Fresh figs

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I've never had one. I've had dried figs, many a fig newton,
what the heck, here are little pints of mission figs. Seems
to me people are always swooning over fresh figs.

Guess what? They are evil disgusting horrid little things
and I will never ever try them again (stamping foot).

Don't give up! Lots of indifferent and just plain bad figs are sold, but a
good one is a real treat. With prosciutto de Parma it is heavenly.

--
Peter Aitken
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Nancy Young said:

I've never had one. I've had dried figs, many a fig newton,
what the heck, here are little pints of mission figs. Seems
to me people are always swooning over fresh figs.

Guess what? They are evil disgusting horrid little things
and I will never ever try them again (stamping foot).

Nancy,

What was so horrid? The texture? The taste? The little seeds? All
of the above? I'm sure I'm not going to convert you to liking them,
but if it was the taste, you want the mushiest ones possible. But if
you don't like a mushy texture, there goes that hint.

Since you like fig newtons, here's something delicious: Just take the
fresh figs, slice in half lengthwise, put on top a little dollop of
goat cheese with or without herbs/spices, pop under the broiler for a
few minutes, and eat warm or cooled. It's a snack, it's a dessert,
it's delicious. And basically no prep time.

Anybody else want to suggest something?

Ken

On 3 Sep 2005 10:17:43 -0700, "Ken" <[email hidden]>

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Nancy Young wrote:

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What was so horrid? The texture? The taste? The little seeds? All
of the above? I'm sure I'm not going to convert you to liking them,
but if it was the taste, you want the mushiest ones possible. But if
you don't like a mushy texture, there goes that hint.

Since you like fig newtons, here's something delicious: Just take

the

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fresh figs, slice in half lengthwise, put on top a little dollop of
goat cheese with or without herbs/spices, pop under the broiler for a
few minutes, and eat warm or cooled. It's a snack, it's a dessert,
it's delicious. And basically no prep time.

Anybody else want to suggest something?

Ken

I don't particularly like fresh figs nor fig newtons 🙁 but my grand
mother used to serve peeled figs (just the outside removed) and cream.
A breakfast dish. She had a huge fig tree.

At our gourmet dinner last weekend, the country of choice was Turkey
and we had some kebobs with lamb and figs and that was a good
combination too.

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"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I've never had one. I've had dried figs, many a fig newton,
what the heck, here are little pints of mission figs. Seems
to me people are always swooning over fresh figs.

Guess what? They are evil disgusting horrid little things
and I will never ever try them again (stamping foot).

Don't give up! Lots of indifferent and just plain bad figs are sold, but a
good one is a real treat. With prosciutto de Parma it is heavenly.

You know, perhaps if I find myself in some kind of restaurant
that offered it, I would try it ... I don't know, really, what it's
supposed to be like and I wouldn't know how to pick a good
one. Obviously.

I really cannot describe the flavor. After I bit into the first one,
a look crossed my face, and it was explained to me that figs
are an acquired taste. You could say that. I guess. I've tried
to think how to describe the flavor ... it was like a mushy flavorless
apple that tasted bad at the same time. Like bitter. But they
were soft.

I had to get the taste out of my mouth with a nice date.

nancy

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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to think how to describe the flavor ... it was like a mushy flavorless
apple that tasted bad at the same time. Like bitter. But they
were soft.

I had to get the taste out of my mouth with a nice date.

nancy

If it was bitter, it was bad. They are sweet.

They do not last long and will go moldy in a few days.

On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 14:21:57 -0400, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]>

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I had to get the taste out of my mouth with a nice date.

There are way too many dirty-minded people in this newsgroup for that
to go unnoticed.

Figs are wonderful with a nice chunk of stinky cheese, too, such as
Stilton.

I am fond of figs and have grown them at times, but each of us is
entitled to dislikes.

Me? I adore beets and love liver, but pea soup makes me gag. Go
figure.

Boron

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"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I've never had one. I've had dried figs, many a fig newton,
what the heck, here are little pints of mission figs. Seems
to me people are always swooning over fresh figs.

