Good eats alert:   Sun-Dried Unsulfured Figs

Organic Gourmet Jumbo “Black Mission Figs”  32 oz. bag at $9.49.  Think this is the same price as last year for a different variety of sun-dried fig?  These must have just come in and, bless her heart, my wife grabbed a bag for me to sample this afternoon.  Sample I did and intend to stock up on a few more bags next visit.   

Anyway, these just may be the tonic for those hankering for the taste of the fig.  Or, those needing a little energy boost to finish shoveling that driveway or digging out the car………….. :-)

BTW… Costco we shop is in Carlsbad, CA.       Happy figging to all……



 

I have a bag of these in the fridge... a nice snack, nothing like fresh off the tree though....

they sure do look yummy.
I wander if the Costco online has it.

Sprouts has these bins, and I was looking for Superbowl nuts (party is here), but I spotted a bin of dried Turkish Figs.  Hmmmmmmmmmm  Didn't buy them, but I might...

Suzi

I don't know if figs are a growing trend in grocery stores, but I'm seeing processed figs in many forms everywhere I go now. My local grocery store, ethnic markets, Costco, Henry's and Trader Joe's all carry a variety of dried figs, fig butter, fig filling, fig-infused balsamic vinegar... Maybe I'm just noticing them more because I've become a fig nut. So far, my favorite dried figs are the black mission from Trader Joe's; Amazingly juicy for a dried fig, and just the right amount of seed crunch. Second favorite are the dried Smyrna from TJ's.

I found the Mission figs at one Costco and then when I ran into another they didn't have any. Don't know if they were out or if only the larger Costcos have them.

oh, I LOVE the TJ dried Black Missions in see-through containers., less then $5.
I should deep them in dark 75% Pound 'o chocolate from TJ also (the one in red wrapping)

Last fall Costco had Calamyrna figs dried from Turkey and I bought all I could afford at the time. They were extremely good and full-flavored with a coating of powdered sugar on the outside (not added sugar). When they ran out of Calamyrna they got Mission in, as the photo above shows. We didn't like the Mission nearly as much as the Calamyrna so I was delighted to see more Calamyrna in the store this week. These, however have a tougher skin, don't have that decadent sugar on the outside, and are missing the floral flavor that the first ones had.

All this to ask, are these a different cultivar, processed differently, or just lower quality? I am a complete fig newbie and have MUCH to learn about figs. This just interested me and I wanted to get  a "professional " explanation.

Calimyrna is a California variety so that's not something you'd see coming from Turkey.  Last year I saw Costco carrying both Black Mission and Calimyrna from the same California company.  I haven't bought any yet this year to compare.  I would imagine differences would mostly be due to weather at harvest/drying time last year vs. the year before.

Must be nice to have a Costco. I've heard good things about them. I don't think they've come to KY at all. We live so far out in the boonies that we use possums for house cats. It's about 25 miles to the nearest Walmart.

Thank you all for sharing this information.
My family has been enjoying the Calymirna dryied fig for over a year now.
On this forum I learned thar Calymirna is California grown Smyrna fig.
The packaging indicates it is a product of Turkey packaged in Colorado.
Are there some of you who have noticed this inconsistancy?
If it is product of Turkey it is likely Smyrna and not Calymirna unless Turkey had adopted growing Calymirna.

My husband bought one bag of Calymirna dried figs from Costco and is pretty good. I prefer fresh figs but until than I'll snack on these.

Didn't the Smyrna figs in Calif originate in Turkey? They were renamed Calimyrna, a contraction of California (Cali) Smyrna (myrna) but they are still a Turkish fig.

Yes, that is correct, Sue.  I don't think Turkey growers would like seeing their figs labeled Calimyrna!

Here's a picture of the package. It says plainly: "Ingredients: Organic dried Calimyrna figs" and "Product of Turkey".

Well, I tried to put a picture but I keep getting this message: (Failed)Photo0120.jpg
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if you like coffee like me, you likely have tasted Colombian coffee. Well, that was a huge market to sell coffee grown in Brazil, exported to Colombia  and many other places. Imagine tiny Colombia suplying coffee to the entire world?  Slowly other marketing co. are learning to impose their brands, so, now you see others 'italian roast', French roast, etc... I would think they just want to sell those figs, name it what you want...no?