sf wrote on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:29:19 -0800:

>> On Sun 22 Feb 2009 11:06:38a, James Silverton told us...
>>
>>> Hello All!
>>>
>>> I may have asked this before and, if so, I apologise but how
>>> many people agree with me that dried figs are much superior
>>> to fresh ones? I do know 2 or 3 people who agree with me.
>>>
>> I agree with you. There are several varieties of dried figs I
>> prefer over fresh. One exception, if I could find fresh
>> brown turkey figs, I think they make the best fig preserves.

> Fresh figs are awfully darned good. Figs and apricots - two
> things I look forward to eating fresh.

I have a theory that you have to live where the fruit is grown. I've
hardly ever had a fresh apricot in the Eastern US that was worth eating.
Come to think of it, I prefer dried apricots too :-)

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not