Monday, September 27, 2010

Figs

Thanks to a wonderful friend, today I had my first figs. I look forward to them with excitement every year. I just love figs. The question I get with figs is, how do you tell they are ripe? Usually the fig will begin to drape over a little and become soft. This variety changes to a shade of purple and it is easy to tell when it is ripe. There are other varieties which turn a slightly lighter green but still become nice and soft to the touch.
The other question I get is how do you preserve them? Well I usually don't. I do cut and dry a few just for fun but figs are not easy to get in big quantities and they are so good I just can help but to eat them fresh.
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  1. CourtSeptember 27, 2010 at 9:44 PM

    So where do you find figs? And then what do you do with them besides just pop them in your mouth? Do you cook with them at all?

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  2. Efrain ArredondoSeptember 28, 2010 at 3:19 PM

    Hey Courtney,

    A great place to try figs would be the farmers market. They always have figs at this time of the year.

    I have never cooked them before but I have eaten them combined with red wine, and blue cheese on a piece of bruschetta. I think Mark has made something like this before but he might have used dried figs.

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