341. "Figs"

I love “FIGS”, and I even like eating the peel.

The word “FIG” comes from early French…”figue”.

From old Provencal it is called “figa”, which is also used in Valenciano.

Thus, the word “figa” in Valenciano has a double meaning.

The Greek and Italian use a slang word for fig which is “vulva”.  I wonder why?

Hence, we see the sexual connotation from the word “fig”, figa, and it´s very similar to the word in English.

In English, there is also a sexual slang word for "figa", which is “pussy”. 

In Spanish the slang word is chocho.

And so, we also have the word “fig leaf”=  hoja de chocho (coño).

I guess the fashion in those days was to cover the female and male genitals with a fig leaf.

I first discovered figs when I came to Spain.

As I liked to ride my bicycle in the countryside in Spanish villages, I saw that there were fig

trees everywhere.

One day I stopped and plucked a fig from a tree. To my surprise it was sweet and delicious.

I soon discovered that there are different kinds of figs.  

There are green figs as well as purple and black ones.

I like the green figs, but I don´t mind eating the other ones.

In the summer, I can eat a dozen a day.

I love eating from two to five figs in the morning.

In the afternoon, I will another five figs.

It´s fun to go walking in the countryside looking for delicious figs.

In Xirivella, Valencia, young people celebrate “Nit de les Figues”

There a lot of fig trees in this area, so they eat them in the morning together with “rosquillas”.

Figs are rich in fiber, so they are perfect for people who are constipated.

Figs are also very rich in calcium. Much more than apples and other citrus fruits.

Apart from having vitamins such as magnesium and iron, figs are rich in flavonoids.

Flavanoids can prevent a lot of illnesses.

Flavanoids are antioxident. They also improve blood circulation, reduce cholesterol, protect the stomach and the liver, and are also antiflamatory and protects against bacteria.

This fig fruit orginally comes from Asia and was already eaten in 9000.B.C.

If I remember correctly, there is a passage in the new testament that mentions that Jesus was

walking in the countryside when he came upon a fig tree.

Perhaps he was hungry and he felt like eating some figs.

The only problem was that there weren´t any figs in the tree because it wasn´t the right season yet.

I believe Jesus got a litle angry and cursed the fig tree. In the end the tree died.

Perhaps Jesus didn´t sleep very well and was in a bad mood that day.

Vocabulary

I love figs = me encanta los higos

Peel = piel

Early = antiguo

Also = tambien

Meaning = significado

Wonder = me pregunto

Hence = por tanto

Pussy = chocha, coño

Fig leaf = hoja de chocha

Guess = supongo

Fashion = moda

Female  = hembra

Male = macho

As = como

Countryside = campo

Plucked = arranqué

Sweet = dulce

Kinds = tipos

As well as = tanto como

I don´t mind = no me importa

Love = me encanta

Fun = divertido

A lot of = muchos

Constipated = estreñido

Such as = tal como

Improve = mejorar

Already = ya

Came upon = se cruzó

Perhaps = quizás

Hungry = hambriento

Felt like eating = apetecia comer

Any = ningun

Right season = estacion correta

Yet = todavia

got a little angry = se enfadó un poco

cursed = maldijo

in the end = al final

died = murió

bad mood = mal humor


Tom Jones sings "What´s new pussycat"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga3I5DTIA-E