Cooking with Judy: Figuring out what to do with all those figs

It’s no secret that I don’t have a green thumb.
Please, when the COVID crisis ends and entertaining resumes, if you come to my house, do not bring me a plant. They take one look at me and think, why die a slow death? I’ll commit suicide now.
It’s no wonder, then, that my mission fig tree, the first planting request I made of my landscaper when we redid our yard, has never borne fruit. (Or maybe the squirrels and birds are just very quick.)
However, my neighbor’s tre