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Bagheera posted:I feel like a total wimp, as I have trouble eating figs after learning how wasp larvae are found in them. Even after I learned that the wasp larvae escape before the figs are harvested, I still have this awful image in my head of squirming worms when I bite into one. As a vegan I’m always concerned about carefully examining veg/fruit. Many Buddhists traditionally don’t eat figs because of the potential wasp larva problem. Yet I don’t think there is really a risk and I have never found bugs in them like I do with raspberries (so many maggots and eggs inside! You have eaten tons of them and never realized) and dates (date worms and their poo poo, ugh). I lose a significant % of them to bugs every time.
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Bagheera posted:I feel like a total wimp, as I have trouble eating figs after learning how wasp larvae are found in them. Even after I learned that the wasp larvae escape before the figs are harvested, I still have this awful image in my head of squirming worms when I bite into one. when i was a kid i bit into a piece of broccoli that had a huge plump grub nestled in it that was both bitter as hell and still squirming when i spit it back out what i'm saying, it comes with the territory
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Jul 29, 2019 05:51
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All vegetables have something.
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Jul 29, 2019 07:32
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That's another reason why I mostly buy frozen veg and get fresh only for specific dishes that I make occasionally.
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Jul 29, 2019 13:23
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Lot of "bonus protein" haters itt
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Jul 29, 2019 15:52
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anakha posted:That's another reason why I mostly buy frozen veg and get fresh only for specific dishes that I make occasionally. Does making the grubs cold make them taste better or what
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Jul 29, 2019 16:33
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Bagheera posted:I feel like a total wimp, as I have trouble eating figs after learning how wasp larvae are found in them. Even after I learned that the wasp larvae escape before the figs are harvested, I still have this awful image in my head of squirming worms when I bite into one. I dunno about larvae escaping, but many/most figs are pollinated by Fig Wasps, which die inside the flower and get absorbed into the fig as it matures. It doesn't come out. No idea how much of that applies to figs grown outside their native habitats where I assume Fig Wasps don't live.
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Jul 29, 2019 19:07
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I don't care for the texture of figs. The crunchiness, which for a brief period of time I believed was the aforementioned wasp, is offputting to me.
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Jul 29, 2019 19:11
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Figs are just weird fruits in general, and I say that as someone who actually likes figs. It's like if plants had glands, they'd be figs.
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Jul 29, 2019 20:28
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wow this conversation is not selling me on figs I just got an immersion blender. Tell me what to do with it, please? I know about mayo and hollandaise
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Jul 29, 2019 20:32
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They are good for tomato soup.
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Jul 29, 2019 20:36
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Weltlich posted:Figs are just weird fruits in general, and I say that as someone who actually likes figs. It's like if plants had glands, they'd be figs. My parental home has a fig tree in the garden (thanks, Italian grandmother!) and so I used to take them with me for my morning snack at school. Some kids starting saying they looked like the inside of a cat's ear??? And it was really upsetting. Figs are delicious though. Halved, topped with a dollop of goat's cheese, half a walnut, and a drizzle of honey then grilled for a few minutes. Divine.
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Jul 29, 2019 20:42
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Anne Whateley posted:wow this conversation is not selling me on figs Split pea soup or the variety of white chicken chili that calls for blended beans instead of cheese are good uses.
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Jul 29, 2019 20:53
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Barbecued figs wrapped in prosciutto 
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Jul 29, 2019 21:22
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i looked closely at the bottoms of a bunch of asparagus i bought and found a little hole in one of the stalks. I sliced it open longways and found a little wormy guy inside. i spent the rest of the evening reading about asparagus pests. I think it was a cutworm or asparagus miner. I'd rather have bugs in my food than pesticides, but i'm probably eating both. also fresh figs are weird and gross IMO but bollock monkey's goat cheese honey walnut thing sounds pretty good. more because of every non-fig ingredient, though.
