I fish in LI Sound and one of our best eating fish is called the porgy, sort of like a small snapper. They average less than a pound each. A few weeks back I took some porgies, rubbed them with olive oil and seasoned with pepper and salt. I then took some large fig leaves and blanched them in boiling water, patted dry and wrapped them around the porgy and tied with kitchen twine and then rubbed that with a bit more oil. I threw them on the grill for about 10 minutes a side and they were delicious. The leaves give the fish a sweet smoky flavor and held the together for the cooking.

The only drawback is bit's of the leaves get caught between the teeth so flossing is a must.

janoyan, I harvested a lot of leaves for fig tea, it seems to help with some of my medical problems, plus I love the taste.

I haven't been able to harvest the rest of them due to my work schedule and they are beginning to dry out and turn colors.

Can I rehydrate them?

I recently tried making fig-tea by just boiling
live green (cleaned) fig leaves.

The taste was rather strange but pleasant, but the after
stuff effect was NOT. I had this feeling of my lips wanting
to just stick together -- maybe of the latex contents?

Maybe I should have dried them first?...

Sorry to hear that gorgi. I made some tea using fresh green leaves that I chopped up a bit and it was good. It had a taste like a light coconut flavor. I found it good and I had no side effects. I wanted to save some dried ones and try them, but they got covered with rust and other stuff. I will take some nice fresh leaves next year and dry them, then make tea to see how that works.
"gene"

Wertach, I am interested to hear more of the help you recived for your medical problems, if you can.
I have never done any rehydrating, prefer to keep them air tight, dry and ziplocked in cool dark place for winteruse.
No side effects either, it keeps me from getting constipated. I imagine we all are different , and can be affected in somewhat different ways. Do what works best for you. Perhaps boilling it for a longer period of time may change its flavor.
Janoyan

Janoyan, I have diverticulitis and since I have been drinking the fig tea it has improved a lot. Not bloating as much. Also I have uncontrollable hypertension, none of the drugs have brought it down. The tea seems to have lowered it some.

Here is a link that might be useful: Diverticulitis

Thank you for the culinary tips! :-) Will all varieties of fig trees work for the fig tea? That means the leaves are all safe to boil and make tea out of?

Can I eat fig leaves hit by frost?

Can I pick fig leaves for tea at any time of summer and autumn?

Just pick the once that are nice not to young and not to old.

Yes you can pick them in summer and autumn.

Enjoy you tea !

Do they get processed with plain water? No brine?