Hiya. Long time no post :-)

I have a question for the assembled experts. Once again my dad's figs have
failed to ripen. This annual event is a bit worse this year as the trees
cropped heavily. But hey, he is probably just a bit far north, and this
summer in tha UK was not.... one of the best :-)

So. Can anything be done with unripe figs ? Can they be chutneyed, pickled,
fermented salted or smoked ?

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John Warr wrote:
> Hiya. Long time no post :-)
>
> I have a question for the assembled experts. Once again my dad's figs have
> failed to ripen. This annual event is a bit worse this year as the trees
> cropped heavily. But hey, he is probably just a bit far north, and this
> summer in tha UK was not.... one of the best :-)
>
> So. Can anything be done with unripe figs ? Can they be chutneyed, pickled,
> fermented salted or smoked ?
>
Occasionally we will get some that don't ripen on the tree and we just
put them on a paper towel on the kitchen counter and they ripen over the
next few days. I've tried to use these in recipes and have found that it
is just a waste of time. I know of no recipes using green figs. HTH