Guess what? They are evil disgusting horrid little things
and I will never ever try them again (stamping foot).

Don't give up! Lots of indifferent and just plain bad figs are sold, but a
good one is a real treat. With prosciutto de Parma it is heavenly.

I agree... :-)
Bad figs are horrible.
Good figs are heaven.

With just a little honey and a big glob of fresh heavy cream or whipped
cream.

;-d
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Nancy Young said:

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"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I've never had one. I've had dried figs, many a fig newton,
what the heck, here are little pints of mission figs. Seems
to me people are always swooning over fresh figs.

Guess what? They are evil disgusting horrid little things
and I will never ever try them again (stamping foot).

Don't give up! Lots of indifferent and just plain bad figs are sold,
but a good one is a real treat.

(snippage)

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I had to get the taste out of my mouth with a nice date.

nancy

Ooooh! Fresh dates are to die for! A co-worker, Milind, was always after me
to try whatever snacks he had brought to work that day. He'd call me on the
phone, Jill, can you come by my desk? One day he had a bag of fresh dates
AND ghee... he dipped a date in the ghee and said "try this". I thought I'd
gone to heaven. Fantastic! Thanks, Milind!

Jill

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I've never had one. I've had dried figs, many a fig newton,
what the heck, here are little pints of mission figs. Seems
to me people are always swooning over fresh figs.

Guess what? They are evil disgusting horrid little things
and I will never ever try them again (stamping foot).

Don't give up! Lots of indifferent and just plain bad figs are sold, but
a good one is a real treat. With prosciutto de Parma it is heavenly.

You know, perhaps if I find myself in some kind of restaurant
that offered it, I would try it ... I don't know, really, what it's
supposed to be like and I wouldn't know how to pick a good
one. Obviously.

I really cannot describe the flavor. After I bit into the first one,
a look crossed my face, and it was explained to me that figs
are an acquired taste. You could say that. I guess. I've tried
to think how to describe the flavor ... it was like a mushy flavorless
apple that tasted bad at the same time. Like bitter. But they
were soft.

I had to get the taste out of my mouth with a nice date.

nancy

A good fig is soft but not mushy. It is sweet and the seeds provide a slight
hint of crunch as you chew. It is hard to select them without biting!

--
Peter Aitken

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Nancy Young said:

I've never had one. I've had dried figs, many a fig newton,
what the heck, here are little pints of mission figs. Seems
to me people are always swooning over fresh figs.

Quoted message said:

Guess what? They are evil disgusting horrid little things
and I will never ever try them again (stamping foot).

Nancy,

What was so horrid? The texture? The taste? The little seeds? All
of the above? I'm sure I'm not going to convert you to liking them,
but if it was the taste, you want the mushiest ones possible. But if
you don't like a mushy texture, there goes that hint.

Since you like fig newtons, here's something delicious: Just take the
fresh figs, slice in half lengthwise, put on top a little dollop of
goat cheese with or without herbs/spices, pop under the broiler for a
few minutes, and eat warm or cooled. It's a snack, it's a dessert,
it's delicious. And basically no prep time.

Anybody else want to suggest something?

Ken

Last year someone suggested a bit of peanut butter on a fig.... That
prooved to be my favorite way of eating them .

Rosie

rosie wrote on 03 Sep 2005 in rec.food.cooking

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Anybody else want to suggest something?

Ken

Yes I'd like to suggest that if she tried them and didn't like
them....she shouldn't eat them.

--
The eyes are the mirrors....
But the ears...Ah the ears.
The ears keep the hat up.

Nancy Young said:

I've never had one. I've had dried figs, many a fig newton,
what the heck, here are little pints of mission figs. Seems
to me people are always swooning over fresh figs.

Guess what? They are evil disgusting horrid little things
and I will never ever try them again (stamping foot).

That's too bad. I assume the ones you had weren't ripe.
When they are ripe, they are juicy and very sweet.

