so.. my 8 yr old comes to and says..

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bullet08

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Posted 1345828743	Reply with quote #1

"dad, can i lick the fig?" i said "why not just eat the whole thing?" he replies "fig taste very sweet and super nice, but it's all mushy and nasty looking. i'll just lick it and you can eat it." __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

BLB

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Posted 1345829003	Reply with quote #2

LOL sounds a little like my son too. He just wants to lick things when I ask him to try a taste of something

go4broek

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Posted 1345829427	Reply with quote #3

LOL __________________ Ruben Cibolo, TX/Zone 8b Wish List: Dalmatie, Italian 258, Martin's Unknown (not the Italian), CdD-N, NdC, Signora, Latarolla, Stella! Check out my online journal @ http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/vbc/go4broek/83546/

Gina

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Posted 1345830331	Reply with quote #4

LOL, you'll never be able to look at a low-hanging fig again without thinking it's already been licked... __________________ WillsC's new fig forum: http://www.Ourfigs.com (and blueberries)

eden13

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Posted 1345831947	Reply with quote #5

LOL. They are precious. __________________ Wish List: Col de Dame Negra and Gris, Noire de Caramba, Abicou Noire, Zingarella, Sultan, Dalmatie and any Yugoslavian(Bosnian, Serbian,Croatian...). Atlanta, Georgia Eden

AaronT

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Posted 1345832539	Reply with quote #6

I've been trying like heck to get my five-year-old to lick one. He is very resistant to trying new things, but when he does he almost always likes them. He wouldn't even try a popsicle until the extreme heat of this summer. Now he wants one every five minutes. We're getting about 18 figs a day off the big tree and I know he would love them. I'm offering him one of my favorite foods, begging him to just try a taste and his response? "Dad, that looks HORRIBLE. I'm NEVER trying that!" Oh, the horror, the horror. __________________ Pittsburgh, Pennsyltucky Zone 6b give or take

DesertDance

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Posted 1345836864	Reply with quote #7

Most little kids will eat anything if there is some kind of dip! Maybe set an example by toothpicking quarters, mixing brown sugar into sour cream for the dip, and see if he'll try that? It's our favorite way to eat strawberries. But first we dip into sour cream, then roll in brown sugar, then pop em into our mouths. The blend of brown sugar and sour cream tastes a lot like cheesecake! Suzi __________________ Zone 9b, Southern California. "First year they sleep, Second year they creep, Third year they leap!" Wish List: I wish all of you happy fig collecting! My wishes have been fulfilled!

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Posted 1345853705	Reply with quote #8

oh.. my 8 yrs old has put his food down long ago. only certain fruits. no veggies. according to him "i'm a carnivore". __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

musillid

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Posted 1345893344	Reply with quote #9

My wife has an aversion to trying new food, a familial trait she shares with most of her siblings. I recently shared with her our very first fig, from a Violette de Bordeaux, which she resisted, but finally relented. "It was OK." I am considering the event a complete success. Now on to the grand-kids . . . . __________________ Dale non compost mentis in Zone 6a

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