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Farm Kitchen:  figs... figs.... what to do with figs?  |
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blessedspotfarm
Farmgirl at Heart
5 Posts
Rhonda
Asheboro
nc
USA
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 Posted - May 06 2010 : 08:13:41 AM
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| my husband and i have recently downsized to a small farm with a very nice and full, fig tree... i myself have never had a fig tree and other than fig newtons never dealt with figs.... by the look of the tree i will have plenty to use.... but what would you all suggest?? ideas?? ... recipes ??? all greatly appreciated!! |
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
1900 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 08:41:08 AM
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preserves! I don't have recipe though. I have many fig bushes.. and the old Southerners tell me it makes wonderful preserves. I just let the birds and bees enjoy them.... oh and my beagle helps herself to them too.
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009)
My Blog: ...following my heart, dreams and Jesus
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Edited by - Karrieann on May 06 2010 08:43:00 AM |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
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highlandviewpantry
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
WV
USA
214 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 09:04:57 AM
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Figs are really nice fresh. They are good stuffed with cheese. You can also dehydrate them. You can make fig sauces to eat with lamb or over cheese. My favorite is fresh.
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mickib
True Blue Farmgirl
267 Posts
Michele
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
267 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 10:49:56 AM
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| figs with goat cheese drizzled with honey and some almonds on the side is a wonderful appetizer; dried figs are great too |
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AuntieM
True Blue Farmgirl
151 Posts
Marjorie
Holly Springs
NC
USA
151 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 11:07:17 AM
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| Mickib, that's just what I was going to suggest! Although since I don't like goat cheese, I usually substitute mascarpone cheese. I bake this for a few minutes until the cheese is melty, then drizzle with honey and toasted, sliced almonds. Sooo good! |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 12:30:00 PM
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yes...figs and goat cheese yum!
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
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Roxy7
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Robin
Denver
CO
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 3:50:15 PM
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| I would be in heaven. They dont grow here and are so expensive. I would makefig jam and filling for cookies. I love them dried too. I have actually had fig goat cheese. Delicious. |
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Beth Jones
True Blue Farmgirl
3196 Posts
beth
tallassee
alabama
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Posted - May 06 2010 : 6:41:36 PM
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An elderly friend of mine used to make preserves with figs and strawberry jello and when finished it looked just like and tasted like homemade strawberry preserves. It made a pretty presentation also. If you'd like I'll try to get the recipe and put it on the post. Smiles, Beth
You can never be to kind! |
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2010 : 7:40:57 PM
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My Mom makes fig/strawberry preserves. If you want the recipe e-mail me and I will get it for you.
The Other Beth
Farmgirl Sister 572
When manure happens just say "WOO HOO Fertilizer". |
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blessedspotfarm
Farmgirl at Heart
5 Posts
Rhonda
Asheboro
nc
USA
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Posted - May 07 2010 : 08:08:02 AM
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this is great thanks for all the ideas!! i like goat cheese.. we have a place here called the goatlady dairy and they make wonderful stuff!!
thanks again!!
rhonda |
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tiff-tiff
True Blue Farmgirl
78 Posts
Tiffany
Austin
Texas
USA
78 Posts |
Posted - May 07 2010 : 08:15:08 AM
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They are also easy to freeze! We eat them on hot days, right out of the freezer;) Martha Stewart has some really good fig recipes.
Farmgirl #164
www.itsatippinthing.blogspot.com |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - May 07 2010 : 08:17:11 AM
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I wish I liked them...I know they are so wonderful for you, but in truth, I can't get past the "look" of them when sliced. In Newtons, doable...but in their real forms, nope.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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realjane
Farmgirl at Heart
6 Posts
Cathey
New Milford
CT
USA
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Posted - May 07 2010 : 12:19:34 PM
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Fig Loaf Cake (Recipe from The Delineator Recipes dated -1929)
1 c butter or shortening
2 c brown sugar
4 eggs
3 c flour
2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t ground cloves
1 t nutmeg
1 c water
1/2 pnd finely cut figs
2 c chopped raisins
Cream butter and add the sugar. Add the eggs, well beaten. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the water. Add figs and raisins,dredged with a little of the flour. Bake in a greased loaf pan in a slow oven (320 F) about 2 hours.
I haven't tried to make anything from this book yet. I just love old cookbooks. I just picked it up from a shop the other day. Let me know if you make it and how it tastes. Happy baking!
