tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post7804306210782988864..comments2024-03-15T09:29:02.240-04:00Comments on Recollections of a Vagabonde: Fresh Figs – home grownVagabondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-24188546442055926942010-02-02T09:45:19.986-05:002010-02-02T09:45:19.986-05:00We have a 50-year-old fig tree in our back yard. I...We have a 50-year-old fig tree in our back yard. It bears gorgeous figs that are bright green on the outside and deep purple on the inside. I have no idea what variety they are; I wish I knew. It's a late bloomer - from September on. The curious thing is that only a few figs ripen at a time, so it would be difficult to reserve enough to make jam. I love making appetizers with our figs by stuffing them with a soft cheese, like chevre or brie, and then wrapping it with prosciutto before I place them under the broiler. Sometimes I place a half walnut inside the fig. The flavor and texture combinations of the crispy edges of the prosciutto, the creamy melted cheese, with the soft fig flesh, and the natural juices that ooze out during broiling is divine.<br /><br />Beautiful, complete post. I love, love the contemporary still life of the figs and cheese.dutchbabyhttp://godutchbaby.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-75068364123117950582010-01-28T19:06:59.414-05:002010-01-28T19:06:59.414-05:00oh oh, i forgot to mention the places i lived, eta...oh oh, i forgot to mention the places i lived, etain, nancy, north of paris, bromsgrove, birmingham, brussells, luxemborg, berchasgarden, tule, frankfurt, now in utarPutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480109111920196513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-14663055541640447662010-01-28T18:21:36.791-05:002010-01-28T18:21:36.791-05:00i suspect you are frenchi suspect you are frenchPutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480109111920196513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-5592041391910690882010-01-28T18:19:45.959-05:002010-01-28T18:19:45.959-05:00FOR HAVING AN AWARD FREE BLOG, YOU CERTAINLY TAKE ...FOR HAVING AN AWARD FREE BLOG, YOU CERTAINLY TAKE AWARD WINNING PICtURES, AND SO ORGANIZED, I THINK I COULD HOT PACK PLUMS ON JUST YOUR PICTURES and not need any instructions....what europian country are you from origannlly you georgia peaach also???????i lived in france 4 years and england 6 years, and a minister for two of those yearsPutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480109111920196513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-13496988756397654632010-01-27T07:52:38.943-05:002010-01-27T07:52:38.943-05:00What a great and very interesting and informative ...What a great and very interesting and informative post you here present. And excellent photos.<br /><br />Fresh figs are not common in Norway. Only some well assortet shops do have them.<br /><br />Fig and cherimoya jam sounds very yummy. We were first time served cherimoya at breakfast in Chile many years ago. Every time I find them in a shop here (that's very rare) I buy and eat them fresh.<br /><br />Thanks for sharingTorAahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05044855607413895442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-43218869736551928082010-01-25T23:42:05.566-05:002010-01-25T23:42:05.566-05:00*** Chère Vagabonde ! Merci pour ton message sur m...*** Chère Vagabonde ! Merci pour ton message sur mon blog, ça m'a fait plaisir :o)!!!! C'est une jolie histoire celle que tu me racontes ... ce monsieur qui tout jeune t'avait appris à faire du vélo et qui s'en ait rappelé bien des années après !!! :o)<br /><br />Tu as raison, c'est vrai que lorsque l'on regarde la qualité des photos que l'on prenait avant ça surprend dans un premier temps ... il existe maintenant des appareils si perfectionnés ! Enfin, ça reste quand même nos photos et elles sont porteuses de tant de souvenirs ! Tu pourras peut-être publier quand même quelques images du Sénégal ! :o)<br /><br />Merci à toi ! BISES et bon mardi Vagabonde ! :o) ***""°o.O Nancy O.o°""https://www.blogger.com/profile/06713278970113709248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-35015580003053150712010-01-25T20:09:36.760-05:002010-01-25T20:09:36.760-05:00Ciao bella! Adoro i fichi ma qui in Inghilterra so...Ciao bella! Adoro i fichi ma qui in Inghilterra sono molto rari. I sometimes find them but they are small, tasteless and very very expensive. I've learnt eating them warm with goat cheese or brie and a honey sauce in Languedoc where, as you know, they are aboundant and lovely! Thanks for the jam recipe and the lovely poem. Ciao. A.lunarossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231055955991137579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-64816772300113225532010-01-25T19:53:21.839-05:002010-01-25T19:53:21.839-05:00Difficult (impossible) to make a more complete pos...Difficult (impossible) to make a more complete post on figs! <br />Makes me sersiously wish it was soon summer and that I could taste some fresh ones in Porvence!PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-29710062213292827642010-01-25T12:48:28.664-05:002010-01-25T12:48:28.664-05:00Marguerite, Reader Will, Ratty, kye, BJM, Jenn Jil...Marguerite, Reader Will, Ratty, kye, BJM, Jenn Jilks - I am pleased you came to take a look at my figs. I wish we could meet and I would give a jar of fig jam to each of you – maybe we can have a blog meeting some day. Thanks for your comments.