[Sca-cooks] An Excess of Figs

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

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>From: silverr0se at aol.com

> Any ideas about what to do with the extras that DOESN'T involve 
> standing over a hot stove in August?

Do you have a crockpot?  Figs in the French Manner from de Nola is very simple, and can be done in a crockpot, which doesn't heat up the kitchen (or the cook).

TO EAT FIGS IN THE FRENCH MANNER
COMER HIGOS A LA FRANCESA

Take dried figs, the sweetest that you can get, black and white, and remove the stems and wash them with good white 
wine which is sweet; and when they are very well-cleaned, take an earthenware casserole which is big enough, which has 
a flat bottom, and cast them inside, stirring them a little; and then put this casserole upon the coals, and well-covered in 
a manner that it is stewed there.  And when they are stewed, and they will have absorbed all of the moisture of the wine, 
stir them a little, and cast fine spice on top of them; and turn them, stirring in a manner that incorporates that spice in 
them; and then eat this food; and it is an elegant thing; and it should be eaten at the beginning of the meal.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Guisados1-art.text




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