It is fun and so rewarding! Figs are my favorite. My grandmother made them special for me as a child and they were so delicious. Each time I make them I think of her. Thanks for watching and your comment. Have a blessed day!
Wow this video is so exciting. We had a neighbor in the 70s who had a fig tree and the figs were so delicious and sweet. Fresh figs in Los Angeles now is just unheard of. ❤❤❤❤
Fig season is in full swing and they are so yummy straight off the tree, just like you remembered in the 70s. I can remember eating them like this too as a kid and anxiously awaiting my Mammie canning them. There is nothing like fig preserves on a hot buttered biscuit or piece of toast for breakfast! Yummy 😋 I sure wish you could get some and I’m also glad you enjoyed the video! Have a great weekend my friend!
Going to be picking figs this evening from our apt community garden. Your recipe is so simple and easy, that's how I've been making mine. I don't can them though because my friends are waiting for them to be done. They don't last long here and my daughter and her son love them. Thank you so much. Have a blessed day.
Me too! There are some people who mash the figs for jam (and that is ok) but the whole fig preserves are my favorite. I love how the whole figs pop when you eat them. Yummy 😋!!! I have not made figs with honey but that does sound delicious! I’m glad to know there are more people who love figs. Thanks for watching and your comment! Have a blessed weekend!!!
6:20 🍭✋🏼 has anyone used coconut sugar I don’t think I want to use that much sugar and I’m thinking that this coconut sugar is lower. I do not like a lot of sugar anyone suggestions
:40 she had figs on her tree OK we I don’t think we have fig trees here in the Minnesota area when you said that I was like kind of jealous like excited like thinking yes that’s really cool and then I was thinking can I plant a fig tree here. Are there any fig trees in the Midwest? I felt like I was very Mediterranean, but you have a southern accent so where are you at? Lol.
Your post made me smile! I’m in South Georgia almost at the Florida line. Figs are an old southern treat in the summer time. They bring me back to my childhood when my grandmother made them for me. Yummy! If you wanted to grow figs In Minnesota I think you would need to do it in a large container. During the coldest weather you would need to bring it to a shed or weatherproof building. The tip of the tree could not make it outside during extreme cold. I’m a little sad that you don’t have these amazingly delicious 😋 gems! Once you try them you will be hooked. Thanks for watching and your comment. Have a blessed day!!!
@@stephsstovebystephaniethom7249 ahh that’s nice to have fruits around. Good tips probably not work too well. We had 39F last night and it’s it’s only autumn 🍂
I'd read about an Italian guy in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood who kept a fig tree, but it took some work in the fall to prevent it from freezing then dying during the winter. Evidently he knew what to do to keep his alive and bearing fruit.
Some people just have an amazing “green thumb” and can just about grow anything. Thanks for watching and sharing this interesting story. Have a blessed evening!!!
Mother and Daddy would cover the figs just like you did, then they would place them in the refrigerator overnight. The next day, they would transfer entire contents of sugar-covered figs (with the syrup that formed in the bottom) from the bowl into the cooking. pot. My grandma told me “you cannot put too much sugar when doing blackberry jelly, jam, pear preserves, or fig preserves”.
That is so true! It seems like so much sugar but it’s needed for good jam, jelly, and preserves. I like the overnight method you mentioned. This summer I will try it when I make more. So glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching and sharing your precious memories; I hope you have a blessed day!!! 😊
Never tighten lids down. Sealed will you can lift lid and jar ( after resting unmoved overnight ) without the ring to see if it sealed properly. tightening the ring will give you a false seal. Best to read National Home Canning safety.
It’s just the way I was taught and I have always done it this way. I have never had an issue with the jars sealing. I’m always open to suggestions and recommendations. Thanks for the tip.
Your jars will show they have sealed but it can be a 'false' seal. Probably they are always fine just do a good check smell and appearance 'mold or darkening'..anything odd. It's my family and friends so I only use approved methods of safe canning. Some people just turn jar upside down for 5 minutes..50 years ago my mother n law taught me to also seal with paraffin wax....none of these methods are approved by the National Home Center for Home Food Preservation. You can refer here also for all recipes for pressure and boiling water canner all information is here and safety approved. It's know as 'Fingertip Tight' all safe canners use this method. You can see it on many canning video's.@@stephsstovebystephaniethom7249
You really make preserving sem so much fun. Can't wait to try the fig preserves. Thanks!
It is fun and so rewarding! Figs are my favorite. My grandmother made them special for me as a child and they were so delicious. Each time I make them I think of her. Thanks for watching and your comment. Have a blessed day!
Wow this video is so exciting. We had a neighbor in the 70s who had a fig tree and the figs were so delicious and sweet. Fresh figs in Los Angeles now is just unheard of. ❤❤❤❤
Fig season is in full swing and they are so yummy straight off the tree, just like you remembered in the 70s. I can remember eating them like this too as a kid and anxiously awaiting my Mammie canning them. There is nothing like fig preserves on a hot buttered biscuit or piece of toast for breakfast! Yummy 😋 I sure wish you could get some and I’m also glad you enjoyed the video! Have a great weekend my friend!
