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    Default Nice figs?

    Feel a bit silly asking this but... I am trying to get into eating figs cos i think i could do with more calcium (i used to eat them years ago but just forgot about them) anyway - i just cant seem to find any nice ones and i dont know if anyone could point me toward some nice ones? I've tried holland and barratt - some where nice but a lot were yuk, then i tried partially rehydrated organic ones i found in asda (cant remeber what brand maybe whitworths?) Again some where nice but a lot were dry and yuk. Where am i going wrong?!!

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    Default Re: Nice figs?

    Could you not soak them in some fruit juice or use them in baking if they are too dry as is? Sorry, I don't have a different suggestion apart from looking out for fresh figs - the market where I live sometimes has big trays of them going fairly cheap.

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    Default Re: Nice figs?

    they're full of iron too!!

    simmer them gently in water with some spices and maybe orange flower water or rose water??

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    Default Re: Nice figs?

    Do you mean fresh figs? If you want dried ones, try Arabic grocery stores. I like them soft and gooey inside too. The green figs are my particular faves.

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    Default Re: Nice figs?

    ISTR there's an organic brand called Crazy Jack's which are nice and squishy - you can get them in Waitrose I think. Rather expensive but there's a limit to how many dried figs you can eat at a time.

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    Default Re: Nice figs?

    crazy jacks are in waitrose and sainsburys.

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    Default Re: Nice figs?

    Thanks for all the tips!! I never thought about fresh figs or doing anything other than just eating them plain!! I will definately try and find the crazy jacks ones - i can imagine they would be nice cos all their other stuff i've tried has been really nice - i havent been to sainburys for years!! Thanks again!

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