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I'm starting to love figs! How about you?

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 19 Nov 24

We rarely but figs as they are not cheap. But we've found a couple of places that aren't too expensive and are trying them more often. I really like them. It's the combination of their unique texture when I bite into them and the...

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Fig syrup

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 15 Jul 23

The figs that we have our wild and do not taste as good as those we get in the market. Browsing through YouTube I found an excellent recipe for making fig syrup. It is week long process but the result is astonishing. The syrup...

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home made fig syrup

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Wild figs

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 28 Apr 23

We lost our fig tree a few years ago but the cutting that we had planted has now grown into a sizeable tree and is yielding. The figs on this tree have yet to get that quality that we got when our old tree was living and we hope...

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Dried fruits

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 27 Feb 23

Apricots and figs are my favourite among dried fruits although I do like most of them. Both figs and apricots are a bit hard on the teeth and so I soak them in sugar syrup when they turn soft and taste better. I just read about...

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Niyog-niyogan (Ficus pseudopalma)

kaguvkov @kaguvkov (1318) • Davao, Philippines 7 May 21

This is one of our local figs here in the Philippines. The young leaves can be cooked as veggies and the ripe brown fruits are so sweet. Anyone tried this already? I am growing this as part of my Food Forest.

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Foods A-Z - F is for Figs

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 7 May 20

The fig grows on an Asian species of flowering tree which is in the mulberry family. The fig tree is also grown as an ornamental. The fig was one of the first plants cultivated by humans (9400-9200 B.C.). In 1769 Spanish...

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What a Difference a Day Makes

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 15 Jul 19

Our fig tree was getting a bit large so last night, armed with a saw and some secateurs I began cutting it back a bit. The growth at the bottom of the tree was shooting out a little bit too rapidly and, as we need height rather...

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Fresh Figs ....and goats cheese ...so yummy !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11265) • United Kingdom 7 Oct 18

My friend text me last week to say she had loads of figs on her tree and did I want some ???? YES I love figs and adore the fresh off the tree flavour. She gave me a bag of them on Friday and I plan on having some tonight for...

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Figs Yesterday, Peaches Today

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Jan 17

We must have been nice to a fruit tree lately because we've now been given a bowl of lovely peaches. Yesterday it was figs. So I think karma is taking a hand here. That's how it works, isn't it? A friend brought these round...

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White Figs for the Taking

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Jan 17

Yesterday we drove into our nearest town for a few provisions. We met a lady that we know quite well and stopped to exchange pleasantries. She had a bucketful of ripe figs in the car and gave us some to take home. As you can see...

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Are you interested in any foreign fruits which you haven't eaten yet?

youless @youless (114117) • Guangzhou, China 3 Apr 16

I am interested in figs. I saw them from an American TV series about the Rome nobles. Here there are not figs in the markets or supermarkets. We have some dried figs instead and we use them to make the soup. I like it since it is...

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Growing Your Own

belindayhughes @belindayhughes (1096) • United States 4 Jan 13

I'm trying to reduce food costs and ingest fewer chemicals by organically growing my own fruits. So far, we've bought fig, lemon and pear trees, a blueberry bush, a blackberry vine and two or three strawberry plants. In addition,...

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Fig newtons Do you like them?

Justme2007 @Justme2007 (1848) • United States 25 Oct 12

My son who is 12 just ate a whole row of fig newtons. Does anyone out there like fig newtons like that? can you sit down and just eat the whole package? He is going to be in the bathroom for real. lol

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first aid

snm7520 @snm7520 (263) • India 5 Jul 11

today in our classroom while we friends were chatting one of my friend fell on the ground due to figs we dont know what to do we were just shocked for a while (later we called for proper medical aid) what matters here is what is...

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figs for detox

raniaa5 @raniaa5 (6) 1 May 11

soak 3-4 figs in milk at night n have it the first thing in the morning.practice this for a few months n discover a wonderfully cleansed inside.having figs on an empty stomach before breakfast works amazingly in cleaning clogged...

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luanakent @luanakent (793) • Brazil 2 Oct 10

today i eat figs from the fig tree i planted in a pot garden. the fruit was very sweet. I am also happy because my garden is blooming. here began the spring

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dates vs figs

dixie1 @dixie1 (1330) • United States 26 Dec 09

I read that figs are good for our eyes. What do you know about the health benefits of figs and dates? Many Thanks

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I want to make some wine!

Ambitiouslyleiah @Ambitiouslyleiah (591) • United States 3 Aug 09

I need to know how to make fig wine... i have plenty of figs in my fig tree. so if you know how to make wine please let me know how.

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Figs

dixie1 @dixie1 (1330) • United States 27 Sep 08

HI, I read that Figs are suppose to be one of the healthiest foods, why? I need to know every single food or the best foods for preventing High Blood Pressure? Thanks

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Fig pudding. Yummy

ketybhagat @ketybhagat (4123) • India 24 Dec 07

Take a sponge cake and cut it into four layers. Place one part in a baking bowl, cover it with peeled oranges. Place the second layer on it and cover it with nuts and rasins. The third layer is covered with peaches. Then the...

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