Ross, this was very entertaining and showed a lot of humility. You had me rolling in laughter a couple times. I think our eyes play a key role in how we taste and experience food. I'm sure you have heard the expression... "I tasted the food with my eyes first."
Do you or will you have rooted cuttings of the Brianzolo Rosso? I love caramel! I heard you describe this fig on another video and it sounds delicious!
Hahaha that was incredible. Definitely one of my favorite videos. Excellent fig assistant. What would he do without you. Lots of fun - my wife was like what is so funny about a fig video. Thanks again
I love this content! Thanks for sharing. It's really valuable to see so many varieties trialled at once with some bias removed. Hope you do more like this in the future
Great video, thank you for doing it for real! I think it shows you don't really need that many varieties. Among the ones that taste well, should just focus on growing characteristics (productivity, size, split resistance, cold tolerance, ripening times, etc.).
Really enjoyed this video. Great for someone to emphasise that actually many of the everyday varieties can be great figs. Wondered if you could do a similar trial with the later ripening varieties? 🌿
Just props to you for making a video like this one. You have a lot of knowledge and experience with figs so doing a blind tasting and throwing the guesses out there for the world to see is eye opening. So far my season is giving me lots of michurinska 10, improved celeste and ronde de bordeaux. I enjoy michurinska 10 the most out of those 3, my rdb just seems to lack flavour and i'm not sure why, all varities are in pots, the tree is 4 years old, and i let them dry on the tree they have the cracks and wrinkeld skin yet lack any real flavour, does this tree need to go inground for more flavour?
Awesome video - I can’t wait until I can taste my figs. I’m in Florida zone 10a and I just found out my fig trees all have root not nematodes. now I am air layering the trees so I can move them into 65 gallon pots that I just bought so hopefully next year I’ll get my first decent harvest.
@@RossRaddi thanks for the advice. I just bought a bunch of LSU purple cuttings and once I get them rooted I will try grafting and eventually try the ground again. Thanks again!
I am impressed with your pallet! This was great! Next time both of you eat them and discuss the flavors no blindfolds. Its not many people that have as many varieties as you do in one place all ripe at the same time! I am going to try and get a rond de bordeux for sure!
Interesting. I have 2 varieties, a yellowish white skin and a purpleish brown skin. I like the purple or brown better. What do you do with all the figs when so many come in at once?
I've been giving a lot away this year, making jam, drying them, and we've been experimenting a lot with them in the kitchen. So far I've tried 4 recipes.
Very nice video! Where can all these varieties be purchased? I am in Puerto Rico and it is difficult to find fig trees here. I am a begginer fig lover and only have two varieties: Chicago Hardy and Mission.
Good concept. I thought about doing this myself to see how well I would do. Thanks for thinking outside the box content wise. Typically I can't listen to tasting vids because of the smacking while chewing but out of interest of the video i tried to mute while chewing but it was just too much and had to stop listening. To people with Misophonia its unbearable. I've never edited videos but if its not too dificult it would be great if you could edit out mostly the smacking but also the chewing sounds. Other youtubers do this. It may help with views. Especailly the taste test vids. Thanks
Try this again but not blindfolded. Use the look of the fig as a way to help identify it instead of just by taste. You were probably around 30% accurate. Would be good to see how much your eyes help with identifying.
Dude, this is the best video you’ve ever made. Like you’ve said in the past, “the ripest fig is the best fig”
Ross, this was very entertaining and showed a lot of humility. You had me rolling in laughter a couple times. I think our eyes play a key role in how we taste and experience food. I'm sure you have heard the expression... "I tasted the food with my eyes first."
Do you or will you have rooted cuttings of the Brianzolo Rosso? I love caramel! I heard you describe this fig on another video and it sounds delicious!
Hahaha that was incredible. Definitely one of my favorite videos. Excellent fig assistant. What would he do without you. Lots of fun - my wife was like what is so funny about a fig video. Thanks again
I appreciate you posting this 😂 It was fun to watch. We would all have trouble blindly identifying our figs.
One of your better videos. Do more.
I cant wait until I'm able to do this with my Fig trees. Im definitely going to add more fig trees after watching this. Florida Zone 10a here.
That was fun to watch.
This is one of the best videos you put out....!!! do more like it please we love it!!
That was really fun to watch, I think you did well, you nailed smith instantly
Very fun video. Hats off to you.
