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  With your hands, pull California dried figs gently into their original
  shape, smoothing out wrinkles and perking up stems.  With a sharp, small
  knife, slit the smoothest side of the figs.  Stuff them plump and full
  with any of the following goodies:
  * half of mint or wintergreen cream patties
  * half of chocolate covered mint patties
  * salted nuts
  * toasted walnut meats
  * marshmallow, slit, with piece of chocolate tucked into it
  * wedge of candied ginger
  * ground nuts mixed with honey
  * fondant
  * ground or chopped salted peanuts mixed with peanut butter
  * blanched almonds, dried slowly in oven
  * candied cherry
  * chunk of candied pineapple
  Arrange these good-to-eat and good-to-look-at figs on pretty tray.  Place
  candle into a stem-clipped fig, which will serve happily as candle stick.
  Conversation piece -- and piB
ce de resistance!
  Source: 48 Family Favorites with California Figs
  Reprinted with the permission of The California Fig Advisory Board
  Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias