@Martin...and which one is eluding you?  Has it become a great fig hunt??  That is what I am calling my hunt for my own green greek!!

Whats a green greek ?
You looking for Olives ?
 ; )

@Martin....I know a green fig....sorry...don't know any better yet.   A little bird told me that you don't like green figs.  What is it about a green fig that you dislike?  And you favorite type of fig is?  And what about it do you enjoy?   Like to pick people's brains when I hear about these things.   Won't know until I am able to taste different figs and form my own opinion.   Looking forward to the day.  Need to find a fig festival!!

Ok, my response is unsolicited, but I'd like to hop in and provide an answer to that question, since I'm passionate about it.

The (lighter) green/yellow figs I've tasted tend to be more sweet than anything else, with very little richness (to me, richness = that figgy taste you get from a Fig Newton).  A lot of them seem to get really darn big, and watery, too.  I have yet to eat a green/yellow fig with dark red interior, so maybe that would change my mind?  Not sure, but I'm growing a few.

The (darker) black/purple/dk brown figs I've had have more of a tendency to have richer taste, less watery, more character to the flavor.  I've heard some people say they've tasted flavors in smaller dark figs like "vanilla custard" and "mixed dark berries", which is exciting to me.  I haven't tasted anything in the "vanilla custard" arena yet (I have cuttings of one, though), but I've tasted ones that definitely had berry flavor (albeit a bit astringent in a young sample), and I've had more than my share that had richness of 4-5+ on a scale of 1-10, whereas the light figs are more like 0-1.

So, for me, bang vs. buck, I want a very rich fig that's not watery and only moderately sweet.  I'd personally rather have a small dark fig with dark interior - it has been my experience that the bigger they get, the more "diluted" the flavor seems to be.  I'd rather have all that big flavor jammed into a small bite-size package.

Saramc to answer some of your questions you ask me,

When i was younger dad used to bring home many different figs , green , yellow and dark.
He had a lot of Italian friends as he was V.President at a Italian club in Chicago and had many friends from the other Italian clubs also that all shared figs when in season. 
Dad brought so many of them home i was spoiled !

 Always i like the dark figs as they had better taste (to me) than the green/yellow ones. Sure there were some that i recall were good but the dark ones to me far outnumbered the light ones so i decided to grow just the dark types.

How many do i have you asked earlier , its small amount compared to many others, close to 40 now but will get rid of many of those as i weed them out for taste ,etc etc .

You asked also
And you favorite type of fig is?  And what about it do you enjoy?  

To me and me only and to keep things short here - Hardy Chicago is excellent fig taste in my climate in all years here growing in pot. Last season Ronde and Violet bordeaux were right there also for first time tasting but need time to make sure in all years but by growing in pots i suspect they will be right there with Hardy Chicago . I also have good feelings about a few others and not so good about some also.
Time will tell.

My preference for me only
is rich fig taste and also a berry type taste in figs as opposed to a fig that the sweetness covers up those taste for me which many light types tend to do but like i said some are good just not as many to me. 
But everyone is different in what they like.
Some like many different tastes and some are more selective in there taste.

@Martin: Thank you for sharing that info with me. I simply find it very interesting, and some of the history behind it.  It is GREAT that you have such memories of your father and his figs.  I like that very much.  We all have our likes/dislikes, preferred flavors, etc.  That is what makes us so unique and individualized.  Thanks again.   Sara  :-)

Here is another mix recipe from member JD:  http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=41661463&postcount=24

Someone I have a lot of admiration for, I would give his suggestion a shot!

@Jason...thanks for that link with another mix.  I also liked your review of your fig preference(s) to date.  So it would seem a challenge is to find a large fig packed with flavor.  It does make sense that "good things come in small packages", but I have no doubt that some of the larger figs pack a tasty punch.  The ultimate issue for a lot of us, being in the optimal climate to get them to ripeness.  Looking forward to some fig-stacular days.  Maybe one day you will find YOUR PERFECT fig Jason.

I hope not!  Then the search would be over, and my fun will be no more ;)