Title: Fig Basics
Categories: Dessert Fruit
Yield: 1 Servings

SELECTING,STORING,PREPARING
		Ficus carica

SEASON: Summer and Fall.

LOOK FOR: Slightly firm fruit that yields to gentle pressure on the skin. Varieties range in color from greenish yellow to purple to black. Avoid very soft fruit or fruit with sour odor.

TO STORE: Refrigerate; use within 1 to 2 days.

TO PREPARE: Wash figs; remove any stems.

TO SERVE: Eat figs out of hand; or serve them as a first course with Proscuitto or as a dessert with cheese.

Source: The New Good Housekeeping Cookbook ISBN: 0-688-03897-2 Typos by Dorothy Flatman 1995

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