<br /><br />Pondsite – I have never heard of salal so I checked it on Google. It is an effective appetite suppressant they say among other things. I wonder if I can grow it here, which would be something useful. Thanks for the visit.<br /><br />Lorilaire – oui j’aimerai bien la recette de la tarte tatin. Je pourrai photographier les figues cet été pour toi, dis-moi quel genre de photos tu voudrais.<br /><br />Life Cruiser Travel Blog, Diane CA, House of Annie and Putz – welcome to my blog. I am always pleased to read comments from blogging friends around the United States and around the world. I hope you will come back.<br /><br />Marcela – bienvenue sur mon blog. Je suis retournée voir ton blog, L’Atelier du Coteau, et cette foi-ci j’ai pu voir tes jolies photos. Merci de ta visite.<br /><br />Maria Cecilia – Thank you for the tip on cherimoya. We can find them here in the market sometimes. I’ll try to eat them the way you describe.<br /><br />Friko – I love gooseberry jam but it is not a berry we find here and we do not find the jelly either. If and when I come to England I’ll bring some fig jam and see if you will trade some of your gooseberry jam for them.<br /><br />Ruth – when we live near Philadelphia the owners of the house who were from Italy had a fig tree. In winter they would cover the branches as for a mummy. The tree survived well, but your winter might be colder than those in Pennsylvania.<br /><br />Ginnie – I do not dehydrate my figs because I only have one tree and we either eat them all or I make jam from them, so we don’t have enough. But I like dried figs as in the cookie fig Newton.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-8569493939057745972010-01-25T10:01:01.250-05:002010-01-25T10:01:01.250-05:00for Your WONDERFUL wonderful post i leave you xoxo...for Your WONDERFUL wonderful post i leave you xoxoxxxoooxoxo...i went to jinksys and saw that is what you appreciate, so onCe again X O X O XXX OOO XX OOPutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480109111920196513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-48945294619296595202010-01-24T23:42:14.868-05:002010-01-24T23:42:14.868-05:00I love figs! We used to grow the Black Mission var...I love figs! We used to grow the Black Mission variety in our yard in California. They were so sweet and delicious. Thanks for the step by step tutorial on making fig jam.<br /><br />Since you are using homegrown ingredients, would you like to enter this post in our Grow Your Own roundup this month? Full Details at<br /><br />http://chezannies.blogspot.com/2010/01/rambutans-plus-grow-your-own.htmlNate @ House of Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999631992214200998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-37886947534798677462010-01-24T15:35:03.424-05:002010-01-24T15:35:03.424-05:00Merveileux - from cutting to conserved food. WOW!Merveileux - from cutting to conserved food. WOW!Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-21152873483709409652010-01-24T14:48:43.447-05:002010-01-24T14:48:43.447-05:00Yum, yum!Yum, yum!BJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05899672333420705772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-6555641180621926342010-01-24T11:44:48.107-05:002010-01-24T11:44:48.107-05:00I've never tasted figs before. Doubt I've ...I've never tasted figs before. Doubt I've seen them here before. But they look good! Oh my, you're making me hungry! ;)kyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281584550103867329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-8236186640233773892010-01-24T09:58:27.313-05:002010-01-24T09:58:27.313-05:00I had no clue you could grow figs in Atlanta, Vaga...I had no clue you could grow figs in Atlanta, Vagabonde! Oh my...the things I learn now that I'm gone. Our neighbors in Pasadena had a fig tree and that's when I first expericed fresh figs back when my kids were little. Do you ever dry/dehydrate them? I bet that would be great, too. Yummy, yummy. And bravo!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-72401983688348349742010-01-24T06:15:49.532-05:002010-01-24T06:15:49.532-05:00I think it's a little bit strange, but I think...I think it's a little bit strange, but I think this might be the first time I've ever really seen a fig. I keep trying to think of seeing them any other time, but I can't remember. So I guess this is a first for me. I'm glad it is such a thorough lesson in figs.Rick (Ratty)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04062449024949497557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-31381541908645856392010-01-24T03:05:26.599-05:002010-01-24T03:05:26.599-05:00merci de ta réponse!! dommage pour les photos,!!! ...merci de ta réponse!! dommage pour les photos,!!! mais va a nouveau qui sait en tout cas mon blog marche bien , pas de soucis de ce coté là!!!! je te souhaite un bon dimnache!!marcela de patagoniamarshallbaussonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677996913140270468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-51532831910120281242010-01-24T01:24:45.573-05:002010-01-24T01:24:45.573-05:00Hi Vagabonde! What a great and informative post! Y...Hi Vagabonde! What a great and informative post! You must be a very good cook and you know a lot about biology. I didn't know that there were so many species of figs.