[Heel n Toe]

I love 'em... they are so delicious if picked at just the right time.

We had a huge fig bush in our backyard when I was a kid. It got so big you couldn't reach all of 'em unless you got on a 6 foot stepladder.

Mom would make 20-30 jars of preserves every year... she'd give some away and the rest would go in this big closet/cupboard in the hallway off the kitchen. Man, were those things good on buttered homemade biscuits. YEOW.

We've got an unopened jar right now that is marked 1984. My sister brought it to our family reunion in June and gave it to me... it was from Mom's last batch.

I don't know whether it's safe to eat or not. I'm tempted to open it and taste it if it doesn't smell funky.