# What to do with figs?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-figs/999417>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** gardening\
**Created:** [March 27, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-figs/999417 "2024-03-27T00:55:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-figs/999417/21 "2024-03-30T19:44:11Z")

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I love figs, mostly dried figs.

So get a fruit dryer, and dry that figgy bounty. Then eat them year around.

Nero Wolfe loved figs in cream.

Or ship to me.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-figs/999417/22 "2024-03-30T19:46:37Z")

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I remember eating them fresh from the tree. My grandparents had a fig tree in the backyard.

My grandmother made fig preserves. I don’t remember any GI problems, but this was during my childhood. That wouldn’t have mattered as much at that age.

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**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-figs/999417/23 "2024-03-30T20:44:39Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Or ship to me.

Well, if last summer was any indication, I’ll have plenty to spare! I’ll have to Google some fig shipping life hacks. 😁

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