Is the fig overrated or underrated?

Well for starters that what I call the vajayjay, a "Fig". Secondly, I have a large fig tree and my wife and I put up 30 to 40 jars of real fig preserves every year. We also garnish plates with figs when we cook something fancy. So over or underrated, I like figs!

Agreed. Don’t care for fig newton at all but figs are great. Really good when roasted.

Fig, prosciutto and arugula pizza is very good.

When I was growing up, many families had fruit trees in their yards and figs were pretty much a staple. There were also Japanese Plums, Cooking Pears, Persimmons and a variety of citrus trees.

My fig tree finally gave up the ghost due to age but I do have a replacement growing now.

The main trick is getting outside to pick them before the birds peck holes in them early in the mornings.

I’ve got a fig tree as big as a school bus
we have a pact with the birds and squirrels...they get the figs above ladder height, we get the ones below that

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Really good when roasted.

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I like figs but never would have thought of that. I will try it.

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Carrolton Market had a fig salad on their menu two summers ago. Fresh figs, goat cheese, basil and a honey vinagrette. Best salad I have ever eaten.

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Serious question (not meant as a shot), but what makes something a "salad?" I have had some butternut squash salads that have very limited kale in them, so I said that justified it as a salad. Are there more indicators? I've never understood that

Are we in fig season? When is it?

Figs are ripe in the late summer.