Traveled through a path in time
where reality was fine
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - May 07 2010 : 5:55:15 PM
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Fig jam is really good with Manchego or a good sharp cheddar. Mmmm, I am jealous.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Beth Jones
True Blue Farmgirl
3196 Posts
beth
tallassee
alabama
3196 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2010 : 07:39:24 AM
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The recipe I have for Strawberry-Fig preserves is:
3 cups mashed figs (about 20 medium)
3 cups sugar
2 (3 oz.) or 1 (6 oz.) strawberry gelatin
2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
For immediate use (store in refridgerator)
Mix figs, gelatin, sugar, and lemon juice well in a large sauce pot.
Bring to boil over medium heat and continue boiling for 3 minutes stirring occasionally.
Quickly pour into sterilized jars and wipe tops clean with a cloth.
For extended storage:
Do all of the above and...
Put in boiling water for 5 minutes for half pints.
Start timing when water returns to a full boil after hot jars are lowered into boiling water
Remove jars from water and set on counter to cool.
Makes about 6 (6oz) jars
Seal at once with a tight lid
You can never be to kind! |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2010 : 09:39:44 AM
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Hey Rhonda!
Finally a farmgirl LOCAL here in central NC!
I'm in Seagrove and work at the zoo.
Sorry, I like figs but don't have access to any or a kitchen for that matter right now.
The fig and strawberry preserves are good I bet! |
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Lindsay C
True Blue Farmgirl
117 Posts
Lindsay
Rogersville
AL
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2010 : 3:08:48 PM
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Last year we made some fig jam, and also we dehydrated a bunch too. We had more figs than we knew what to do with!
Lindsay
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MargaretW
True Blue Farmgirl
99 Posts
Margaret
Dittmer
Missouri
USA
99 Posts |
Posted - May 12 2010 : 10:18:54 AM
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My daugther made this in here cooking class in college and it is to die for, yum!
FIG LOAF
3 large eggs
2-1/2 cups sugar
2 cups ripe figs, mashed
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped pecans
PREHEAT OVEN 350
Beat eggs; add sugar and beat well. Add the mashed figs and vegetable oil. Sift together flour, bakin soda, salt and cinnamon. Add the fig mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Beat well. Fold in chopped pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour in greased and floured loaf pans. Makes 2 large or 3 small loaves.
ENJOY!!
Margaret
Proud to be an American! There is nothing better on earth than our freedom! |
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ilene
Farmgirl in Training
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ilene
westminster
colorado
USA
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Posted - May 13 2010 : 6:17:19 PM
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This is making me so hungry. I love figs. When I lived in Florida, my husband's relatives were so surprised that I would pick them off the tree and eat them. They never ate them.
Thanks for the recipes. I'll forward them to Florida. Perhaps they will start to utilize what they have. I hope so. They also have loquat trees and nobody eats them. I love them too.
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." Virginia Woolf
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1149 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
1149 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2010 : 5:59:49 PM
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I have a huuuuuge fig tree. I really don't care much for figs, BUT, I made the recipe off of pickyourown.org which uses real strawberries as opposed to the strawberry jello. It came out terrific. :0)
It's fig jam for people who don't like figs!
FarmGirl #1390
www.mylittlecountry.wordpress.com |
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Room To Grow
True Blue Farmgirl
974 Posts
Deborah
Kingston
Georgia
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2010 : 7:18:34 PM
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I love fig preserves...I wish I had a fig tree
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - May 14 2010 : 7:59:46 PM
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I love, love, love fig perserves. I had a great big fig tree that my dad planted. Lightening hit it and split the thing in half. Parts of the tree is still there, but it has never produced another fig. I've planted two other fig trees, and they never produce figs either. But, I do love figs.
That fig loaf sounds good. Thanks for sharing.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2010 : 03:25:25 AM
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So with all this fig talk. Could there possibly be a recipe out there for the cake-like pastry that fig newtons are wrapped in?
I bet something home made like that would be really great and might work for other types of pulpy fruits too |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - May 15 2010 : 2:37:57 PM
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Oh Anna!!!! that would be good. If you find a recipe for that, please share. LOL.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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violetrose
True Blue Farmgirl
960 Posts
Ruth
Epworth
GA
USA
960 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2010 : 5:18:04 PM
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my DH LOVES Fig preserves! We don't have a source of them here in Blue Ridge that I know of, anyone close by that wants to share some with us? I would put them to good use and even share the end results! The cake recipe sounds wonderful.
Thanks, Ruth
God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us!
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figs... figs.... what to do with figs?