<br />Your photos are fabulous!<br />Have a great day!<br />How wonderful that you met Charles Aznavour! When I was in my twenties I always bought grammophone records of French chansoniers.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-65861072729522576302010-01-23T06:49:26.568-05:002010-01-23T06:49:26.568-05:00Ahhhhh. What a beautiful collection of words, imag...Ahhhhh. What a beautiful collection of words, images and fruits. Figs never fail to connect me to something ancient and timeless inside. The paintings you chose caught that for me, sooo lovely. We had a fig tree outside our apartment building in Istanbul, it was a chance for the kids to eat a fresh fig. The ones we get in the store, shipped from California or overseas, are tasteless, sadly. I wish we could grow a fig tree here in the North. Don would love to make jam (I am his helper, pouring through the funnel into the jars - I am good at not getting any on the jar lips). We have pears and apples, blackberries, black raspberries, golden raspberries, strawberries (new this season), and we love to preserve them this way. It's good added to yogurt.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-54820985647576447092010-01-22T18:25:05.625-05:002010-01-22T18:25:05.625-05:00Excellent photography!! I recently just learned to...Excellent photography!! I recently just learned to appreciate fresh figs. A friend from Morocco introduced me to them, before I had only eaten dried figs. Not the same at all. Amazing photographs! I envy you access to all that lovely fresh fruit. Here it is winter so everything is imported...not the same!DianeCAhttp://dianecasmetamorphoses.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-6214426185139417002010-01-22T18:19:53.281-05:002010-01-22T18:19:53.281-05:00a lovely post.
There you are, there are compensati...a lovely post.<br />There you are, there are compensations for where you live, plentiful fruit!<br />I also make jam, but nothing as exotic as you, just ordinary local fruit jams, like plums and strawberries and gooseberries.<br /><br />I shall be preserving clementines in French Brandy this weekend, to eat next Christmas.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-5904798130042878572010-01-22T16:38:39.977-05:002010-01-22T16:38:39.977-05:00Dear, how nice to see you have your own figs!!!! I...Dear, how nice to see you have your own figs!!!! I just love them and now is the time for them here in Chile. I have two trees and they are not as big as yours, my god, yours are fab!!!!!! Fig trees here give fruits two times a year, and they are called Higos and Brevas, higos are black and brevas are green ones.<br />And about chirimoyas, in the north part of Chile there`s a lot of chirimoyas production!! most of the time we prepare "chirimoya alegre", which is cutted chirimoyas with orange juice and some sugar, then you put them in the refrigerator and eat it very cold, it is delicious!!!!!<br />Muchos cariños,<br />Maria Ceciliamaría ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077079753889048800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-44340719364576356302010-01-22T16:36:34.726-05:002010-01-22T16:36:34.726-05:00That is an awesome figs post, soooo much better th...That is an awesome figs post, soooo much better than mine! So informative and well done, with the step for step instructions how to make the jam.<br /><br />Such a pity me and hubby doesn't eat anything that contains sugar any more, but if you bring a jar to Oslo in August, we will make an exception :-)<br /><br />Now I totally understand why TorAa wanted me to go to your blog the other week - sadly I didn't, too busy, which I regret now!<br /><br />I LOVE your blog!!!! Marvelous posts, the few ones I've read so far - I'll come back for more, for sure!<br /><br />I'm glad that we're gonna meet in Oslo :-)Lifecruiser Travel Bloghttp://www.lifecruiser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-56175378490749383892010-01-22T07:35:23.244-05:002010-01-22T07:35:23.244-05:00Ouais, mais Vagabonde, les figues j'y connais ...Ouais, mais Vagabonde, les figues j'y connais que dalle ! Au début je pensais que c'était des tomates, mais comme c'était pas bleu j'ai déchanté... :-)<br /><br />TRÈS intéressant. J'ai appris quelque chose, même si je sais pas quoi faire avec !<br /><br />Roger G.Roger Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690736289188945063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-37312095501687422692010-01-22T05:47:31.539-05:002010-01-22T05:47:31.539-05:00J'adore les figues et surtout en tarte tatin, ...J'adore les figues et surtout en tarte tatin, j'ai une bonne recette si tu étais intéressée, j'ai hâte à la saison des figues pour en faire des natures-mortes, tu as de la chance d'avoir un si beau figuier !<br />Dommage que tu habites si loin, j'aurais pris des photos de tes fruits pour mes modèles!lorilairehttp://lorilaire.canalblog.comnoreply@blogger.com