Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 I used to have 3 fig trees... I have this great canned Fig in wine recipe! ) It's really good, if unconventional. xoxoRobyn Jeanne, I found a recipe for Cold Figgy Soup. I can't wait to try it but would think your fresh figs cannot be beat. Let me know if you would like the recipe. Smiles and hugs Deanna We are in a war. We have no energy plan for global warming. People can't afford to take medicines to stay alive And the government feels that Gays getting married is the most important thing to worry about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 I can't understand why some people don't like fihs. I just love them and just think you have your own organic ones. Chelsea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 I suspect once a person has tree ripened figs the opinion might change, mine did! I hated them till we bought this place. My figgies are literally dripping with honey dew stuff. Fresh ones don't ship well though, so the things in stores are shipped still hard, tasteless and green. Bleah. Jeanne Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Jeanne, I found a recipe for Cold Figgy Soup. I can't wait to try it but would think your fresh figs cannot be beat. Let me know if you would like the recipe. Smiles and hugs Deanna , treazure noname <treazured wrote: > > I suspect once a person has tree ripened figs the opinion might change, mine did! I hated them till we bought this place. My figgies are literally dripping with honey dew stuff. Fresh ones don't ship well though, so the things in stores are shipped still hard, tasteless and green. Bleah. Jeanne > > > > Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Oh yes please, gimmie recipe! Better yet, come make it for me. I'm siiiick and whiney. Really whiiiiiiiiney. And while you're here, how about helping me can about a few dozen jars of figs. (Or I will end up freezing them and then preserving them when I feel like I am going to live.) Jeanne kvetching in Georgia genny_y2k <genny_y2k wrote: Jeanne, I found a recipe for Cold Figgy Soup. I can't wait to try it but would think your fresh figs cannot be beat. Let me know if you would like the recipe. Smiles and hugs Deanna New Message Search Find the message you want faster. Visit your group to try out the improved message search. Share feedback on the new changes to Groups Recent Activity 70 New Members 2 New Photos 1 New Links Visit Your Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 I would like the recipe! That sounds fabulous! Candace (: Quoting genny_y2k <genny_y2k: > Jeanne, > I found a recipe for Cold Figgy Soup. I can't wait to try it but > would think your fresh figs cannot be beat. Let me know if you would > like the recipe. > Smiles and hugs > Deanna > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 -Candace, I have not tried this recipe but it looks wonderful . I found it in 'Best of Cold Foods'. I'm thinking I would make a substitue wine for fruit juice . Would love to have someone try this with wine and let us know how it is. I definetely would use fresh figs instead of canned. Wine Soup With Figs 1(17 oz.) can figs with syrup 2 lemon slices 1 (3 inch) cinnamon stick 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom 1-2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons quick cooking tapioca 2 cups dry white wine Drain syrup from figs into a 2 cup measure; Set figs aside. Add enough water to the fig syrup to make 2 cups. Pour into a medium saucepan. Add lemon slices, cinnamon stick, cardamom,sugar and tapioca. Bring to boil, reduce heat. Simmer about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove lemon slices and cinnamon stick.Pour syrup mixture in a large bowl, stir in wine. Slice figs, add to soup. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Makes 4 servings. -- In , candace wrote: > > I would like the recipe! That sounds fabulous! > > Candace (: > > Quoting genny_y2k <genny_y2k: > > > Jeanne, > > I found a recipe for Cold Figgy Soup. I can't wait to try it but > > would think your fresh figs cannot be beat. Let me know if you would > > like the recipe. > > Smiles and hugs > > Deanna > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 I have never tried fresh figs only fig newtons. We have figs growing in Georgia? Sonya See the all-new, redesigned .com. