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Do you eat figs ?

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saragoodtimes · F

love stuffed figs. have a tree in my yard

HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F

I love them no matter what some random fact post says about them 😌

saragoodtimes · F

all figs sold in supermarkets and those grown at home don't need or have wasps in them to pollenate the fruit

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@Nanori if any of us kids had noticed, and there were a lot at that time, none of us would have even considered trying them. You know how kids are. They not only notice the smallest things yet are easily grossed out. Every kid in the neighborhood wouldn't have accepted those figs.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@BackyardShaman The wasps that pollinate figs are not the big stripy kind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_wasp

BackyardShaman · 61-69, M

@ninalanyon that might be the thing I see in late August around my fig trees i

PhoenixPhail · M

I DO eat figs. But only the dried ones. I don't mind consuming the remains of the wasp. Although, it did kind of freak me out (not too much) when I found a wing in one of the figs when I bit into it.

saragoodtimes · F

@PhoenixPhail a must for Thanksgiving and Christmas

PhoenixPhail · M

@saragoodtimes It would take a lot of wasp wings to make a meal, though.

saragoodtimes · F

@PhoenixPhail not the meal, afterwards with the nuts, pastries, chestnuts and fruit

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

I used to but they make me itch so I stopped. Have 3 fig trees in the back yard and they really produced a lot of fruit this summer up until 10 days ago, get about 4 or 5 a day now.

saragoodtimes · F

@cherokeepatti think they are the most beautiful plant to watch grow. have 1 in my yard and 2 in pots I bring in for the winter and put in our sunroom

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@saragoodtimes these we have are too large to bring inside. But you can easily cut a small branch and root them in water, had some that actually bloomed like that and started to produce fruit before they were planted. Anyone that wants a start of them can have one. That’s what is really interesting about them.

Nanori · F

Yeah I live in a city where the main job of people is farming figs 😁

Starcrossed · 41-45, F

Fig Newtons...

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

I have 3 fig bushes but figs started to make me itch after eating them. Got hundreds this summer, best year so far

Northwest · M

Love them. Love them on pizza. Love them stuffed with goat cheese, baked, then dipped in pistachio spread, and rolled in crushed cashew nuts. Love them in jam.

Fun fact: do you know what all organic products, and a lot of non-organic products, are grown using liquified manure.

So, I'm fine with a digested fig wasp. In fact, I am going to leave my desk for a few minutes, go into the kitchen, and eat a couple of figs.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

Love them as a kid. And believe it there were no wasps in them. No kid would eat it! Plus wasp nest are dangerous around kids.

Neighbor had her own tree that often over produced. She gave them out to all the kids. She wasn't exactly a farmer either. She only had one tree.

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@MarmeeMarch @@Nanori**** has a different answer. I'm hoping either of you haven't blocked each other either. If you see the username you should be good to see it below.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@DeWayfarer The fig digests the original female wasp and her progeny bore a small hole through which they escape. But there are commercial varieties that do not need pollination at all.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@ninalanyon mentioned below, I know.👍

saragoodtimes · F

just started another from a cutting and it's doing really well

Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M

Yes, but much riper thanks than that
Purple

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

Some of what we think are seeds are really eggs.

deadteddy · 26-30, F

Yeah, they’re delicious regardless

BackyardShaman · 61-69, M

Yes I have 3 fig trees and I love them!!

jackson55 · M

I have never eaten a fig.

Vivaci

Hmmm…yummy

Ferric67 · M

I'm a fan

UnderLockDown · M

😋 Yummy!

KingofPizza2 · 36-40, M

It’s rare that you get to take a bite of a delicious Lovecraftian horror

4meAndyou · F

Eww. I USED to like dried figs. 🤮

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@4meAndyou I don’t see any wasps around my fig trees. Now there will be wheel bugs most years and they are hanging out to look for insects to eat. Haven’t seen any of them so far this summer, which is kind of weird. No ladybugs either. I don’t know what’s up with that.