yum figs. very good for you. wish I had a fig tree ... On 7/30/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, anyone here ever grown figs? > > I have two little fig trees in my front yard. They each had like 30 > little figs on them and I went out to look at them this evening, and > noticed a couple of them had been partially eaten. These are "brown > figs" and I guess they turn a kind of purplish brown color when ripe. > None of the figs on my tree were completely turned.. but some of them > were partly purplish-brown, and were somewhat soft. Still small - > only about an inch long. > > There were a lot fewer on the trees than there were originally so I'm > assuming that some of them have already been eaten by birds or > squirrels. > > I decided to try one - I picked two that looked suitable, and cut them > open to make sure they "looked" good... bit in, and sure enough, they > tasted pretty good. > > I guess they're ripe or the birds wouldn't have eaten them. They were > soft.. and kind of pinkish on the inside. Sweet tasting. Pretty > good. > > Maybe another year or so and I can pick enough figs to make some fig bars > > http://southernfood.about.com/od/datesandfigs/r/bln430.htm > http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/RECIPES/RECIPES/Desserts/Fig_Bars.html > > something to look forward to! > > -- > Rick Root > Check out CFMBB, BlogCFM, ImageCFC, ImapCFC, CFFM, and more at > www.opensourcecf.com > >
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