We were out collecting groceries for an upcoming entry for the blog when Edna was inspired.  She went into the Middle Eastern market to get fresh mint since the stuff they had at the supermarket was crap and came back with a hand full of dates.  She was inspired.

We’d already gotten the bacon simply to be decadent, but seeing the dates there on the shelf triggered something mystical (or might I say “crazy”?) in her eye.  She had a plan that involved them together.

The pitted dates

• 1 package of dates (about 3/4 of a pound
• 1 package of bacon (about a pound)
• some feta cheese (one package, whatever you get)

Yeah, this may well be the loosest specification for ingredients that we’ve ever done but hey, it’s all rock and roll over here!

Preheat the oven to 350.

Pit the dates.  Stuff feta cheese into them so they’re as full as can be.  Wrap each date in a strip of bacon and put them on a cookie sheet or something similar.  (They may drip a bit so something with turned up edges is safest for your oven.)

Ready to go into the oven

Put in the oven for about 30 minutes, until the bacon is cooked.  If you’ve ever fried bacon you’ll know what it should look like.  Pro-tip, they should look like the top photo in this post.