After 19 years of my life, I finally tried a fig. As a fruit
fanatic, I have tried a pretty wide variety of fruits. I am always looking for
more tropical fruits whenever I travel. That is how I discovered on of my
favorite fruits, the cherimoya. If you haven’t tried it, you are missing out.
It is almost like a mix of a pineapple, banana, and mango with almost a pudding
consistency. A friend said it tasted like “one of those pineapple gummy bears.”
But, back to figs. Another new realization after 19 years is that we have a fig
tree in our backyard. Go figure. I went to pick up some produce from someone’s
house a couple weeks ago (long story), and I was lucky enough for them to offer
me a backyard tasting tour. Now, a usual backyard tasting would consist of a
couple oranges—whoop de doo. But, this backyard garden was the king of them
all! The entire backyard was absolutely covered in tomato vines and
miscellaneous fruit. I was enjoying the tomato tasting, and they asked if I
wanted a fig. I had previously never really thought of trying figs, but they
did their job convincing me of their deliciousness. Hesitantly, I bit it…and
holy mackerel! This was soooo sweet. I legitimately bought figs during my next
grocery store trip. But, they were not even half as sweet or rich as fresh off
the tree.
When I learned we had a fig tree, I was super excited.
However, it is a tough battle with the squirrels who are winning.
Squirrels-100000 Me-1. I have eaten one good fig off our tree. If you pick them
even one day too early, they are hardly sweet nor soft enough. I keep waiting
just one more day for them to ripen. But, I will return the following morning
to find no ripe figs. Zilcho, nunca, nada. I can’t even find any purple ones.
Those fig stealing squirrels. Moral of the story, I am now sad because we have
those sweet, delicious figs fresh off the tree, but the first choice always
goes to the pesky squirrels (that I used to think were cute).
SHOWDOWN
ME VS.
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