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Jul 9, 2009 14:20:16 GMT
Post by bazfaz on Jul 9, 2009 14:20:16 GMT
I had some fig and peach jam in Corsica a few years ago. Home made. Lovely.
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Jul 9, 2009 20:54:04 GMT
Post by cigalechanta on Jul 9, 2009 20:54:04 GMT
Oh how I envy you, your fig trees. I miss Provence where I could pluck them off the trees.
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Jul 10, 2009 2:01:21 GMT
Post by traveler63 on Jul 10, 2009 2:01:21 GMT
I find this topic interesting especially about figs. My only introduction was cookies called fig newtons. However my first trip to France I did have them and they were very good. Unfortunately, most grocery stores here don't stock them. I can find them in specialty stores like Whole Foods.
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Jul 10, 2009 2:31:47 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2009 2:31:47 GMT
The figs here are a variety "Celeste" or "Brown Turkey" "Celeste",I picked about 75 of them this a.m. and they are now sitting in a big bowl on my kitchen counter with some sugar on them getting ready to cook tomorrow to preserve.(with a dish towel over them to keep out the fruit flies that come out of nowhere.)
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Jul 10, 2009 4:59:03 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jul 10, 2009 4:59:03 GMT
*sob* There are two things I miss about La. so much I can hardly stand it ~~ crawfish and figs. T63, if you can't get fresh figs, make the good version of fig newtons: cuccidati. There are many recipes on the net, but most of them are too elaborate. Try a homier one, but I strongly suggest leaving off sprinkles and icing. They are perfect as-is, and don't need a nasty note of sugar on top. www.theartisan.net/Cuccidati_Frameset.htmwww.bakingobsession.com/2008/12/21/cuccidati-italian-fig-cookies/You can see that you can expand and contract the ingredients. Some recipes call for cocoa powder or grated dark chocolate, some for nuts, some for none. You should be able to buy some ready-mades there in Tucson.
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Jul 10, 2009 7:02:21 GMT
Post by bazfaz on Jul 10, 2009 7:02:21 GMT
When I loived in England I grew the Brown Turkey fig. The tree was hugely productive and everybody was amazed at growing figs in a cool climate.
Here there is a fig tree on a walk I do near near our village. I do well out of this in early September when the second crop of figs comes in because I am so much taller than the locals and can pull down higher branches.
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Jul 10, 2009 13:52:06 GMT
Post by spindrift on Jul 10, 2009 13:52:06 GMT
I am still gorging on the huge juicy black cherries from Turkey. I've rarely tasted anything as good. ;D
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Jul 10, 2009 14:45:06 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2009 14:45:06 GMT
Oh I do miss picking cherries (and eating them)! My Godfather lived in Upstate New York just south of Rochester on Lake Canandagua and there were miles and miles of cherry orchards (different varieties but I remember the Queen Ann's the most). It's a wonder I never got sick I gorged so. Lovely country up there.
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Jul 10, 2009 17:46:08 GMT
Post by Kimby on Jul 10, 2009 17:46:08 GMT
Aren't figs the fruit that always have bugs in them, but you're supposed to just ignore them and eat the figs anyway?
I just visited my sister in the Chicago suburbs whose neglected garden has become overrun with black raspberry vines, all in full production when I arrived. We easily picked about a gallon in 20 minutes, not including all the ripe berries we shoved into our mouths while we picked. Though I prefer red raspberries, this was a treat.
While hiking in Montana, we are often on trails traversing patches of wild huckleberries, a cousin of blueberries. When we get lucky enough to be hiking while they are ripening, I strip berries and eat them as I walk with my pack on my back. One hike, I ate so many berries that i actually got sick and upchucked them all at our next rest stop! Then kept picking and eating as we continued our hike, though with a bit more moderation. (I left the urp for the bears, whose food source I'd been stealing from!)
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Jul 10, 2009 19:29:02 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jul 10, 2009 19:29:02 GMT
Figs are pollinated by tiny wasps, but they exit after doing their jobs. No bugs in figs! I've never had black raspberries nor huckleberries, but would love to try them.
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Jul 10, 2009 19:31:32 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2009 19:31:32 GMT
I discovered huckleberries when my family lived briefly in Hattiesburg, Mississippi (where my mother was getting her university degree after being interrupted by the war in France). There were some huckleberry bushes on the property and I loved picking them and eating them. I don't think a single huckleberry ever made it into the house.
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Jul 10, 2009 19:38:41 GMT
Post by bjd on Jul 10, 2009 19:38:41 GMT
A friend called me this afternoon to say her apricot tree had too many apricots this year and they are leaving tomorrow. I went over and returned with 2 buckets of apricots. Will eat some, give some away, maybe make sauce with a few. I love apricots and had just bought some at the market the other day.
