Posted by tanevab on Oct 16, 2007 · Member since Jan 2007 · 942 posts
What's your favorite fresh fig recipe?
Posted by bookmama on Oct 17, 2007 · Member since Oct 2006 · 1190 posts
No such thing... ;D :P
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Posted by mirrya1 on Oct 17, 2007 · Member since Jan 2006 · 2210 posts
Does a Fig Newton count? :) J/K....haven't had one in years but they used to be one of my favorite cookies.
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Posted by Kbone on Oct 17, 2007 · Member since Jun 2007 · 374 posts
Take fig out of container/package. Take bite. Chew. Roll eyes back in head for sheer joy.
This recipe never misses.
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Posted by jenniferhughes on Oct 17, 2007 · Member since Aug 2006 · 1828 posts
I should know this being from CA... but are figs and dates the same thing? If so, Ani's Raw Donut Holes! MMMMMM!
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Posted by hopfrog on Oct 17, 2007 · Member since Sep 2004 · 905 posts
My in-laws have a very productive fig tree. We always get bags and bags of them when it is fruiting. We eat as much as we can fresh (yumm!) and on salads, dry some in my dehydrator, and usually cut the rest in half and freeze for smoothies. I've made various tarts and put them into muffins, but I really do prefer them fresh.
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Posted by hopfrog on Oct 17, 2007 · Member since Sep 2004 · 905 posts
This thread really got me thinking that I should take better advantage of my fig luckiness and try actual recipes. 30 seconds on google came across this site (with an actual "vegan" section...albeit only three recipes---but they sound good!):
The black beans with figs and bell peppers sounds really good...now I wish the fig tree was in season right now.
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Posted by lime green on Oct 17, 2007 · Member since Apr 2007 · 634 posts
This thread really got me thinking that I should take better advantage of my fig luckiness and try actual recipes. 30 seconds on google came across this site (with an actual "vegan" section...albeit only three recipes---but they sound good!):
The black beans with figs and bell peppers sounds really good...now I wish the fig tree was in season right now.
on the site they also have directions on how to use figs to replace fats in baking. so, you could make like fig chocolate chip cookies or something...
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Posted by tanevab on Oct 17, 2007 · Member since Jan 2007 · 942 posts
Take fig out of container/package. Take bite. Chew. Roll eyes back in head for sheer joy.
This recipe never misses.
TMI warning:
That's how I start out but I've eaten enough to give myself the runs :-[ . I still have a couple of pints so I was looking for something new.
I have also roasted them and they were yummy. Maybe I'll try a tart. Thanks everyone.
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Posted by IheartDamianMarley on Oct 17, 2007 · Member since Oct 2007 · 7 posts
I've heard about that-- dried fruit like figs harboring pests? That's pretty gross & .....unvegan ! :-X
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Posted by nutdragon on Oct 17, 2007 · Member since Aug 2006 · 807 posts
Take fig out of container/package. Take bite. Chew. Roll eyes back in head for sheer joy.
This recipe never misses.
Yep...thats it...except once I lived in this magical place while I was in college where there was a fig tree out back of a house I rented and I would pick colanders full, eat some, blanch and freeze some...mmmm...ahh the memories. No matter how many packages I buy, nothing compares to that...heaven.
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Posted by hespedal on Oct 17, 2007 · Member since Mar 2006 · 5259 posts
this thread reminded me that i need to make my way over to my old house and pick figs from that tree. no one ever ate them but me ::)
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Posted by tanevab on Oct 18, 2007 · Member since Jan 2007 · 942 posts
I am SOOOO jealous of you guys who have fig trees. :( We can't grow them here.
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Posted by redjen on Oct 18, 2007 · Member since Sep 2006 · 195 posts
I've heard about that-- dried fruit like figs harboring pests? That's pretty gross & .....unvegan ! :-X
well, it wasn't exactly like that. with figs, there is some kind of bug that helps pollinate them or something like that. i wish i had the skills to find old threads... it's really cool but now whenever i see them that is all i can think about.
what does a fresh fig taste like? the bug thread got me all sketched out but i may reconsider. i've had fig newtons back in the day... soo...???
Fresh figs are so delicious. You should give them another try
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Posted by tanevab on Oct 18, 2007 · Member since Jan 2007 · 942 posts
They taste kinda like sweet sticky honey. They are amazing!!!!
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Posted by Fee on Oct 18, 2007 · Member since Aug 2007 · 499 posts
My grandma makes this amazing fig/strawberry jam with theirs, she has declared this year to be her last with making it...those suckers can be tiring to peel
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Posted by hopfrog on Oct 18, 2007 · Member since Sep 2004 · 905 posts
I've heard about that-- dried fruit like figs harboring pests? That's pretty gross & .....unvegan ! :-X
well, it wasn't exactly like that. with figs, there is some kind of bug that helps pollinate them or something like that. i wish i had the skills to find old threads... it's really cool but now whenever i see them that is all i can think about.
what does a fresh fig taste like? the bug thread got me all sketched out but i may reconsider. i've had fig newtons back in the day... soo...???
