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Oct 1, 2001

Eat them fresh - they are a very good laxitive. If you want to deliver 12 at once to friends and neighbours pick them straight into eggcartons. They bruise less and transport better.
Skin them and then puree them. This makes a good base for quickbreads.
Mix 500ml (2 cups) puree with 1 egg. Bake in a pie shell for fig pie.
The puree also freezes well.
Puree is good added to salad dressings. It makes a nice sweet vinagrette. Try adding tamarind for a bit of tang, and high-quality vinegar like apple cider or balsamic.
Fig Puree makes a mean, sweet BBQ Sauce for poultry. There is also a fig-blackbean marinade which is traditional Korean.
Fig makes chutneys rich. I am talking about British-style chutneys made of plums, with whole pepper cloves and more of that delicious tamarind. Rhubarb and Fig also makes a nice conserve.
There are many Spanish and Mexican Marmaladas which contain figs. Many have an apple base.
Puree them and make blender drinks. They're a crowd-pleaser and guests always feel like they're getting in on the ground floor of something fanstasic.

For more fig recipe ideas, see Fig Recipes. SO that is the sum and total of 2 years of discussion. This is certainly not all there is to know about figs, and I recommend the following sites for more information. The Best Fig Sites Great Fig Links
Ray's Figs
Ray has gone one step beyond here with this informative, comprehensive site. This is excellent and there are many avenues to explore figs here. North American Fruit Explorers FIG PAGE
This is written by Ray of the Ray's Figs page. Ray is the Fig Interest Group Coordinator for NAFEX and it shows. There are many categories on this NAFEX site. Take a look on their homepage for information on other Fruit and Nut special interest groups. Mediterranean Fruits Facts - Figs
Some very interesting information about figs, including more about their life-cycle and sexuality.

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