Going to be picking figs this evening from our apt community garden. Your recipe is so simple and easy, that's how I've been making mine. I don't can them though because my friends are waiting for them to be done. They don't last long here and my daughter and her son love them. Thank you so much. Have a blessed day.
Love fig preserves. I make mine with honey.
Me too! There are some people who mash the figs for jam (and that is ok) but the whole fig preserves are my favorite. I love how the whole figs pop when you eat them. Yummy 😋!!! I have not made figs with honey but that does sound delicious! I’m glad to know there are more people who love figs. Thanks for watching and your comment! Have a blessed weekend!!!
Thank you so much for this. I made some last night and they taste just how my grandma did them.
I’m so glad! I just made another batch myself last week. Thanks for sharing your experience and I hope you have a blessed day! Enjoy the figs!!! 😊
6:20 🍭✋🏼 has anyone used coconut sugar I don’t think I want to use that much sugar and I’m thinking that this coconut sugar is lower. I do not like a lot of sugar anyone suggestions
Soo noo on the coconut sugar or low glycemic sugar?
I use monk fruit 😋
:40 she had figs on her tree OK we I don’t think we have fig trees here in the Minnesota area when you said that I was like kind of jealous like excited like thinking yes that’s really cool and then I was thinking can I plant a fig tree here. Are there any fig trees in the Midwest? I felt like I was very Mediterranean, but you have a southern accent so where are you at? Lol.
Your post made me smile! I’m in South Georgia almost at the Florida line. Figs are an old southern treat in the summer time. They bring me back to my childhood when my grandmother made them for me. Yummy! If you wanted to grow figs In Minnesota I think you would need to do it in a large container. During the coldest weather you would need to bring it to a shed or weatherproof building. The tip of the tree could not make it outside during extreme cold. I’m a little sad that you don’t have these amazingly delicious 😋 gems! Once you try them you will be hooked. Thanks for watching and your comment. Have a blessed day!!!
@@stephsstovebystephaniethom7249 ahh that’s nice to have fruits around. Good tips probably not work too well. We had 39F last night and it’s it’s only autumn 🍂
@jodyhakala247 Wow! That sounds like a late December/early January weather here if we are lucky. Stay warm!
I'd read about an Italian guy in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood who kept a fig tree, but it took some work in the fall to prevent it from freezing then dying during the winter. Evidently he knew what to do to keep his alive and bearing fruit.
Some people just have an amazing “green thumb” and can just about grow anything. Thanks for watching and sharing this interesting story. Have a blessed evening!!!
Mother and Daddy would cover the figs just like you did, then they would place them in the refrigerator overnight. The next day, they would transfer entire contents of sugar-covered figs (with the syrup that formed in the bottom) from the bowl into the cooking. pot.
My grandma told me “you cannot put too much sugar when doing blackberry jelly, jam, pear preserves, or fig preserves”.
That is so true! It seems like so much sugar but it’s needed for good jam, jelly, and preserves. I like the overnight method you mentioned. This summer I will try it when I make more. So glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching and sharing your precious memories; I hope you have a blessed day!!! 😊
About to get figgy wit it ;-) ....I like your recipe because you didn't call for water. Why water down your preserves?
@5280 altitude, stir ever 10 min instead of 30 min. I got lucky and checked it early. Cajuns at high altitude have many challenges!
Never tighten lids down. Sealed will you can lift lid and jar ( after resting unmoved overnight ) without the ring to see if it sealed properly. tightening the ring will give you a false seal. Best to read National Home Canning safety.
It’s just the way I was taught and I have always done it this way. I have never had an issue with the jars sealing. I’m always open to suggestions and recommendations. Thanks for the tip.
Your jars will show they have sealed but it can be a 'false' seal. Probably they are always fine just do a good check smell and appearance 'mold or darkening'..anything odd.
It's my family and friends so I only use approved methods of safe canning.
Some people just turn jar upside down for 5 minutes..50 years ago my mother n law taught me to also seal with paraffin wax....none of these methods are approved by the National Home Center for Home Food Preservation. You can refer here also for all recipes for pressure and boiling water canner all information is here and safety approved.
It's know as 'Fingertip Tight' all safe canners use this method. You can see it on many canning video's.@@stephsstovebystephaniethom7249
@@stephsstovebystephaniethom7249Fingertip tight only so jars do not burst under pressure.
Damn the diabetes. Put these in front of me I'm eating them
Im so frustrated as a cajun that has had canned figs. NOBODY else knows about this secrete.... just FYI., "Fig Newtons" are not the same!
Damn the diabetes. Put these in front of me I'm eating them