What's For Dinner?

Apparently, everyone's blog has to stoop to this level once in a while, but after a delicious three-course lunch, I actually felt I had a useful tip to give you.

For starters, I had a nondescript green vegetable soup, which, I admit, came from a carton. Very unusual for me, but it was of the pseudo-natural processed variety. The main course consisted of grilled "Wild Atlantic Ocean" langostinos served with boiled potatoes and red mojo sauce. Is this a treat? Are you kidding? At roughly a dollar for 100 grams, I keep a huge box in the freezer.

The "newsworthy" part of the meal is that for pudding (desert for those of you who were properly brought up), I had the first of this years fresh figs, which I picked myself when I took the dog out for a stroll this morning.

This is early to find figs ripe and, it was only a few on one of the south faces of a tree that has seen more sun. Holly had half a dozen for her breakfast. Yes, the dog likes figs. No, she absolutely loves them and sits begging under the trees for me to pick them for her!

The crop is going to be huge this year, so, once the majority ripen, this will be a daily event. Last year I also successfully froze some to use at Christmas. I'll do that again and plan to make some jam.

If you are in Tenerife at this time of year and actually venture forth from your hotel complex, you can't miss fig trees growing wild everywhere. Pick them, enjoy them, but just to be sure, open them out in half from the bottom. Inside you will see lots of little white "strings". If these wriggle, DON'T EAT IT!

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