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    ISO Fresh Figs

    You can get Mission figs at the Irvine farmers' market, so I assume they must be available at the massive Hollywood Sunday market.

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    need to find figs

    Black Mission figs are available at the farmers markets in Sonoma County from local trees. Don’t know about the Peninsula.

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    Dried plums, dates, or figs?

    I did a phyllo wrapped mission fig / brie / proscuitto individual pocket oven baked thingys for Thanksgiving in October – turned out nice. I like figs because they’re not as sweet as dates (which might get a little...

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    Looking for a dessert with figs?

    And it is soooo good. Had some black mission fig gelato last week there. Incredible.

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    Ecuadorian Roasted Figs in Honey

    Daisy, I fell in love with Ecuadorian fig desserts during a recent trip to Ecuador, though the figs were stewed, not roasted. I have tried making them here and have had so-so success; I suspect that the ripe Mission figs I used...

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    Fresh figs in Toronto?

    They have been avaialble since early June around Logan and Danforth. I bought two pint boxes of mission figs yesterday. Most stores have them at 2 boxes for $4.

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    Why are figs so rare?

    Both green figs and black mission figs are available in all the markets, specialty and otherwise, here in SF Bay area. As with all produce around here the price is really low when the stuff is abundant in every backyard and...

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    Whole Preserved Figs

    Haha! I HATE needing glasses in the kitchen these days.... are you using the green figs or mission (black/purple) figs? The directions suggest not using mission, as they get tough, so I’ve only made these when I’ve...

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    recipes with dried figs

    I posted my fig/walnut/olive tapenade recipe just the other day. You could use Calimyrna or Mission figs for this. Link: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/297623#1643226

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    AOC's bacon and fig tapas

    i’ve been to AOC and eaten them (best item on the menu) and recreated them at home for a party...everyone raved! they are black mission figs stuffed with parmesan cheese (you can use other very hard cheeses like piave or...

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    Figs: No longer just for Newtons?

    I wasn’t sure whether to post this in General Topics or Home Cooking, but here goes nothing. This week, Publix has figs on sale (buy one/get one free), and they had two varieties, Black Mission and Brown Turkey. Not knowing...

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    SF Farmers Market: Figs

    Thank you, now who can quote Homer’s passages on figs? (g) The dessert we were treated to looked simple, but the tastes and textures were so voluptuous. Mission figs had been picked from a neighbor’s tree, then...

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    boo~~ supermarket figs are a disappointment

    and less gooey and seedy.. also the inside of the fig was lighter colored- it says "black mission" and it was expensive! boo!!!~~ =( i assume it is just not ripe when they picked it off the tree.. soo... i’m trying to roast...

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    Fresh figs in Phoenix?

    I saw fresh mission figs at the Whole Foods at Tatum & Shea today.

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    Fig and Cherry Trees

    My Black Mission fig tree growing in SoCal took 4 years to fruit. I was just about to give up on it. Six years later I can’t use up the figs I get once or even twice a year.

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