Hey yall! My neighbor has fig trees (I think ) but doesn't kn

@Butterfrei :
They're really good to eat raw. I've never heard of fig jelly, but preserves are good. I've eaten a fig cake, but I think it was made from preserves. My mom used to make preserves that were different, in that she left a lot of liquid in them, and it was kinda like syrup with fruit in it. There was a fig tree in the back yard when we bought this house but it really attracted wasps. Since the grandson is allergic, we took the tree down.

@Bloom :
Oh I hate that for little man!! Thank you for the tip about the preserves!

@Butterfrei : They're really good. I bought some 'fig butter' at Trader Joes's. It was ok, but not as good as I remember my mom's preserves.

I've never eaten them like that or grown them like that.

@Butterfrei :
My tree had a few this year too. Same type of fig. The tree is still small.

We used to have a fig tree with figs that went from green to yellow to gold. I bought it from a garden center but I don't remember its variety name right now. Those figs were so good when golden ripe. I might have had three figs that reached perfect ripeness on that tree before crows ate or spoiled them. I still have a very old brown turkey fig tree -- brown turkey is the old reliable variety.

@Bloom :
I didn't think about making butter!!!!

@Butterfrei : The fig butter that I bought was a sweet spreadable, similar to apple butter if you've ever had that. It would be in the 'jelly' family, just a different consistency.

We used to have one as well. They are good to eat straight from the tree.