{"id":87,"date":"2009-09-14T14:43:41","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T18:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=87"},"modified":"2009-09-14T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T18:43:41","slug":"figs-and-cheese-and-oysters-and-olives-appetizers-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"Figs and Cheese and Oysters and Olives- Appetizers   part one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Chincoteague-2009-Luke-066.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"364\" alt=\"Chincoteague 2009 (Luke) 066\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Chincoteague-2009-Luke-066_thumb.jpg\" width=\"485\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t figs lovely?<\/p>\n<p>Truly mouth wateringly and eye pleasingly lovely?!<\/p>\n<p>I think they are beautiful and exotic- like pomegranates, but more earthy.<\/p>\n<p>They have figs growing on the eastern shore of Virginia, and we bought<\/p>\n<p>several quarts&nbsp; while we were there.&nbsp; Most of them we ate fresh.<\/p>\n<p>The rest I brought home and made F.R.O.G.<a href=\"ttp:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=7\" target=\"_blank\">jam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But look at these appetizer plates and tell me they don&#8217;t make you hungry!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Chincoteague-2009-Luke-062.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Chincoteague 2009 (Luke) 062\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Chincoteague-2009-Luke-062_thumb.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Chincoteague-2009-Luke-063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Chincoteague 2009 (Luke) 063\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Chincoteague-2009-Luke-063_thumb.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The food must be good- the presentation must be attractive- and you have to have the right appetizer for the right people.<\/p>\n<p>Because Luke thought the next plate was the very best h&#8217;ors d&#8217;ouerves we had-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Chincoteague-2009-Luke-068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Chincoteague 2009 (Luke) 068\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Chincoteague-2009-Luke-068_thumb.jpg\" width=\"479\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And , although I agree it is attractive-&nbsp; I really don&#8217;t like my oysters raw.<\/p>\n<p>So I was happy to have MY oysters in a po&#8217;boy sandwich the next day!<\/p>\n<p>I DO love appetizers, and I really enjoy garnishing, so I&#8217;m going to add some appetizer recipes and garnishing ideas to my blog content in the very near future.&nbsp; ( As soon as my camera comes in the mail !)<\/p>\n<p>Until then, take another look at the figs.&nbsp; Aren&#8217;t they aesthetically perfect?<\/p>\n<p>I really like them.<a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Chincoteague-2009-Luke-0661.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Chincoteague 2009 (Luke) 066\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Chincoteague-2009-Luke-066_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a> A lot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aren&#8217;t figs lovely? Truly mouth wateringly and eye pleasingly lovely?! I think they are beautiful and exotic- like pomegranates, but more earthy. They have figs growing on the eastern shore of Virginia, and we bought several quarts&nbsp; while we were &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=87\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stepsonthejourney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}