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Skeeter Moderator
Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 2218 Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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Posted: Mon 29 Jun, 2009 6:55 pm |
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I picked a couple gallons of figs yesterday--making preserves today. _________________ Skeet
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plantguy Citruholic
Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 91 Location: Long Island, NY
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bradkairdolf Citruholic
Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Posts: 77 Location: Metro Atlanta, Ga
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Posted: Wed 01 Jul, 2009 10:48 am |
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Sounds great, I love fig preserves! What varieties do you grow?
I'm waiting to see if my folks' neighbor will have a spare jar or two this year for me to take home. Hopefully, I'll have some figs next year. My rooted cuttings have done pretty well and have grown about 30 inches so far this year. I think I'm going to try to find cuttings of some other varieties to try as well. |
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Skeeter Moderator
Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 2218 Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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Posted: Wed 01 Jul, 2009 3:09 pm |
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I don't know the variety, it is from our old home over in Alabama--based on descriptions, my guess is brown turkey. I wish you could come pick some--most of the rest will just fall on the ground. _________________ Skeet
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karpes Citruholic
Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 379 Location: South Louisiana
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Posted: Wed 01 Jul, 2009 7:00 pm |
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Skeet
Have you tried drying/dehydrating figs? I just purchased an Excalibur dehydrator and I will be giving that a trial run this week end. These first figs are exceptionally sweet and I wonder if this drought we are going through has something to do with it.
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Skeeter Moderator
Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 2218 Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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Posted: Wed 01 Jul, 2009 9:51 pm |
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No, I haven't, but I have an old dehydrator I used to use for making jerky. Maybe I'll give it a try.
I put all of the first batch into fig/strawberry preserves--just added a large box of strawberry jello to the figs when they were done--they taste so much like strawberry preserves it is almost unbelivable. _________________ Skeet
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brettay Citruholic
Joined: 27 May 2008 Posts: 45 Location: Novato, CA
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Posted: Thu 02 Jul, 2009 12:31 am |
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Fig preserves on top of a sharp cheese is a great combination. Love the sweet/bitter contrast. My father-in-law makes fig preserves as well and we always covet a few jars for that exact reason.
-Brett |
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