eating figs
Laura F (z9FL)
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I'm going to eat a fig this weekend, I hope.
Comments (9)My friends the fig was fantastic, or at least my half was. I was up-potting some cuttings that were in cups when the Linda showed up. She watch me for a while then noticed the bag covering the fig an asked what was that. So we walked over to check it out. I unwrapped it and showed her the fig. It was starting to ooze so I knew I had to pick it. I just touched it and it fell in my hand. Without thinking of pictures, I split it in half and we both inhaled our piece. I savored it as long as possible, mashing it well with my tongue against my palette to get the full taste. Then I chew it a little to get the crunch of the seeds and finally I let it slip oh slow slowly down the hatch. The I ran my tongue all around my mouth looking for one more little bit of taste that might be lingering. Ah, it was delicious, perhaps not quite as figgy as main season figs but very good. Too bad it was only one, what a tease. I was outside a little latter in the evening and I notice my LSU Gold fig pictured above was missing. I looked down and found it in the pot. I cut it in half to find out that it wasn't fully ripe. The center was well on its way to ripening but the eye end was still dry. I took a taste but it was not very good. It had a little fig flavor but no sweetness. Looking at it closely it saw, as you can see in the photo a small brown area right where the fig meet the branch. It encircles the stem and I wonder if that was the problem. The other one on the same tree doesn't have that brown ring. Now I only have to wait for the season to begin. It will be much harder now that I've had a taste. "gene"...See MoreEating Figs Causing Sore Gums??
Comments (10)The probable source of the sensitivity is the milky sap of the figs (ficin). If we are not very careful when we eat a lot of fresh figs, my wife and I both experience similar symptoms - a sore tongue, sore gums and mouth, and cracks at the corners of the lips. If the figs are not completely ripe, even though most of the fig is ready to eat, a bit of milky sap oozes from the stem end. Ficin acts in a way similar to a digestive enzyme. It has been used as an antihelminthic (dewormer) in some cultures. One way to minimize the amount of ficin you consume is to only eat the figs when they are absolutely ripe. (Of course, by that time, the birds have probably eaten most of them!) You can also cut or pinch off the stem, which gets rid of most of the ficin. You can also peel the fig, but I like the texture of the skin. When I only pick a few figs from a tree, I don't have a problem, but when I have as much contact with the leaves and figs as I do now, I develop a rash on my hands and forearms. (We currently have about 6 1-gallon bags of fresh figs in the freezer that we will probably process as preserves.) I wear long sleeves and wash my arms with detergent immediately after picking the figs. I may start wearing gloves as well....See MoreSome(thing)one is eating my figs
Comments (5)I am having the same problem. A bird net is the only feasible solution. Get a large one, big enough to reach the ground, and place some bricks along the edge to keep it in place. As you have anticipated, the problem comes when the tree gets very large. When this stage is reached, the only solution is to share them with the birds, but you can minimize this by picking very early in the day and picking any figs that are almost ripe. I agree with you. Celeste figs, picked at an early stage, ripen beautifully in the kitchen, with no refrigeration. Your tree is in an ideal spot: full sun, and with a good water source nearby. I would not build a wall around the base. Your tree looks health and happy. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!...See MoreThe benefit of eating figs
Comments (22)Japanese Group Converts Due to Quran Miracle According to al-Jazeera newspaper of Saudi Arabia, a Japanese research group who were investigating the chemical changes occurring within a special protein in human brain was astonished when it received the research findings of Dr. Ibrahim Khalifah, a Muslim physician who had investigated the issue in accordance with the Quran. All the group members converted as a consequence. While the group was working on mythalonids, a protein produced in human and animal brains, they found out there must be a relationship between the substance and olive and fig, two fruits to which Allah (swt) has taken an oath in the holy Quran, al-Jazeera reported. Mythalonids is an important substance for the human body which can reduce the blood cholesterol level and increase heart function ability and self-confidence. According to the report, the human brain begins to produce the substance between 51 and 53 years. The production then declines and finally stops at the age of 60 and therefore, the protein could not be achieved easily. Therefore, a Japanese group was assigned to focus on plants to achieve the substance, since the scientists believed the protein was effective in the prevention of old age symptoms. After a hard struggle, researchers found the substance they were looking for could just and only be found in two fruits: olive and fig. And one more thing that they realized was that the substance could only be achieved from the combination of these two. What they found out next was really and truly amazing. They realized that in order to get the protein, they had to make a mixture of 7 olives and 1 fig. They kept studying until they received (completely by an accident) a letter from Dr. Ibrahim Khalifah in which he had explained the findings of his investigations on olive and fig in the Quran. According to the findings of the Muslim Arabian physician, Quran has used the term Âanjeer (fig) only once whereas the term Âaz-zaytoon (olive) was mentioned seven times (6 times explicitly and once implicitly) in the holy Book. This is exactly what the Japanese group had found whereas the fact had been mentioned in the Quran 1400 years ago. "æóÃáÃøöÃäö æóÃáÃøóÃúÃõæäö¡ æóÃõæÃö ÃöÃäöÃäó¡ æóåóÃóà ÃáúÃóáóÃö ÃáúÃóãöÃäö¡ áóÃóÃú ÃóáóÃúäóà ÃáúÃöäÃóÃäó Ãöà ÃóÃúÃóäö ÃóÃúæöÃãò Ãã ÃÃÃäÃÃ¥ ÃÃÃá ÃáÃÃÃáÃä .." (ÃáÃÃä: 4-1) ""I swear by the fig and the olive, And mount Sinai, And this city made secure, Certainly We created man in the best figure then we made him descend to the lowest bottom of creation, " ((95: 1-4) The quran phrase links between both figs & olives and the aging of the......See Morewhgille
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