The Incredible Fig
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The Incredible Fig
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Re: The Incredible Fig
#2Unsafe for vegans but so delicious. Figs here in Oz have been a revelation to me, brought up on dried figs, fresh ones on tap...
I happen to like them all ways, especially grilled, finished either with or without sugar by a blowtorch, or with goats curd and prosciutto, or simply torn through salad or on my brekkie cereal.
Keep you regular too...
Re: The Incredible Fig
#3Unsafe for vegans but so delicious. Figs here in Oz have been a revelation to me, brought up on dried figs, fresh ones on tap... I happen to like them all ways, especially grilled, finished either with or without sugar by a blowtorch, or with goats curd and prosciutto, or simply torn through salad or on my brekkie cereal. Keep you regular too...
Why are figs unsafe for vegans?
(After reading the article, I guess because of the wasps. But I thought the idea of veganism was to not harm any sentient creature, not to avoid consuming the biomass of any once-sentient creature. Otherwise, surely all plant life on earth, as one way or another fertilised by once-sentient biomass, would be off-limits!)
Re: The Incredible Fig
#4Unsafe for vegans but so delicious. Figs here in Oz have been a revelation to me, brought up on dried figs, fresh ones on tap... I happen to like them all ways, especially grilled, finished either with or without sugar by a blowtorch, or with goats curd and prosciutto, or simply torn through salad or on my brekkie cereal. Keep you regular too...
Why are figs unsafe for vegans? (After reading the article, I guess because of the wasps. But I thought the idea of veganism was to not harm any sentient creature, not to avoid consuming the biomass of any once-sentient creature. Otherwise, surely all plant life on earth, as one way or another fertilised by once-sentient biomass, would be off-limits!)
Figs have wasps remains in them. Wasps are a necessary step for pollination, explained here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofmeister_kink
Re: The Incredible Fig
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why are figs unsafe for vegans? (After reading the article, I guess because of the wasps. But I thought the idea of veganism was to not harm any sentient creature, not to avoid consuming the biomass of any once-sentient creature. Otherwise, surely all plant life on earth, as one way or another fertilised by once-sentient biomass, would be off-limits!)
Figs have wasps remains in them. Wasps are a necessary step for pollination, explained here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofmeister_kink
What do wasps have to do with automotive design?
Re: The Incredible Fig
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why are figs unsafe for vegans? (After reading the article, I guess because of the wasps. But I thought the idea of veganism was to not harm any sentient creature, not to avoid consuming the biomass of any once-sentient creature. Otherwise, surely all plant life on earth, as one way or another fertilised by once-sentient biomass, would be off-limits!)
Figs have wasps remains in them. Wasps are a necessary step for pollination, explained here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofmeister_kink
that's not entirely accurate. not all species of Fig pollinate that way.
Re: The Incredible Fig
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why are figs unsafe for vegans? (After reading the article, I guess because of the wasps. But I thought the idea of veganism was to not harm any sentient creature, not to avoid consuming the biomass of any once-sentient creature. Otherwise, surely all plant life on earth, as one way or another fertilised by once-sentient biomass, would be off-limits!)
Figs have wasps remains in them. Wasps are a necessary step for pollination, explained here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofmeister_kink
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Re: The Incredible Fig
#9Unsafe for vegans but so delicious. Figs here in Oz have been a revelation to me, brought up on dried figs, fresh ones on tap... I happen to like them all ways, especially grilled, finished either with or without sugar by a blowtorch, or with goats curd and prosciutto, or simply torn through salad or on my brekkie cereal. Keep you regular too...
The fig wasp isn't needed for pollination for most common edible figs, at least the ones grown in California.
Re: The Incredible Fig
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why are figs unsafe for vegans? (After reading the article, I guess because of the wasps. But I thought the idea of veganism was to not harm any sentient creature, not to avoid consuming the biomass of any once-sentient creature. Otherwise, surely all plant life on earth, as one way or another fertilised by once-sentient biomass, would be off-limits!)
Figs have wasps remains in them. Wasps are a necessary step for pollination, explained here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofmeister_kink
This is wholly for my own curiosity, but can people with severe wasp allergies eat figs?