Dried figs are like eating sand--all the little seeds
get dry and nasty.

I'm sorry for your experience. If you ever visit anyone
with a fig tree during the season and they offer you RIPE figs,
please try one.

gloria p

Ken said:

Nancy Young said:

I've never had one. I've had dried figs, many a fig newton,
what the heck, here are little pints of mission figs. Seems
to me people are always swooning over fresh figs.

Guess what? They are evil disgusting horrid little things
and I will never ever try them again (stamping foot).

Quoted message said:

What was so horrid? The texture? The taste? The little seeds? All
of the above? I'm sure I'm not going to convert you to liking them,
but if it was the taste, you want the mushiest ones possible. But if
you don't like a mushy texture, there goes that hint.

A bad fresh fig is really bad. But good ones are fantastic. I've had too
many mealy ones with very little moisture to be willing to try them up here
any more. But if I were somewhere they're grown locally, I'd give 'em a go.

--
Siobhan Perricone
Humans wrote the bible,
God wrote the rocks
-- Word of God by Kathy Mar

Nancy Young said:

I've never had one. I've had dried figs, many a fig newton,
what the heck, here are little pints of mission figs. Seems
to me people are always swooning over fresh figs.

Guess what? They are evil disgusting horrid little things
and I will never ever try them again (stamping foot).

What kind of fig did you try? I just recalled I bought some fresh
purple figs yesterday and went into the kitchen to try one. Man, it
was like eating candy. I'm so sorry you couldn't find some like the
ones I have. I'm sure you would have liked them.

nb

"Siobhan Perricone" <[email hidden]> wrote

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A bad fresh fig is really bad. But good ones are fantastic. I've had too
many mealy ones with very little moisture to be willing to try them up
here

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Exactly what they were like. Add a nice bitter aftertaste and you've
nailed it.

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any more. But if I were somewhere they're grown locally, I'd give 'em a
go.

Where I used to live, old Italian men would have the tree in their yard.
In the winter, cut it to a stump and cover it with plastic. In the summer,
wrap it in netting to keep the birds away.

No birds are going after the figs I threw out for them.

nancy

Nancy Young said:

"Siobhan Perricone" <[email hidden]> wrote

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A bad fresh fig is really bad. But good ones are fantastic. I've had too
many mealy ones with very little moisture to be willing to try them up
here

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Exactly what they were like. Add a nice bitter aftertaste and you've
nailed it.

The dryness part alone means they could be salvageable. Use them
for bacon wrapped figs, for instance. Bitterness, forget it.
Chuck them.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

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Mr Libido Incognito said:

rosie wrote on 03 Sep 2005 in rec.food.cooking

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Anybody else want to suggest something?

Ken

Yes I'd like to suggest that if she tried them and didn't like
them....she shouldn't eat them.

Yeah.

The more for us right? ;-D
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote on 04 Sep 2005 in rec.food.cooking

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Yeah.

The more for us right? ;-D
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]."
-Jack Nicholson

Actually, I find them disgusting as well.

--
The eyes are the mirrors....
But the ears...Ah the ears.
The ears keep the hat up.

Jean B. said:

jmcquown said:

Ooooh! Fresh dates are to die for! A co-worker, Milind, was always
after me to try whatever snacks he had brought to work that day.
He'd call me on the phone, Jill, can you come by my desk? One day
he had a bag of fresh dates AND ghee... he dipped a date in the ghee
and said "try this". I thought I'd gone to heaven. Fantastic!
Thanks, Milind!

Jill

So he ate them fresh? I got some fresh ones and thought I
would dry them. Guess what they attracted????

Do I win something if I guess this correctly? (laughing) Fruit flies?

This, of course, led us (Milind and I) to discuss how to make ghee.
Interesting household - he's not a vegetarian but his wife Sujata is.
Daughter is a toddler and hasn't made up her mind yet. Must be interesting
cooking half one way, half the other way. Not sure I'd have the patience
for it on a daily basis.

Jill