Sweetness of winter

Date jaggery

In crisp winter evenings, after the sun has gone down, armed with sharp tools, siulis climb up wild date palm trees. They poke a hole in the tree trunk, attach a bamboo channel, and direct it to an earthen pot that they hang from the trunk. Drop by drop, date palm sap fills the pot throughout the night. Before sunrise the next day, the pots are retrieved. This is West Bengal’s ambrosia, our secret to wintery sweetness.

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Thanks for sharing this piece of your culture with us all @Sojib_Sikder I had no idea that this was even a thing. Is the date palm sap just used for a sweetener or does it have other uses? How much is typically collected overnight from each tree?

My best to you,

Michael

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খেজুরের রস ছাড়া যেন বাংলাদেশে শীতকাল মানায় না! ধন্যবাদ @Sojib_Sikder আমাদের সাথে খেজুরের রস সংগ্রহের ছবি শেয়ার করার জন্য।

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In Winter season people of our country take this kind of jaggery from date tree.

only from Date Tree we besicly get this. This is one kind of Bangladeshi culture.

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Wow good information…

I have seen similar thing in coconut and palm tree… but dates tree is new for me… @Sojib_Sikder