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Jul 29, 2019 22:04
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That wasp thing is 99.9999% bs right? I never heard of anyone actually finding a wasp in their fig Figs are awesome, fresh or dried. They’re great in salad, they’re great in roasts, they’re great as sides. When I eat good cured iberico, I say that it reminds me of dried figs
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Jul 29, 2019 22:27
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Wikipedia posted:Though the lives of individual species differ, a typical pollinating fig wasp life cycle is as follows. In the beginning of the cycle, a mature female pollinator wasp enters the immature "fruit" (actually a stem-like structure known as a syconium) through a small natural opening (the ostiole) and deposits her eggs in the cavity. Forcing her way through the ostiole, she often loses her wings and most of her antennae. To facilitate her passage through the ostiole, the underside of the female's head is covered with short spines that provide purchase on the walls of the ostiole. In depositing her eggs, the female also deposits pollen she picked up from her original host fig. This pollinates some of the female flowers on the inside surface of the fig and allows them to mature. After the female wasp lays her eggs and follows through with pollination, she dies. After pollination, there are several species of non-pollinating wasps which deposit their eggs before the figs harden. These wasps act as parasites to either the fig or possibly the pollinating wasps. As the fig develops, the wasp eggs hatch and develop into larvae. After going through the pupal stage, the mature male’s first act is to mate with a female. The males of many species lack wings and are unable to survive outside the fig for a sustained period of time. After mating, a male wasp begins to dig out of the fig, creating a tunnel through which the females escape.
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Jul 29, 2019 22:41
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Considering how good figs are with just a few wasps inside of them, imagine how wonderful an actual wasp nest must taste. 
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Jul 29, 2019 22:49
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I think that this whole think might have be a little sensationalized. Here is a short story telling of what's going on and why you probably are not eating wasp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DQTjv_u3Vc
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Steve Yun posted:That wasp thing is 99.9999% bs right? I never heard of anyone actually finding a wasp in their fig In the late 19th Century there were a lot of efforts to commercially grow various forms of fig in North America (and California specifically) and there were a lot of failed attempts at trying to use fig wasps as pollinators due to misunderstanding about their lifecycle and the relationship between specific species of fig and wasp. The process that developed is called caprification and unless you're doing something like that and imported a bunch of wasps for the purpose, you're unlikely to find any wasps in figs in your backyard.
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Jul 29, 2019 23:14
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Did a double take reading that b. psenes are tiny
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Bottom line, eat more loving figs
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Steve Yun posted:Did a double take reading that b. psenes are tiny
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Nvm: I didn't understand what I was reading. sterster fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Jul 30, 2019 |
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Bollock Monkey posted:My parental home has a fig tree in the garden (thanks, Italian grandmother!) and so I used to take them with me for my morning snack at school. Some kids starting saying they looked like the inside of a cat's ear??? And it was really upsetting. Fica (fig) means oval office in Italian ^_^
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tiger figs are sublime all figs are good but I tend to like the sharper, more acidic ones more
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coolanimedad posted:Fica (fig) means oval office in Italian ^_^ Fico is fig, the feminine (fica) is oval office, and un/che fico is “how cool/hot” in regards to a situation/a man. Tad bit of linguistic misogyny to lighten up the day : ) Also pene means dick so make sure to emphasise the second n if you’re gonna start raving about pasta. e: the best pizza I’ve ever eaten was fig and prosciutto with a little arugala added after it came out of the oven. PONEYBOY fucked around with this message at 08:58 on Jul 30, 2019 |
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Weltlich posted:Figs are just weird fruits in general, and I say that as someone who actually likes figs. It's like if plants had glands, they'd be figs. There's speculation that eating fruit, primarily figs, was an important step in primate brain development. Also, fig preserves are great companions to cheeses. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/27/fruit-foraging-primates-may-be-key-large-brain-evolution
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how do you measure leafy greens for recipes? a cup of spinach, for example. is that spinach thrown into a cup sitting all fluffy with unused space (what I think it is and have been doing)? Or do you kind of stuff it in the cup and fill it with more than can naturally fit?
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With something like greens, I think the right answer is ultimately whichever way tastes best to you. If you make it your way and wish the dish had more spinach, pack it next time. Or vice versa.
