{"id":107598,"date":"2025-10-15T22:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T02:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=107598"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:52:15","slug":"figs-delicious-nutritious-and-deserve-more-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/sante\/figs-delicious-nutritious-and-deserve-more-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Figs: Delicious, nutritious and deserve more attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>While they seem to be gaining in popularity in specialty food shops and on more restaurant menus, fresh\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>\u00a0are a delicious and nutritious fruit that fly under the radar in comparison to their dried counterparts. Check for what is available in your area; I\u2019ve found them at couple of grocery stores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Historically, however,\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>\u00a0have been around for quite some time, and they deserve more of our attention. They were critical to early human survival: the fact that they dry very well, thereby forming a source of preserved and caloric nutrition, made the fig an important food for humans in the Mediterranean and Middle East thousands of years ago. There are records of humans consuming\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>\u00a0dating to 9,000 B.C. and evidence of a fig \u201cindustry\u201d in the Tigris and Euphrates area of the world known as Mesopotamia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Greek athletes and Fig Newtons<\/b><br \/>\nAncient Greek Olympic athletes ate\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>\u00a0as training fuel and were awarded fig-leaf crowns in victory. There is an etymological myth that \u201csykon,\u201d the Greek word for fig, was used in the context of anyone stealing the best Greek\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>: the person reporting the activity \u2013 who did so in the hopes of gaining favour with the authorities \u2013 was called a \u201csycophant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Millennia later,\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>\u00a0were introduced to, and were growing in, North America when in 1769 Franciscan missionaries planted trees: that\u2019s why we have the popular black-hued \u201cMission\u201d\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">As for their first wide-scale commercial appearance, Fig Newton cookies came along in 1892.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Look for Greek\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>\u00a0in September and end of October, while California\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>\u00a0arrive in the middle to late-summer and year-round they come in from Peru and Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 World religions and <span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span><\/b><br \/>\nThe fig and fig trees are mentioned in Deuteronomy in the Old Testament and Matthew in the New Testament, among other books in the Bible. It is plausible that the so-called \u201capple\u201d of the Garden of Eden was actually a fig.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Chapter 95 of the Quran is named \u201cAl-Tin,\u201d The Fig, which refers to regions of Palestine and Syria where prophets were raised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Buddha, it is said, gained enlightenment meditating beneath a species of fig tree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The tree is also considered sacred by many eastern religions, including Hinduism which calls it the \u201cworld tree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Packed with achenes like a strawberry<\/b><br \/>\nWhat is a fig? First, it\u2019s a relative of the mulberry. Unusually, fig trees do not produce blossoms, say, like an apple tree. The fig itself is a sort of inverted strawberry: it\u2019s more flower than fruit, with its flesh folded in on itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The little seeds inside \u2013 called achenes \u2013 are actually similar to what you find on the outside of a strawberry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">We all know wasps at this time of the year. Where\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>\u00a0grow, small wasps called fig wasps enter a pore at the base of the fig to pollinate it.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Figs<\/span>\u00a0are a rare fruit that will ripen fully on the tree and partially dry there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nutrition in <span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span><\/b><br \/>\nAs for nutrition, three or four\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>\u00a0have roughly as much fibre as a cup of cooked oatmeal and the amount of calcium that is found in a glass of milk \u2013 that\u2019s unusually high for a fruit. They are good substitutes for sweeteners in baking and their moisture content helps keep baked goods soft and delicious. Fig pur\u00e9e can be used in some recipes as a substitute for butter as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">You can find dried\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>\u00a0at just about any grocery store, usually in tightly packed circular packages, while a number of grocery stores have started carrying fresh\u00a0<span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">figs<\/span>\u00a0in flats of a dozen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"markwmvdfecf3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Figs<\/span>, both dry and fresh, are great for snacks on their own, but they also can have other applications in your kitchen, including in salads with fennel, pomegranate and a little bit of arugula. The go well with stronger, firm cheeses too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><em><strong>Food writer Andrew Coppolino lives in Rockland. He is the author of \u201cFarm to Table\u201d and co-author of \u201cCooking with Shakespeare.\u201d Follow him on Instagram @andrewcoppolino.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While they seem to be gaining in popularity in specialty food shops and on more restaurant menus, fresh\u00a0figs\u00a0are a delicious and nutritious fruit that fly under the radar in comparison to their dried counterparts. Check for what is available in your area; I\u2019ve found them at couple of grocery stores. 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