Believe it or not what really turned me on to figs was the Iranian variety that you are talking about. The edible figs that are quoted to be grown in that region are kadota, adriatic, Lob Injir(smyrna) and Ezmira. I would love to get a hold of the last one. Here is link that provides that info:

http://www.iranfig.com/Driedfigs.htm

Arigato -
What do you know about the Ezmira fig? Is it a common fig that doesn't require the fig wasp? Thanks for posting the link.
Ingevald

Ingevald,

Do you think the "Figs in Milk" recipe will work with our figs that we grow here? I also wonder if they use pasturised milk? It sounds good and I'd like to try it.

Peg

I dont know very much about it, and I should say that if it doesnt require the fig wasp id really want it.

Peg,
Thanks for your interest in this topic. The fig and milk electuary mentioned in the Fars Fig Production Packing website is a mystery to me at this point in time. I will do some additional checking on this topic and perhaps someone else might have some information. The only direct recipe references that I have in my collected data are as follows:

1) Fig Heaven : 70 recipes for the world's most lucious fruit by Marie Simmons. I have not seen this book. Has anyone else seen it?

2) Fig Gardens Recipes: How to Serve Figs in the Home by J.C. Forkner, Fresno, CA: Crown Printing and Engraving Co., 1919
http://ia331321.us.archive.org/3/items/jcforknerfiggard00forkrich/jcforknerfiggard00forkrich.pdf
This is a large 10mb file with lots of fig recipes.

3) This Pick Your Own website - I mentioned this in another post.
http://www.pickyourown.org/figrecipes.htm
There are several recipes there.

Ingevald -

Ingevald,
Thanks, I did some google searching. Yes,there are many recipes but this one for Fig and Milk got my attention. Simple with nothing to overwhelm the fig taste. I think something was lost in the translation, LOL. How many minutes to boil the milk was left out. Also, were these dried figs or fresh ones? Unpasturized milk could make a big difference too.

Anyway, I might just take 4 or 5 figs, boil some milk and see what happens. If it is a disaster I haven't lost much.
I'll let you know the results.

Peg

I checked with my friend from Iran and he never encountered the figs served in the milk product. When he grew up in the 1960's and 1970's, milk was in short supply. There is now more milk production than that period of time. During this earlier time in Iran they would soak the dried figs in water or eat them with walnuts.
Ingevald

Persian Fig Trees grown by Paradise Nursery from the Kan district produce small yellow fruit that are very sweet and delicious. Commercially are dried, but also amazing when eaten fresh off the tree