Fresh figs are back!

[Robin Garr]

Found nice ripe black Mission figs at Paul's in St. Matthews yesterday, $4.99 a pint. I love this time of year!

mmmm . . . figs split open, stuffed with gorgonzola, wrapped with slice of prosciutto and run under the broiler. good stuff!

[Robin Garr]

mmmm . . . figs split open, stuffed with gorgonzola, wrapped with slice of prosciutto and run under the broiler. good stuff!

Or just open the door of the fridge, cut some figs in half, dip them into a tub of mascarpone cheese and stand there in the cold draft eating them by refrigerator light.

OMG, heaven.

mmmm . . . figs split open, stuffed with gorgonzola, wrapped with slice of prosciutto and run under the broiler. good stuff!

Or just open the door of the fridge, cut some figs in half, dip them into a tub of mascarpone cheese and stand there in the cold draft eating them by refrigerator light. :)

OMG, you guys have just written me into a heck of an appetite and nostalgia attack. Growing up in New Orleans we had a beautiful black fig tree in the back yard. We'd go out in the morning and pick the figs for breakfast.

I've never tasted a fig, fresh that is. I figured they tasted like dates which I did not like. I did eat Fig Newton's but only because they were offered at Grandma's house. I'd nibble the cake off and then she'd say I was missing the good part so I'd eat that, too. So, what do they taste like? Barb T

I've never tasted a fig, fresh that is. I figured they tasted like dates which I did not like. I did eat Fig Newton's but only because they were offered at Grandma's house. I'd nibble the cake off and then she'd say I was missing the good part so I'd eat that, too. So, what do they taste like? Barb T

Heavenly, we had a bush in the back yard when is was a little kid.