Figs!

[Stanley Edwards]

Fucking love them.

Just went to my prefered dealer here in Malaga. He takes a holiday on Monday, and closes at 2.30pm on Saturday. So, he offered me a whole box of fresh off the tree figs to share with my mates for just €1.

Fantastic. They just taste so healthy. It is like everything going into your body is good for you with no bad stuff to shit out.

I then went to the bus station to take a baby wipe shower and shave (so I look like my passport photo - it has been so long, I have changed much).

Then I went to SuperSol and bought a bottle of whisky and carton of cranberry and pomegranate juice (because, they didn't have ginger ale). Then I ate more figs.

I love figs, but I might spend most of my time on the plane to Budapest in the smelly cabin.

Have to down all the whisky with the figs. I love fig rolls also. I think figs were invented for fig rolls actually.

At SuperSol I sprayed my entire body with tester sprays. If I am going to die in a plane crash I can at least smell nice.

Figs!

See you in Budapest Señor Karol! I will be staying in the cheaper Buda part of town.

 

[weltweit]

Hmm, I used to have a fig tree, twas lush!

 

[pengaleng]

oh god i ate a whole pack of fig rolls last night then spent rest of evening worrying about the inevitable shits

 

[weltweit]

 

[Orang Utan]

We used to have a fig tree in our garden but never got to eat any cos they ripened so quick that the birds would get to them first. We'd come back from work to find an empty tree with loads of shit on the ground

 

[pengaleng]

dried figs tho

 

[weltweit]

We used to have a fig tree in our garden but never got to eat any cos they ripened so quick that the birds would get to them first. We'd come back from work to find an empty tree with loads of shit on the ground

Yes, with my tree it was me or the starlings that got them ....

 

[Fez909]

If you eat 5 figs, you'll exceed the recommended daily limit of sugar for men. It's 4 for women.

They are very tasty though

 

[pengaleng]

what about fig rolls?

 

[bi0boy]

Do vegetarians eat figs, what with them all having a wasp inside.

 

[Fez909]

what about fig rolls?

They're also very tasty

 

[petee]

when i went to rome the first time we bought fresh figs from the vendors, made the perfect get-you-through food. i'd only had fig newtons here in the states, it was a revelation.

 

[pengaleng]

they all have wasps in? sorry vegans etc no figs for you - too much wasp.

 

[weltweit]

You can pick them just before they ripen, before the wasps are interested, and let them ripen in your fruit bowl.

 

[Saffy]

You can pick them just before they ripen, before the wasps are interested, and let them ripen in your fruit bowl.

I thought they were in there because they had pollinated the flower?

Eta - I had to look it up every day's a school day!

 

[pengaleng]

added protein

 

[JimW]

We used to have a fig tree in our garden but never got to eat any cos they ripened so quick that the birds would get to them first. We'd come back from work to find an empty tree with loads of shit on the ground

It's the squirrels get ours. Must be a crack thing.

 

[bi0boy]

 

[Orang Utan]

An old Greek philosopher, Chrysippus, died of laughter after watching a donkey eating figs. Wonder why it was so hilarious? Was it shitting and eating simultaneously?

 

[DotCommunist]

You can pick them just before they ripen, before the wasps are interested, and let them ripen in your fruit bowl.

with all the car keys

 

[spanglechick]

So - indulge me, I'm drunk - the female lays eggs then leaves?
Then young female wasps leave, but young male wasps die inside the fig?

And does this happen in every single fruit?

 

[DotCommunist]

An old Greek philosopher, Chrysippus, died of laughter after watching a donkey eating figs. Wonder why it was so hilarious? Was it shitting and eating simultaneously?

its probably as funny as watching a dog eat peanut butter which you pointed out and laughed at once. It is almost enough to split the sides, resulting in death

 

[Orang Utan]

its probably as funny as watching a dog eat peanut butter which you pointed out and laughed at once. It is almost enough to split the sides, resulting in death

it is funny! I'm going to have a look on youtube again - such a tonic! cheers for reminding me!

 

[bi0boy]

So - indulge me, I'm drunk - the female lays eggs then leaves?
Then young female wasps leave, but young male wasps die inside the fig?

And does this happen in every single fruit?

Female figs are the edible ones, the egg laying and pollination happens in male figs. However female fig wasps can't tell the difference between male and female figs, so they burrow into edible female figs too. But they can't get out so die alone inside - every edible fig therefore has an unlucky female fig wasp inside.

Figs and fig wasps are a rare example of mutualism, they've evolved to need each other in order to survive.

 

[weltweit]

So, you are saying that in all those juicy figs I have eaten there are bits of wasp?

They were so tasty I am not sure I care, but I would like to know for sure.

 

[spanglechick]

Female figs are the edible ones, the egg laying and pollination happens in male figs. However female fig wasps can't tell the difference between male and female figs, so they burrow into edible female figs too. But they can't get out so die alone inside - every edible fig therefore has an unlucky female fig wasp inside.

Figs and fig wasps are a rare example of mutualism, they've evolved to need each other in order to survive.

But. Why can you never see the wasp?

 

[Orang Utan]

But. Why can you never see the wasp?

they get dissolved by the fruit's enzymes.

 

[spanglechick]

they get dissolved by the fruit's enzymes.

Oh, that's fine then.

No quibbles about my place in the food chain, just didn't fancy fishing wasp legs out of my teeth.

 

[Orang Utan]

Oh, that's fine then.

No quibbles about my place in the food chain, just didn't fancy fishing wasp legs out of my teeth.

i wonder if vegans can eat them?
Kids say that the crunchy bits are female wasps but they are just seeds

 

[kittyP]

Interesting.
I suddenly because allergic to fresh figs a few years ago.
Maybe it's more a suddern allergy to fig wasps.