tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post3364360546220869185..comments2023-12-20T23:37:21.297+09:00Comments on Taniwa: PersimmonsTanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00858446371419879296noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-37413941018463766622007-12-02T19:39:00.000+09:002007-12-02T19:39:00.000+09:00Hi TanyaI can remember eating the astringent type ...Hi Tanya<br><br>I can remember eating the astringent type of persimmon when I was a kid. We had to wait until the fruit was really squishy, but they were left on the tree, not peeled and hung up like in your picture. I guess when the birds started eating them it meant they were ripe. Nowadays we have the hybrid type in the supermarket which can be eaten crispy or left to ripen so they are a bit squishy. Delicious and usually quite cheap to buy in the winter season. They make a nice change from the usual apples, oranges and bananas.Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16071169702272418462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-72269396089865729102007-12-02T02:03:00.000+09:002007-12-02T02:03:00.000+09:00What a cute hanging! I hadn't known about dry...What a cute hanging! I hadn't known about drying them either. My mother did buy some persimmons for our Thanksgiving celebration, and they were tart. We were thinking maybe we just needed to give them a few more days to ripen.Shelinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870112367076954109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-58278860779415078952007-12-01T05:28:00.000+09:002007-12-01T05:28:00.000+09:00Those persimmons look so funny hanging there! I ne...Those persimmons look so funny hanging there! I never knew that about drying them. I love the internet, I learn something every day, & some days, several 'somethings'!!meggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-9083077291033127182007-11-30T19:49:00.000+09:002007-11-30T19:49:00.000+09:00I've never eaten persimmons, but they are LOVE...I've never eaten persimmons, but they are LOVELY hanging there! They look like Christmas decorations.<br><br>Dh says to ask you about the water-filled plastic bottles in the bushes..huh?QuiltingFitzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549596096039062349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-1552490830511689502007-11-30T18:06:00.000+09:002007-11-30T18:06:00.000+09:00How strange that the act of drying them should dis...How strange that the act of drying them should dissipate that nasty sharpness - mind you I suppose currants and raisins are sweeter versions of grapes so it follows - they do look so pretty hanging up from the ribbonsanne bebbingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352283065863856112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-21962422279992956532007-11-30T15:05:00.000+09:002007-11-30T15:05:00.000+09:00Tanya, I don't know which variety of persimmo...Tanya, I don't know which variety of persimmons are common here but the dessert of persimmon pudding is popular. The persimmon pulp is mixed into a batter and baked and I suppose I would compare it to date pudding. It can be topped with whipped cream. My husband used to do the preparation, I think he boiled or heated the persimmons on the stove in a large pot and then ran them through a strainer to remove the skins and seeds. It was a messy job but he liked the pudding so much that he voluntarily did it. His family has a tradition of making it and we have it at get-togethers on occasion.CONNIE Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524592276175272170noreply@blogger.com