If you had unlimited fresh figs, what would you do with them?

[grasswire]

I picked about four quarts of fresh figs today, and the five trees on the property are just loaded with more. From what I saw at the store, the street value is $4.50 a pound or more.

What would you do with lots of figs?

I don't have a lot of freezer space left.

[The empressof all]

1. Oh there are so many things

Dry them and you can use them in baking for months to come. There can be fig puddings, tarts and cookies for the holidays. They are also a wonderful addition to fruit cakes.

Also you can cook them down like apples and make fig butter or you can make fig preserves or conserves. Fig conserves are more savory and are wonderful with pork or duck. I've added them to pan sauces as a lovely enrichment to those meats.

I have two fig trees..but they are only a year old each so no home grown figs for me yet. I did get three grape sized fruits on one of the trees this year but we had such a bad summer they never ripened

Figs are also great with cheese and are a wonderful topping for pizzas. Fig/Prosciutto pizzas are amazing.

[Tesha]

2. I don't suppose you can sell them?

I had a quarter acre of red raspberries once.
The local greengrocer bought every single
box I could bring him.

We both made out well..

[Tesha]

3. "Preserving Figs in Brandy"

http://www.saveur.com/gallery/Preserving-Figs-in-Brandy

[kestrel91316]

4. Well, I would eat them and spend an awful long time in the bathroom, lol.

I would can a bunch, make preserves, eat fresh, make fig clafouti, etc etc etc.

But yeah, the bathroom thing would apply all the while.

[Warpy]

5. Jams, jellies preserves, fig bars

put 'em in salads, chop em up, mix 'em with a little sugar syrup and nuts, and put 'em over ice cream, eat 'em out of hand until they started coming out of my ears. That last is what I did when I was a kid and the rental had a fig bush in the front yard.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. Eat them until I exploded

Wutta way to go!

[flamin lib]

7. Gain weight . . . .nt

[Tesha]

8. How about Candied Figs?

What great Xmass presents!

[eleny]

9. What a wonderful dilemma...

On this web page it says that indeed you can freeze fresh figs. http://www.calfreshfigs.com/retail_faq.php

"Fresh Figs can be frozen. Just clean and freeze in a single layer on a baking sheet. Then, pack into self-closing plastic bags for up to 6 months."