Since my daughter moved to Ofra ten years ago, I discovered that there are a lot of fig trees on the way to her house. When I walk by them I check for ripeness and pick and eat them when in season. Most of the time they are too hard. The few ripe ones I eat are absolutely delicious. That season has just ended. Last time I walked by the ground and path were littered with over-ripe, dirty figs. The few that remained on the trees were inedible.
I wanted to cry. It's not fair. What a waste.
6 comments:
after making an Aliyah, me too, I was mad on fresh figs. sooner I discovered that because of insects they can't be eaten as they are. only when crushed with a blender...
so... I haven't had fresh figs for 2 years...
Nothing is impossible. Some thing wants more efforts.
Regards,
Kopi Luwak
I like fresh figs, too, but when we get them fresh in NJ, they grew somewhere else.
Yesterday my daughter asked me what I buy at the farmers market. I answered squash, kale, green beans, apples. She asked if I could buy mangoes. I said, mangoes don't grow in New Jersey. You have to adjust to the produce of your area if you want to eat local. And when we go apple picking, yes, there are tons on the ground that go rotten.
Miriam, yes they must be checked, but not with a microscope.
Glan, yes
Leora, Every farmers market depends on location. Mangos, hmmm
If they can grow bug-free lettuce, why can't they make a bug-free fig orchard?
goyish, along with the strawberries?
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