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    Old 08-26-2012, 12:52 PM
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    Could you dry the figs? My mother used to dry fruit on clean window shades laid across saw horses.
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    Old 08-26-2012, 12:54 PM
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    Send them on over to me, i just them.
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    Old 08-26-2012, 02:01 PM
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    When we lived in FL, we had a fig tree, we made the jam with figs and strawberry jello. It is delish!
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    Old 08-26-2012, 02:19 PM
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    I've been wanting to get a fig tree. I always love the green figs on cruise ships. It's the only place I ever see them. What is a good kind to grow in a backyard?
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    Old 08-26-2012, 02:56 PM
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    really can't help with your delema but boy do i love blackberries!
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    Old 08-27-2012, 02:38 AM
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    Originally Posted by Seaside gal
    I've been wanting to get a fig tree. I always love the green figs on cruise ships. It's the only place I ever see them. What is a good kind to grow in a backyard?
    I have Mission figs (the black kind) in the backyard and Kadota (green) in the front. Both are wonderful.
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    Old 08-27-2012, 02:50 AM
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    I think you will find this yummy. I have also used chopped pears for this recipe:

    Fig Cake

    2 c flour
    1.5 c sugar
    1 t salt
    1 t baking soda
    1 t ground cloves
    1 t ground nutmeg
    1 t ground cinnamon
    3 eggs
    1 c vegetable oil
    1 c buttermilk
    1 t vanilla
    1 1/2 c fresh figs, chopped
    1 cu pecans, chopped and toasted

    1. Cake
    STIR together first 7 ingredients; stir in egg, oil, andbuttermilk, blending well. Stir in vanilla. Fold in figs and, if desired,pecans.
    2. Pour into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan. BAKE at325° for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
    3. Pierce top of cake several times with a wooden pick; drizzleButtermilk Glaze over cake.
    4. Make and freeze the cake up to two weeks in advance; add theglaze the day of the party.
    5. Buttermilk Glaze:
    MAKES ABOUT 1½ C
    1 c sugar
    ½ c butter or margarine
    ½ c buttermilk
    1 T light corn syrup
    1 t vanilla extract
    BRING all ingredients to a boil in a small saucepan, and cook 3minutes. Prep: 10 min., Cook: 3 min.
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    Old 08-27-2012, 03:51 AM
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    Freeze them for pies, cobblers, etc. , etc. later in the year.
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    Old 08-27-2012, 09:13 AM
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    I don't like the seeds, but I love blackberry cobbler. My Great Aunt served it at dinners and I could never find a recipe for it. I found one that reminds me of her. I've made it as a cobbler and used it as syrup and over vanilla ice cream. It works well for that too!

    Seedless Blackberry Cobbler

    4 cups heaping blackberries
    water to cover berries
    let berries come to a boil and boil for a few minutes to make juice

    put cooked berries through a sieve and mash berries, saving the juice in a large bowl.
    Put berry juice back in pan that you cooked berries in.
    Add:
    1 cup sugar to juice
    3 TBSP heaping flour
    1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter
    dash salt
    Whisk in and cook until slightly thick.

    Put pie crust on bottom of dish
    add slightly cooled berry juice
    put pie crust on top of berry juice
    sprinkle with sugar and slit crust

    Bake 375 degrees F until crust is golden brown.
    Serve in bowls with vanilla ice cream!! Wonderful and no blackberry seeds between your teeth!!


    Click here to view: http://www.recipelink.com/cgi/msgbrd...8&thread=19460
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    Old 08-27-2012, 09:15 PM
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    Totally love figs right off the tee. Haven't seen one since moving to Arkansas 5 yrs ago.
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