Finally! Justification for those Fig Newton binges! "I have to eat these... it says so in the BIBLE."

I like Fig Newtons, too! If only the sugar was honey and the cookie was made of oats, they might actually be healthy for us! Oh well.

And being called to be good stewards, I can save a bundle by buying the generic.

I love them too.

Your darn tootin

I love Fig Newtons

However........

I would not fly to the moon

for a Lorna Doone

We all have proof galore that we are not a bunch of constipated people!

While I was waiting to get my food stamps, I had to go to a food bank. The one that was close enough for me to walk to was at a church.

In with the other groceries, I found two 1 lb. bags of diced figs. For some reason, I didn't associate them with fig newtons at the time. I had this idea that I'd never had figs...

You have never had figs until you've had them absolutely plain. Oh wow! I couldn't stop eating them. I had to work real hard just to get that two pounds to last a weekend.

This would mean that I have to rate figs with raisins, prunes (forget that "dried plum" nonsense, they're prunes), dried apricots, and cashews.

My grandparents had fig trees on their farm when I was little so ,my family got to eat figs when visiting.