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 -Jeanne, So sorry to hear that you are not feeling well. I would love to help you can those figs. I cannot wait until time for canning. I just love doing it. You keep on getting better lady. I am sending healing thoughts your way. Smiles and hugs Deanna -- In , treazure noname <treazured wrote: > > Oh yes please, gimmie recipe! Better yet, come make it for me. I'm siiiick and whiney. Really whiiiiiiiiney. And while you're here, how about helping me can about a few dozen jars of figs. (Or I will end up freezing them and then preserving them when I feel like I am going to live.) Jeanne kvetching in Georgia > > genny_y2k <genny_y2k wrote: Jeanne, > I found a recipe for Cold Figgy Soup. I can't wait to try it but > would think your fresh figs cannot be beat. Let me know if you would > like the recipe. > Smiles and hugs > Deanna > > > New Message Search > Find the message you want faster. Visit your group to try out the improved message search. > > > > > Share feedback on the new changes to Groups > > > Recent Activity > > 70 > New Members > > 2 > New Photos > > 1 > New Links > > Visit Your Group > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 I'll say they don't like wet roots! Well, you are lucky, I've heard that a lot of mediterranean plants don't like southern humidity. ) Oh you betcha. Figs looooove growing here, even in Hotlanta. They thrive in full sun (even our sun!) and water, but don't like wet roots. Actually, and a lot of southerners don't know this, our sun, without the humidity to filter the UV is a lot stronger... plants that you can grow in full sun, say like " ginger lilly's " need mostly shade here. It's hard to imagine, I know. I have had many arguments with people living in tropical environments, so I've try to explain better. My bananas get burnt in full sun, yet they still grow. xoxorobyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 This does look good! Thank you (: Quoting genny_y2k <genny_y2k: > -Candace, > I have not tried this recipe but it looks wonderful . I found it > in 'Best of Cold Foods'. I'm thinking I would make a substitue wine for > fruit juice . Would love to have someone try this with wine and let us > know how it is. I definetely would use fresh figs instead of canned. > > Wine Soup With Figs > 1(17 oz.) can figs with syrup > 2 lemon slices > 1 (3 inch) cinnamon stick > 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom > 1-2 tablespoons sugar > 2 tablespoons quick cooking tapioca > 2 cups dry white wine > > Drain syrup from figs into a 2 cup measure; Set figs aside. Add enough > water to the fig syrup to make 2 cups. Pour into a medium saucepan. > Add lemon slices, cinnamon stick, cardamom,sugar and tapioca. Bring to > boil, reduce heat. Simmer about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. > Remove lemon slices and cinnamon stick.Pour syrup mixture in a large > bowl, stir in wine. Slice figs, add to soup. Refrigerate until > thoroughly chilled. > Makes 4 servings. > > -- In , candace wrote: >> >> I would like the recipe! That sounds fabulous! >> >> Candace (: >> >> Quoting genny_y2k <genny_y2k: >> >> > Jeanne, >> > I found a recipe for Cold Figgy Soup. I can't wait to try it but >> > would think your fresh figs cannot be beat. Let me know if you would >> > like the recipe. >> > Smiles and hugs >> > Deanna >> > >> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Oh you betcha. Figs looooove growing here, even in Hotlanta. They thrive in full sun (even our sun!) and water, but don't like wet roots. I like the Celeste for the south and indifferent gardeners. One, it loves the sun and heat and two, it doesn't much like vigorous pruning. Benign neglect works with this cultivar. Best of all, since you are in one zone colder than I am, Celeste is more cold tolerant than many other fig cultivars. Of course, I should warn you. Eating an entire pint or quart jar of fig preserves will have you living in the bathroom for a few days. Just ask my husband. Not a good idea. *grins* Jeanne in Georgia Talk is cheap. Use Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 treazure noname <treazured wrote: I suspect once a person has tree ripened figs the opinion might change, mine did! I hated them till we bought this place. My figgies are literally dripping with honey dew stuff. Fresh ones don't ship well though, so the things in stores are shipped still hard, tasteless and green. Bleah. Jeanne OK, that settles it, fig trees, 6 ft cockroaches for holloween, spaminials - soon as Publishers ClearingHouse brings me that big winning check I'm moving next door to you ! If they come before October I'll volunteer to help make the roaches too. hehehehehehehehe peace, Angela great grandma recycled, she called it making do. who I am is fine, it's just this body that's disabled! middle age = that time of life when we realize yesterday's sex, drugs and rock and roll are todays memories, prescriptions and golden oldies! Everyone is raving about the all-new