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Jul 10, 2009 19:56:15 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2009 19:56:15 GMT
As I already said, I am not a big fan of apricots (yet I love peaches and nectarines).
However, I think it will be interesting to mention that in France the two top jams are:
1. Strawberry 2. Apricot
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Jul 10, 2009 19:57:13 GMT
Post by Jazz on Jul 10, 2009 19:57:13 GMT
Fruit is delicious and I eat some everyday. These days I am enjoying huge succulent cherries, raspberries, nectarines, apricots and papaya. Watermelon is beautifully refreshing. Fruit is my favorite dessert or snack and I seldom go a day without several portions.
Casimira, your Celeste figs look fabulous!
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Jul 11, 2009 1:02:11 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jul 11, 2009 1:02:11 GMT
I don't have a speck of fruit in the house, unless you count raisins. Shopping tomorrow! Except for pomegranates, I like all fruit. Kerouac ~~ is this the fruit you ate in Hattiesburg? (those adorable flowers!). How did you know they were edible?
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Jul 11, 2009 4:54:40 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2009 4:54:40 GMT
Yes, that's what they were. I was only 6 years old -- I was told they were edible by an adult, and you're supposed to believe what adults tell you.
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Jul 11, 2009 5:09:09 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jul 11, 2009 5:09:09 GMT
Well, I feel totally cheated. I'm sure I must have lived where huckleberries grow, but I never remember any. I thought they were a northern plant, but wasn't Huckleberry Finn a little southern boy? Guess it sounds better than "Dewberry Finn".
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Jul 11, 2009 10:03:16 GMT
Post by rikita on Jul 11, 2009 10:03:16 GMT
mmm having watermelon for breakfast. but wait, they were the ones that weren't fruit, right? but taste good anyway.
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Jul 11, 2009 16:43:35 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jul 11, 2009 16:43:35 GMT
Watermelon is a fruit! Isn't it?
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Jul 11, 2009 16:46:16 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2009 16:46:16 GMT
Well, it's actually sort of a warped cucumber or squash, I think.
Meanwhile, melons (cantaloupes) are starting to flood into the Paris markets. It finally looks like summer.
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Jul 11, 2009 19:03:59 GMT
Post by Jazz on Jul 11, 2009 19:03:59 GMT
Well, it's actually sort of a warped cucumber or squash, I think. Perhaps in its lineage, but in my heart it will always be a fruit.
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Jul 12, 2009 20:13:20 GMT
Post by rikita on Jul 12, 2009 20:13:20 GMT
well wasn't that the topic of a megathread in tt a long time ago?
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Jul 12, 2009 20:15:14 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2009 20:15:14 GMT
Quite possible, but I must have missed it. There are quite a few items that are not easy to categorize except for botanists.
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Jul 12, 2009 20:24:39 GMT
Post by rikita on Jul 12, 2009 20:24:39 GMT
didn't someone say that strawberries are nuts, or closely related of something?
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Jul 13, 2009 5:12:28 GMT
Post by mockchoc on Jul 13, 2009 5:12:28 GMT
bixa, my dad has always grown a fig tree and I remember tiny little white worms in them sometimes. I did't eat them. Not sure what caused them.
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May 21, 2010 1:23:58 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 1:23:58 GMT
Dragon fruit for sale in Chinatown,NYC can't remember the name of but, bought some,they had to be squeezed open and inside was this white,sweet, sort of crunchy nugget of fruit.Just gorgeous to look at,hated throwing away the husk...
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May 21, 2010 1:29:45 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on May 21, 2010 1:29:45 GMT
Love the pics, and I adore dragon fruit.
Those are rambutan. I really like the taste, but tend to prefer lychee because you can just crack the shells with your teeth. You can with rambutan too, but I hate how the soft spiny things feel.
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May 21, 2010 1:32:45 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 1:32:45 GMT
Yes,that's it!!! Thank you! They were very much like a lychee.
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May 23, 2010 0:46:21 GMT
Post by Kimby on May 23, 2010 0:46:21 GMT
These are Montana huckleberries. I always thought that "huckleberries" were only found west of the Mississippi and that the berries elsewhere were called "blueberries". But it appears that local custom dictates which blue berries are called "blueberries" and which are "hucks". However the genus that OUR huckleberries are in is Vaccinium, the same genus as cranberries and some blueberries. Never heard of the Gaylussacia genus... Whatever they're called, though, they are full of anti-oxidants and taste wonderful. Except for the mealy big blueberries often sold in supermarkets.
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May 23, 2010 8:07:39 GMT
Post by bazfaz on May 23, 2010 8:07:39 GMT
At the market today I bought the first cherries of the season. Mrs Faz's face lit up when she unpacked the basket.
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