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For leafy greens I’d go with packed rather than loose. Obviously use discretion but as a rule I’ll push the greens down until it feels like I’m almost crushing them inside the measuring cup. Couldn’t say if there’s some sort of industry standard for cookbooks but with any recipe that relies on you cooking greens down you’re often safer overdoing it imo.
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Good rule of thumb for spinach is 1 cup of uncooked = 1 teaspoon cooked hope this helps
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Good rule of thumb for spinach is 1 cup of uncooked = 1 teaspoon cooked hope this helps checks out
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quote:Though the lives of individual species differ, a typical pollinating fig wasp life cycle is as follows. In the beginning of the cycle, a mature female pollinator wasp enters the immature "fruit" (actually a stem-like structure known as a syconium) through a small natural opening (the ostiole) and deposits her eggs in the cavity. Forcing her way through the ostiole, she often loses her wings and most of her antennae. To facilitate her passage through the ostiole, the underside of the female's head is covered with short spines that provide purchase on the walls of the ostiole. In depositing her eggs, the female also deposits pollen she picked up from her original host fig. This pollinates some of the female flowers on the inside surface of the fig and allows them to mature. After the female wasp lays her eggs and follows through with pollination, she dies. After pollination, there are several species of non-pollinating wasps which deposit their eggs before the figs harden. These wasps act as parasites to either the fig or possibly the pollinating wasps. As the fig develops, the wasp eggs hatch and develop into larvae. After going through the pupal stage, the mature male’s first act is to mate with a female. The males of many species lack wings and are unable to survive outside the fig for a sustained period of time. After mating, a male wasp begins to dig out of the fig, creating a tunnel through which the females escape. Copy/Paste fun with the girlfriend. 
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I got nectarines in my latest produce box and they've been sitting in my fridge for a few days because I have no idea what to do with them, and also my wife is allergic to most pitted fruits which I think includes these. What can I make with them?
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C-Euro posted:I got nectarines in my latest produce box and they've been sitting in my fridge for a few days because I have no idea what to do with them, and also my wife is allergic to most pitted fruits which I think includes these. What can I make with them? Tarts, cobblers, roast with pork/chicken, salsa, eat out of hand, make into a sauce and put it on gingerbread with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, eat with fancy cheese, freeze slices for the winter, put on yogurt or cottage cheese, cocktails, make a sandwich with it and bacon and brie... So many uses. Do you want sweet or savory? Also don't feed to your wife.
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Jul 30, 2019 15:58
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C-Euro posted:I got nectarines in my latest produce box and they've been sitting in my fridge for a few days because I have no idea what to do with them, and also my wife is allergic to most pitted fruits which I think includes these. What can I make with them? Is she allergic to pitted fruits always, or only raw pitted fruits? If it's just raw pitted fruits, then like effika said, a cobbler is a great way to prepare stone fruit as a "lazy pie." I ask, because I am allergic to white birch pollen, and a lot of fruit have a similar protein in them. During most of the year, I'm fine, but during the spring when the trees are jizzing everywhere and my histamine system is already in stress, I get a super itchy tongue/soft palate when I eat apples, cherries, and a few other raw fruit. But if they're cooked, that protein denatures and it doesn't bother me at all. I am not a doctor, and don't do this unless she's been cleared by an allergist - but if that's the secret to allowing her to enjoy fruits, then cobbler is a great way to have something pie-like without going to pie-effort. Anyhow, if it's just you, and you've only got three of four of the nectarines, I'd just slice them up, put them in some Tupperware and take them in lunches as a nice treat.
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Roast the nectarines and some chilis and add cilantro and lime and stuff and make a salsa for pork
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effika posted:Tarts... effika posted:cobblers... effika posted:eat out of hand effika posted:make into a sauce and put it on gingerbread with a scoop of vanilla ice cream... effika posted:make a sandwich with it and bacon and brie...
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Bagheera posted:I feel like a total wimp, as I have trouble eating figs after learning how wasp larvae are found in them. Even after I learned that the wasp larvae escape before the figs are harvested, I still have this awful image in my head of squirming worms when I bite into one. To clarify my previous comment: I'm fully aware that there are no (or at least very few) wasps or eggs or larvae in my figs. I just got a creep factor when I first read about their pollination methods.
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