1 Keep in mind that 3 pounds (1.36 kg) of fresh figs equal approximately 1 pound (.453) of dried figs. 2  You can also use a food dehydrator to dry your figs. 3  Just cut the figs in half, place them cut side up on the dehydrator rack and then follow the manufacturer's instructions for the proper drying time. To add sweetness to your figs before drying, dissolve 1 cup (236 ml) of sugar into 3 cups (709 ml) of water and bring it to a boil. 2  Add the figs to the water and sugar mixture and allow them simmer for approximately 10 minutes. 3  Remove the figs from the water and then follow the steps for sun or oven drying.
1 An open coniferous forest (the section most properly called taiga). 2  the characteristic closed-canopy needleleaf evergreen boreal forest; and. 3  A mixed needleleaf evergreen-broadleaf deciduous forest, the ecotone with the Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest.
These 10 animal facts will amaze you. Cilantro, or Chinese parsley, is the name given to the leaves of the coriander plant (Coriandrum sativum), while both the plant and the seed-like fruit are traditionally called coriander.nitially, the coriander plant has leaves like parsley, to which it is related. When the plant bolts, producing a stalk on which flowers will grow, the leaves it produces are very different in nature and no longer as desirable.