Tonight, Scott and I went to Byerly's to get a few olives, a cheese sample or two, and a box of Strawberries. As we were picking out a box of strawberries, I happened to come across quite a treasure!
At first, I could not believe my eyes! Yes! They were really figs! FRESH FIGS! The brown, Turkish kind that I have *never* been able to get in the United States that hadn't already perished! Not only were they not perished yet, but they were under $5 for three of them! (Decent quality figs can run up to $22/pound in the US!) This had to be good to be true!!
It was too good to be true.
Unfortunately, the beautiful figs have some bugs in them =( So, after all that, I won't be eating them.
So, instead of delicious fresh figs that I fear I will only be able to get again if I travel through the middle east, I leave you with this beautiful, romantic song of Solomon, about figs. Perhaps it will make one understand my great love for figs!
10 My lover spoke and said to me,
"Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, and come with me.
11 See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me."
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