My son refuses to eat figs, even the jam made by Bass.  After adding maybe 40 or more varieties this year, I might find one he will eat and enjoy (i.e., eyeballs not rolling back in his head as he swallows....I'm serious!)

I'm still very proud of him.  Tonight, 25 days shy of his 15th birthday, he passed his Eagle Scout board of review!!! :D  I enjoyed Scouting a lot in my youth (late 60s and early 70s) but only made it to Star before quitting and instead working on the farm, etc.  Michael has worked very hard and earned the top rank at an early age.  Woohoo!

A Harvey soak the Figs in some sort of alcohol or something kids his age seem to like when they get the chance to eat something soaked in something they shouldnt be drinking etc. :)
Just a thought.

PS good job on the Eagle scout board of review.

Try wrapping them in bacon!

My favorite food is dark figs stuffed with goat cheese wrapped in bacon then baked in the oven.  mmmmmmmmm.

Of course as nature would have it, my 17 month old son will eat everything *except* bacon, which blows my mind.

Try fresh fig, injected with caramel sauce, and dipped in chocolate. Once the chocolate has harden, take white chocolate and drizzle to make strips. 

I sell these at the farmers market. Kids, parents, and teens love these. 

Jennifer

Michael is different, none of those ideas will work, trust me.  He has a very keen sense of taste and textures that amazes me.  We can have onion chopped up very finely (almost ground up) and sauteed and added to a pasta sauce in moderation and he knows it has onions in it.  We tried to pull one over on him and assure him it didn't have onions and he picked out a little speck and he had it nailed.  Alcohol doesn't interest him in the least, he's still scared of it after seeing how some people have ruined their lives with either alcohol or drugs.  There are many foods he won't eat so he's not discriminating on figs.  Somethings surprise me, like feijoa (pineapple guava), even the somewhat gritty varieties, are things he will consume in large amounts.  Spinach salad he loves.  Forget about zucchini, asparagus, green beans, cauliflower, brussel sprouts.  Peaches, nectarines, apricots and cherries are good but plums are out.  He made over $4,000 growing tomatoes for a summer job last year but he'll only eat them if they have been turned into pasta sauce or ketchup. 

alcholic figs, thanks for the ideal tony. might be another happy hour treat.

I was a den leader for the cub scouts and enjoyed working with the youngens. unfortunatly they disbanded out den due to lack of membership. small town. tell the boy congrats on eagle, he should be proud

Congratulations!  Train a child in the way they should go and when they're old they will not depart from it.  Doesn't say anything about teens.  Maybe when he's old he'll start liking figs.   :)

congrats on your son's eagle!!! that is one of the greatest achievement any young man can have. i stopped scouting as a kid after the cub scocut. i came to america and scouting wasn't top priority at that time. now i have two boys and they are both in scouting. i do hope my boys will stick around long enough for their eagle.

He sounds like a fine young man.  Perhaps, in later years, he will expand his palate to include some of the mentioned, rejected foods and fruits.  This will happen when he's with friends, or, with his favorite "Dame du Jour".

I once hated clams-on-the-half-shell, fried eggs, and still despise, mayonnaise...which turns my stomach.

Don't worry...be happy.


Frank

frank.. clams on half shell.. i remember my first one back in '83. we skipped school on senior day, and took subway to coney island. on the way, we stopped somewhere and picked up dozen clams. we crack that sucker up and put some lemon and tobasco on it.. never looked back since.

You must be very proud of your son.  He sounds like a nice young man.  Best wishes....

Congrats to your son and dont feel bad about him not likeing figs as we all would like our sons to be similar to Dad.
Son here as well does not like figs including my wife .

Dad used to say what kind of Italian are you when i dunked Italian bread in my milk on Sunday's and Anthony put butter instead of gravy on his spaghetti .
That all changed though -long story.

Sounds like your son is doing very and im sure your a proud Father.

Pete, the Bullet...

Even this early in the morning I could go for at least a dozen.  On Arthur Avenue, in The Bronx, you can eat them, fresh, off cracked ice, from a sidewalk stand.  They go down as fast as they can open them.  Then, some hot black coffee.   (You can keep the mayonnaise though....that will never go into my stomach, ever).

Frank

Ditto to what everyone else said!  I'll NEVER like those dreaded salmon patties with the disintegrating bones that my mom forced on me, OR liver and onions............ list goes on!

Sometimes you grow into things.  Sometimes you don't!

Sounds like a nice kid!
Suzi

A salute to Eagle scouts! Now, when he gets his eagle wings, you can get a bunch of written salutations from all over. My sister did it for our nephew and put them all in a binder, which made a very nice presentation. You can get them from astronauts, congress persons (might what to think on that one). She even got one from the Pope's Nuncio! I was  so impressed, I asked how and she revealed that there is a website for this. I can pass it on to you, if you like.

Figs: as we grow, our tastes change. I don't mean preferring cuffs over no cuffs, or ACDC over Lawrence Welk. Our taste buds diminish and not in equal amounts. So when we are older, we like to eat different food from when we are young. There may be some adaptive value to this in animal populations. All this to say he may revisit figs in the future and become an avid consumer. The task is to not foreclose the possibility in the meantime.

suzi.. com'on.. give liver and onion another chance. my most memorable dish from paris was calf liver served in wine sauce.. i'm getting hungry. 

since i didn't get a chance for eagle, i did my woodbadge. my beading is next month. no.. it's not some perverted thing. i get two beads to hang on my neck. 

Thanks, everyone!

Dale, a PM is headed your way for info, thanks

Hey Harvey

Congratulations and shouts out to your son. I earned my Eagle Award many years ago, went to the World Jamboree in Lillehammer, Norway, regional Jamborees, hiked 75 miles in Philmont Ranch in NM. It's a nice notch in one's path of life.


Here are some links you might want to investigate regarding letters of congratulations for Eagle Scouts:

http://usscouts.org/eagle/eaglecongrats.…
http://usscouts.org/eagle/specialrecs.as…
http://www.recbsa.org/eaglerec.html
http://www.nesa.org

All the best and Do a Good Turn Daily, and Be Prepared!

Thanks, Mark.  I had just found the first link (use that site regularly, I'm an ASM trying to keep up on handbook changes, etc.), but will check out those others also!

Harvey,

   Yep, my sister just sent me this link: http://usscouts.org/eagle/eaglecongrats.asp

Thanks, Dale, the guy that runs that site is one dedicated guy.  Just spent a few weeks posting all of the updates to requirements, etc.  Great site for Scouters!

My son refused to eat them for 3 years. Now we have to tell him not to take all the nicely
ripen ones. He does the fig patrol.

Harvey, Congrats to your son and to you & your wife for raising a kid to be proud of! Scouting was a great part of my growing-up. I was very fortunate to be a guide at the Charles L. Sommers Canoe Base in Ely, MN for a couple of years. If he can do a trip at Sommers or at Philmont Scout Ranch in NM, he will carry an extra dose of confidence on into life. And those patches are as noticed in Scouting circles as the eagle badge.

It also sounds like he is a supertaster. About 15% of males are. If you care to check, the instructions can be found here:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=super-tasting-science-find-out-if-youre-a-supertaster
Tell him supertasters drive chicks wild!