"songbird" wrote in message
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Farm1 wrote:
Derald wrote:

Fig tree
sap is an irritant

And it's also a natural rennet which I didn't know about until we went to
a
celebrity chef' lunch at an Open Garden where the Host and his wife made
the
'extras' for the chef including a soft cheese using a fresh cut fig
branch.

huh! what that might do to some folks digestive
system could be ... i'm not sure i'd want to test
that out myself.

The cheese it makes is superb. It was mentioned in Homer's Iliad so it's a
very ancient use of figs.