Mail Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 OK, that settles it, fig trees, 6 ft cockroaches for holloween, spaminials - soon as Publishers ClearingHouse brings me that big winning check I'm moving next door to you ! If they come before October I'll volunteer to help make the roaches too. > hehehehehehehehe > peace, > Angela > Heheheh, ok, come on. You allergic to cats? Hope not, we've got over two dozen here now. How bout big dogs? Have four big'uns. (One ball player barker, one silent but deadly, one loving lab and one huge pit bull who is terrified of men, loves women, and thinks he is a cat.) Jeanne in Georgia PS: Georgia is pronounced Jawja. Grits aren't hominy in a can; they are made from dry corn grits, called grits and you don't eat sugar over them. (That will get gasps of horror from others in the restaurant and you'll probably get arrested and deported to a nawthen state.) Tea is sweet unless you ask for unsweetened. (Then you get the " Oh pooooah thing, she got the sugar diabeeetez. " ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Amen, the southern sun is a weeeeeeee different than the northern one. Though the USDA says we are in the same zone as Atlanta, we aren't! Our temperatures here average 10 degrees higher than Atlanta. It never snows here. Winter temps will drop to the teens maybe a total of 10 days during the winter month. Yeah. MONTH. February, generally. The southern side of our house is really hot. My banana tree actually died after getting burned. My eucalyptus tree, sago palm, pampas, yucca and mimosa's thrive in the full sun and heat. Roses are supposed to get 8 hours of full sun a day. Better not do that down here! I plant so that they will get 8 hours filtered sun, otherwise they burn to a crisp and die back to root stock. Veggies acclimated to the deep southern climate (turnips, mustard, collards, okra, peanuts, squash, tomatoes) thrive. Northern veggies like spinach and even green peas, broccoli, brussels sprouts, don't do well unless shaded and grown so their peak growing time is in the early spring or fall. Funny thing, so many have air conditioning that they forget that there are many down here (and now especially the north that has been hard hit by the heat), do not have AC. People die in this kind of heat. So please, ya'll, check on those you know whithout AC. If you can, donate a unit or two, or fans to the senior center. rant over, jeanne Groups are talking. We’re listening. Check out the handy changes to Groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 >snip< Heheheh, ok, come on. You allergic to cats? Hope not, we've got over two dozen here now. How bout big dogs? Have four big'uns. (One ball player barker, one silent but deadly, one loving lab and one huge pit bull who is terrified of men, loves women, and thinks he is a cat.) Jeanne in Georgia Hey Jeanne, Wish I could, west texas is doing a pefect imitation of the south west corner of that theological place of eternal punishment! and I walk every where, no car. Love cats, 7 in the house, 2 ferals I've made friends with stay in my yard plus right now half a dozen or so feral kittens and mama cat come by every so often - they stay a few days, dissapear a few days to a week and show up again starving and crying for a meal.(3 of the house crew are rescued ferals I tamed) Love big dogs too, is the silent but deadly one sneaky or smelly? sbd could have more than 1 meaning LOL. You know we all are going to expect pix of those spaminals and cockroaches !! peace, Angela great grandma recycled, she called it making do. who I am is fine, it's just this body that's disabled! middle age = that time of life when we realize yesterday's sex, drugs and rock and roll are todays memories, prescriptions and golden oldies! See the all-new, redesigned .com. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Wow we really arelike that! Sonya Get on board. You're invited to try the new Mail Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 I do not believe I ever thank you for the recipe. I've been behind in emails (as you can see from the date). I think it sounds fantastic though! Candace (: www.myspace.com/cansel www.mydietsucks.com <http://www.mydietsucks.com/> _____ On Behalf Of genny_y2k Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:28 PM -Candace, I have not tried this recipe but it looks wonderful . I found it in 'Best of Cold Foods'. I'm thinking I would make a substitue wine for fruit juice . Would love to have someone try this with wine and let us know how it is. I definetely would use fresh figs instead of canned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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