One of the things you may have noticed by now is how much we LOVE comfort food here at Fat Boy Heaven.  There is nothing that epitomizes comfort food for most of us more than a nice rich Mac and Cheese, but it would get boring if it was always the same.  I decided that the saltiness of the feta might tie in nicely with the smokey saltiness of the bacon very nicely, and since feta doesn't melt, provolone was a nice neutral base cheese to develop the sauce.  I added the dates as the milk was first coming to a boil so that some of the sugar would help sweeten the sauce to offset the salt.