Figs trees and fig wasps have one of the most amazing relationships that I know of. Here is a website that is really fun to learn about this (specifically look at fig-wasp fig-tree mutualism and how fig trees are pollinated)
And for anyone with an hour to kill, I highly recommend watching the facinating Nature piece about a fig tree in Africa (it is considered a "keystone species" in many environments) and everything that goes around it, including the fig tree-wasp relationship (it is posted in 10 separate "chunks" on youtube). Here is the first "chunk."
Yes, when you eat figs, you probably will be eating dead wasps--but these wasps are not killed as a result of human exploitation. They are dead there in the figs after having fulfilled their purpose in life.
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Posted by tanevab on Oct 18, 2007 · Member since Jan 2007 · 942 posts
I always pull mine open to look for critters and have never seen one. Maybe it has already decomposed :o but I don't care they are that good :)
I've seen that piece about the fig trees and it was really well done.
No such thing... ;D :P
Does a Fig Newton count? :) J/K....haven't had one in years but they used to be one of my favorite cookies.
Take fig out of container/package. Take bite. Chew. Roll eyes back in head for sheer joy.
This recipe never misses.
I should know this being from CA... but are figs and dates the same thing?
If so, Ani's Raw Donut Holes! MMMMMM!
My in-laws have a very productive fig tree. We always get bags and bags of them when it is fruiting. We eat as much as we can fresh (yumm!) and on salads, dry some in my dehydrator, and usually cut the rest in half and freeze for smoothies. I've made various tarts and put them into muffins, but I really do prefer them fresh.
This thread really got me thinking that I should take better advantage of my fig luckiness and try actual recipes. 30 seconds on google came across this site (with an actual "vegan" section...albeit only three recipes---but they sound good!):
http://www.californiafigs.com/recipes/index.html
The black beans with figs and bell peppers sounds really good...now I wish the fig tree was in season right now.
This thread really got me thinking that I should take better advantage of my fig luckiness and try actual recipes. 30 seconds on google came across this site (with an actual "vegan" section...albeit only three recipes---but they sound good!):
http://www.californiafigs.com/recipes/index.html
The black beans with figs and bell peppers sounds really good...now I wish the fig tree was in season right now.
on the site they also have directions on how to use figs to replace fats in baking. so, you could make like fig chocolate chip cookies or something...
Take fig out of container/package. Take bite. Chew. Roll eyes back in head for sheer joy.
This recipe never misses.
TMI warning:
That's how I start out but I've eaten enough to give myself the runs :-[ . I still have a couple of pints so I was looking for something new.
I have also roasted them and they were yummy. Maybe I'll try a tart. Thanks everyone.
I've heard about that-- dried fruit like figs harboring pests? That's pretty gross & .....unvegan ! :-X
Take fig out of container/package. Take bite. Chew. Roll eyes back in head for sheer joy.
This recipe never misses.
Yep...thats it...except once I lived in this magical place while I was in college where there was a fig tree out back of a house I rented and I would pick colanders full, eat some, blanch and freeze some...mmmm...ahh the memories. No matter how many packages I buy, nothing compares to that...heaven.
this thread reminded me that i need to make my way over to my old house and pick figs from that tree. no one ever ate them but me ::)
I am SOOOO jealous of you guys who have fig trees. :( We can't grow them here.
I've heard about that-- dried fruit like figs harboring pests? That's pretty gross & .....unvegan ! :-X
well, it wasn't exactly like that. with figs, there is some kind of bug that helps pollinate them or something like that. i wish i had the skills to find old threads... it's really cool but now whenever i see them that is all i can think about.
what does a fresh fig taste like? the bug thread got me all sketched out but i may reconsider. i've had fig newtons back in the day... soo...???
Fresh figs are so delicious. You should give them another try
They taste kinda like sweet sticky honey. They are amazing!!!!
My grandma makes this amazing fig/strawberry jam with theirs, she has declared this year to be her last with making it...those suckers can be tiring to peel
I've heard about that-- dried fruit like figs harboring pests? That's pretty gross & .....unvegan ! :-X
well, it wasn't exactly like that. with figs, there is some kind of bug that helps pollinate them or something like that. i wish i had the skills to find old threads... it's really cool but now whenever i see them that is all i can think about.
what does a fresh fig taste like? the bug thread got me all sketched out but i may reconsider. i've had fig newtons back in the day... soo...???
Figs trees and fig wasps have one of the most amazing relationships that I know of. Here is a website that is really fun to learn about this (specifically look at fig-wasp fig-tree mutualism and how fig trees are pollinated)
http://www.figweb.org/Figs_and_fig_wasps/index.htm
And for anyone with an hour to kill, I highly recommend watching the facinating Nature piece about a fig tree in Africa (it is considered a "keystone species" in many environments) and everything that goes around it, including the fig tree-wasp relationship (it is posted in 10 separate "chunks" on youtube). Here is the first "chunk."
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-420313025444725488&q=queen+of+trees+chunk+1&total=2&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
Yes, when you eat figs, you probably will be eating dead wasps--but these wasps are not killed as a result of human exploitation. They are dead there in the figs after having fulfilled their purpose in life.
I always pull mine open to look for critters and have never seen one. Maybe it has already decomposed :o but I don't care they are that good :)
I've seen that piece about the fig trees and it was really well done.