7 DEADLY STEMS: GLUTTONY (COMMON FIG)
The common fig (Ficus carica): one of humanity’s first food obsessions. From covering Adam’s junk to covering other Eve’s junk, this plant has no shortage of cultural import. But does it deserve the valor it’s flaunted for hundreds of years?
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Additional Reading:
The Common Fig (Ficus carica)
Figs Were First (Allegedly)
The Dissent: Early fig domestication, or gathering of wild parthenocarpic figs?
The Fig Boss Explains