Do people like figs?

[Growingboys]

I'm having friends for dinner and thinking of doing baked spiced figs. But then I wondered if figs were one of those divisive things that some people might hate.

Do you like them? I thought they'd be a good pudding as they're light and (sort of) healthy and the recipe is amazing, but want to canvas opinion before I commit myself!

TIA

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/12989/spiced-baked-figs-with-ginger-mascarpone

lol don’t want to derail this thread since you’re all fig lovers, do you reckon fig, melon and green apple will marry well together in a salad?

No

That's a "No!" from me too.

Figs, yum. Ginger, yuk!

I used to love figs until I found out about the wasp issue, now haven't eaten them since. Apparently all figs contain one female dead wasp. Now I know they are digested, and I'm being irrational, but I just can't go there.

However you need to be aware, OP, that if you are serving figs to dinner guests some vegetarians avoid figs due to the animal content. Best to check with them first.

I love figs but as part of a savoury dish not a sweet one. So as a starter I'd gobble them.up esoecislly if they were baked with blue cheese. However dh hates them.

Most commercially grown figs are self-pollinating and don't include the free dead wasp. Sorry to disappoint. 😂

free dead wasp

Tomorrow I'm making my first fig cake.

I once picked a fresh ripe one off a tree in Kephalonia! With the sound of gunfire in the distance! (it was presumably hunting season (as I found out when I went to the pet shop and backed out pretty quick cos there were men and guns in there!!!

One of my favourite desserts is Caffe Reale in Pizza Express - tiny figs, Docelatte and coffee. Yum yum!