First Fig
August 25, 2023
I love this so much, I could just live inside that fig.
Every time I eat a fig, two things come to mind. First, as I’m sure I’ve written a million times before, I think of my grandma who loved figs and is the first person ever to serve me one. She served fresh figs peeled, in a bowl with milk and sugar. I didn’t care for them then.. too weird and wet. It was the farthest thing from a Fig Newton I could imagine. Somehow, sometime, that changed and I just can’t get enough of them. Secondly, figs seem so ancient, like, how long have they been a food? .. seems like since the beginning of time.
Okay, I looked it up, check this out:
Fig remnants were found in archeological excavations dating back to 5000 BC. Cultivation of the fruit was reported first in ancient Rome, where 29 different types of fig were grown. Believed to be indigenous to Asia Minor, the fig spread beyond the Mediterranean region before recorded history.
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