love it.
@RitaElaineHeltonBarker-uz4sz Жыл бұрын
Maybe cook another batch with 3/4's date sugar and 1/4 Brown Sugar of the amount the recipe calls for
@colleenuchiyama4916 Жыл бұрын
Next time you make chocolate chip cookies, take half the butter and melt it and then add it to the creamed mixture. Makes the chewiest cookies ever!
@WeirdExplorer Жыл бұрын
pro tip! thanks
@AngelWisper02 Жыл бұрын
you've got it wrong my freind, date syrup is made by pressing down date by putting them in pillow like casings then puttin' a weight ontop of them for few months while the syrup is being collected in stainless recipients. greetings from algeria hopefully we gonna see you again
@StalkerNaturaliste Жыл бұрын
Hi. I just searched and didn't found a video of you reviewing caroub (Ceratonia siliqua), it used to be a popular fruit around the mediterranean. It taste kind of like caramel and chocolate and it's supposed to be a good snack to lose weight because it's actually not that sweet. You can also find a melasse with a surprisingly rich taste. In France I can find it in turkish and lebanese stores.
@pattheplanter Жыл бұрын
I believe that carob syrup with tahini is the PB&J of Lebanon. It is very tasty.
@StalkerNaturaliste Жыл бұрын
@@pattheplanter i bought some blindly, i will try that thanks. It's very tasty in any pastry, or as suggar in a tea.
@sharilove8780 Жыл бұрын
Dates are also low glycemic.....or at least a whole lot better than sugar. Not sure about the syrup because it may have lost its fiber content.....but I still use the syrup in place of sugar....I wonder if you use a combo of the sugar and syrup, kind of like you do with white and brown sugar if it would come out better?
@janreed3338 Жыл бұрын
You must come to Indio, CA for a date shake
@rob._. Жыл бұрын
I'm guessing the fiber absorbed more moisture leading to it not spreading enough too. Dough might need more moisture.
@cuttwice3905 Жыл бұрын
Date sugar is one of my favorite ingredients. I buy it at Halal stores.