"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 12:48:13 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 14:59:54 -0500, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip Nigella's figs>
>>>
>>> Figs from the Middle East often have a big, dead wasp-like insect
>>> inside them. It's recommened to check that before biting into the fig.
>>
>>
>>I don't know why but last year in the newspaper Suzy Cohen outlined the
>>pollination of figs, which I had never heard before, I wish I hadn't
>>because
>>I have not had a fig since. Just off-putting to me now.
>
> Did the process involve uncooth insects?


It involved insects dying inside, but she said they were fully absorbed. I
don't care..

Cheri