Sweet Perfection
Fruit-rich Adriatic figs are hand picked by local farmers in Dalmatia, sun-dried and carefully cooked to sweet perfection.
be's been having it on toast every morning and he claims it makes his day. I had it on toast with a little butter, which was so yums. It's so good i just eat spoonfuls of it in front of the tv! If you like figs, you must try this spread.
posted by beXn @ 12:49 AM
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Figs are great. I first had them when I was really little, as my grandmother and other relatives in the South Carolina would make a few jars of fig preserves to take advantage of the trees that grew around. It was only until I was much older that I heard of them coming from Greece, or being a sort of "haute cuisine" item (speaking of which, my SC family also had access to pomegranates, and my mom thinks it is hilarious that they're showing up on fancy menus these days). That spread looks yummy.
Figs are great. I first had them when I was really little, as my grandmother and other relatives in the South Carolina would make a few jars of fig preserves to take advantage of the trees that grew around. It was only until I was much older that I heard of them coming from Greece, or being a sort of "haute cuisine" item (speaking of which, my SC family also had access to pomegranates, and my mom thinks it is hilarious that they're showing up on fancy menus these days). That spread looks yummy.
I never tasted a fresh fig until a few years ago. Before that all i knew about figs were in the form of Newtons (not to mention that childhood rumor about Fig Newtons containing dead flies in them or something like that).
And i love pomegranates! be talks about all the fruit trees his family had in the backyard when they moved to Miami, and i'm so envious as to what a warmer climate brings. What else did your family have growing in SC?
Well, it seems like pecan trees were all over. There was one in my grandmother's back yard, and my mom and uncle told me about picking them on their way home from school. Of course, I think some greens--collards, mustard, kale--were abundant around there before they became common (and easily found) up here, but nothing as exotic as pomegranates and figs.
Oh, also, you can buy fresh peanuts (up here, you can only get roasted ones) in grocery stores down there--they're so yummy when they are boiled, even though it sounds crazy. I can make the family sweet potato pie up here (or make collards, or pecan pie, for that matter), but I can only get the fresh peanuts necessary for boiled ones down there. I'd be thrilled if they ever became available here.
B i LOVE boiled peanuts! At the old skool Chinese restaurants you get a little dish of salted boiled peanuts when you sit down. The texture is different than roasted but still so addictive and delicious. I haven't seen them available for purchase unroasted either, but i ever do i'll be sure to alert you!
One day we should have a potluck knitting club, with various food themes and yummy desserts!
Hi Bexnnie,
Just wanted to clarify that yes it isn't dead flies, but it's actually wasps, and it isn't a rumor.
In some species of fig trees, female wasps have developed a symbiotic relationship with the fig trees.
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/pljune99.htm
This is only in a certain species of fig; not all fig tree species are pollenized by wasps.
Cheers,
Solarkat
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