[Sca-cooks] size of medieval figs

[Betsy Marshall]

Perhaps the size of fig seeds?

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> How big were medieval figs? Even if it is two total, one under each
> side of his tongue rather than two under each size of his tongue, that
> still seems like a huge amount. I thought figs were the size of large
> pecans or slightly skinny walnuts.

They are. I can't figure it out either. :) Maybe dried figs, which are
smaller-- but still. When I did this, I made them the circumfrence of a
dime.

> It doesn't say how long to leave them there. Maybe because these pills
> gradually dissolve?

If you kept them there long enough I guess they would. When I tried it,
they didn't.

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