I love this content! Thanks for sharing. It's really valuable to see so many varieties trialled at once with some bias removed. Hope you do more like this in the future
Great video Ross.
The best vid this year, like to see that video next year. 😁😁😁
Awesome video! Love it
Fun idea, great video
This was a fun video! I got a good laugh when you get one right then talk yourself out of that correct assessment. The mind can play games! 😂
Great video man 🤙
Great video, thank you for doing it for real! I think it shows you don't really need that many varieties. Among the ones that taste well, should just focus on growing characteristics (productivity, size,
split resistance, cold tolerance, ripening times, etc.).
Too many figs attacking the Boss at one time, he got overwhelmed. One day he will slay all the figs.
Really enjoyed this video. Great for someone to emphasise that actually many of the everyday varieties can be great figs.
Wondered if you could do a similar trial with the later ripening varieties? 🌿
Truthfully, the best tasting fig is the one that's consistently the most ripe here.
No black celeste! I think I could pick that one out of 100 figs. One of my favs and very unique imo
Enjoyed the video
Fun! my daughter did this to me with watermelon this year. I was able to positively identify all 4 varieties. 😃 I doubt I could do my figs yet.
Just props to you for making a video like this one.
You have a lot of knowledge and experience with figs so doing a blind tasting and throwing the guesses out there for the world to see is eye opening.
So far my season is giving me lots of michurinska 10, improved celeste and ronde de bordeaux. I enjoy michurinska 10 the most out of those 3, my rdb just seems to lack flavour and i'm not sure why, all varities are in pots, the tree is 4 years old, and i let them dry on the tree they have the cracks and wrinkeld skin yet lack any real flavour, does this tree need to go inground for more flavour?
Awesome video - I can’t wait until I can taste my figs. I’m in Florida zone 10a and I just found out my fig trees all have root not nematodes. now I am air layering the trees so I can move them into 65 gallon pots that I just bought so hopefully next year I’ll get my first decent harvest.
Graft them all into LSU purple.
@@RossRaddi thanks for the advice. I just bought a bunch of LSU purple cuttings and once I get them rooted I will try grafting and eventually try the ground again. Thanks again!
@@RossRaddi LSU Purple can also get RKN from personal experience.
Made my mouth water. Yum.
Thanks!
I am impressed with your pallet! This was great! Next time both of you eat them and discuss the flavors no blindfolds. Its not many people that have as many varieties as you do in one place all ripe at the same time! I am going to try and get a rond de bordeux for sure!
Ha, objectively I was right less than 50% of the time.
You mean, impressively bad palate? ha ha
watching this was fun
Interesting. I have 2 varieties, a yellowish white skin and a purpleish brown skin. I like the purple or brown better. What do you do with all the figs when so many come in at once?
I've been giving a lot away this year, making jam, drying them, and we've been experimenting a lot with them in the kitchen. So far I've tried 4 recipes.
@@RossRaddi can you share your favorite jam recipe? I've tried at least 3 different ones. I bake a lot with goat cheese, balsamic glaze and honey.
Very nice video! Where can all these varieties be purchased? I am in Puerto Rico and it is difficult to find fig trees here. I am a begginer fig lover and only have two varieties: Chicago Hardy and Mission.
I'll ship to PR. Message me in November when my sale begins.
Thanks!
Great video do you sale cuttings at the end of the growing season
Yes I do.
This was good
👏👏👏
Good concept. I thought about doing this myself to see how well I would do. Thanks for thinking outside the box content wise. Typically I can't listen to tasting vids because of the smacking while chewing but out of interest of the video i tried to mute while chewing but it was just too much and had to stop listening. To people with Misophonia its unbearable. I've never edited videos but if its not too dificult it would be great if you could edit out mostly the smacking but also the chewing sounds. Other youtubers do this. It may help with views. Especailly the taste test vids. Thanks
Full of excuses. LOL
Try this again but not blindfolded. Use the look of the fig as a way to help identify it instead of just by taste. You were probably around 30% accurate. Would be good to see how much your eyes help with identifying.
Not sure what your mean. That would be too easy.
Thanks for all the on-mic mouth noises & lip smacking... I'm going to go throw up now...
I relocated my Chicago hardy to a shady spot this year. I see it's ripening, but it's not there yet. I'm interested to see the blind test here.
我絕對喜歡你的影片。你讓我笑得很厲害。😅