Pucker up persimmons

Nomad · 09-11-2007, 04:05 PM

Anybody like to eat persimmons? I tried one the other day and it was so tart it made my butt pucker up LOL.... Is there a certain time to pick & eat em or way to prep them?

Tony uk · 09-11-2007, 07:28 PM

Ive never heard of them, what are they ?

WildGoth · 09-11-2007, 09:44 PM

a chinese fruit or something i heard about them once i also think they grow them also in japan and other asain countrys

Fog_Harbor · 09-12-2007, 12:39 AM

They have persimmons in the south too, don't they?

FVR · 09-12-2007, 01:37 AM

Couple more weeks for persimmons and muscadines. I must admit, I have been known to put off deerhunting for an hour just to sit down and chow down on both persimmons and muscadines.

Then I fill my pockets up and go on my way.

Nomad · 09-12-2007, 01:44 AM

Persimmons are a fruit tree that grows wild in the south U.S and other places. I see that FVR knows about em. I've passed them by for years for some reason. Does the tartness go away when ripe???

FVR · 09-12-2007, 01:50 AM

Actually it'll probably be a month for the persimons, the muscadines should be in about two weeks.

Hmmm, can't wait.

Both get sweeeeet............hmmm. They also make a good cover up scent, put a few in your pockets and smash'm up.

Muscadine wine, maybe I'll make some this year.

"Old dogs and children, and muscadine wine"

nell67 · 09-12-2007, 09:27 AM

persimmons are very sweet when ripe and they are great eaten raw or used to make breads and puddings,in our area you can make some very good money selling persimmon pulp or making the breads or pudding to sell,persimmon pudding is a fall favorite around here.

saiga7 · 09-30-2007, 05:26 AM

the pointy, eydrop shaped ones needs to be fully riped before you can eat them. or they'll be sappy and tart beyond unbearable. very red, soft and mushy is when it's good to eat and will be very sweet.

the flatter and smaller type, can be eaten hard (less sweet) or left to ripe. i didn't know they grew wild in the South. they are expensive as hell. about $1 each and Asians eat them by the cases.

nell67 · 09-30-2007, 05:43 AM

I live in the mid region and they grow wild here also.

FVR · 09-30-2007, 01:34 PM

Last Friday an old Viet. Vet gave me a gal. of muscadine cider, a gal. of wild grape cider, and a mess of Ga. wild grapes.

Yummy.

09-11-2007, 04:05 PM	#1
Nomad Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: I live in east TN. Posts: 56	Pucker up persimmons Anybody like to eat persimmons? I tried one the other day and it was so tart it made my butt pucker up LOL.... Is there a certain time to pick & eat em or way to prep them?

09-11-2007, 07:28 PM	#2
Tony uk Chinese Spanner Operator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,550 Blog Entries: 1	Ive never heard of them, what are they ? __________________ A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

09-12-2007, 12:39 AM	#4
Fog_Harbor Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA (Or San Freak-Skid Row, if you prefer) Posts: 226	They have persimmons in the south too, don't they? __________________ Let freedom ring Let the white dove sing Let the whole world know that today is the day of reckoning Let the weak be strong Let the right be wrong Roll the stone away It's Independence Day -Martina McBride

09-12-2007, 01:37 AM	#5
FVR Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: North Georgia Mountains Posts: 2,087 Blog Entries: 10	Couple more weeks for persimmons and muscadines. I must admit, I have been known to put off deerhunting for an hour just to sit down and chow down on both persimmons and muscadines. Then I fill my pockets up and go on my way. __________________ Can't cheat the mountain, pilgrim. Mountain got it....

09-12-2007, 01:50 AM	#7
FVR Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: North Georgia Mountains Posts: 2,087 Blog Entries: 10	Actually it'll probably be a month for the persimons, the muscadines should be in about two weeks. Hmmm, can't wait. Both get sweeeeet............hmmm. They also make a good cover up scent, put a few in your pockets and smash'm up. Muscadine wine, maybe I'll make some this year. "Old dogs and children, and muscadine wine" __________________ Can't cheat the mountain, pilgrim. Mountain got it....

09-11-2007, 09:44 PM	#3
WildGoth Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New york Posts: 308	a chinese fruit or something i heard about them once i also think they grow them also in japan and other asain countrys

09-12-2007, 01:44 AM	#6
Nomad Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: I live in east TN. Posts: 56	Persimmons are a fruit tree that grows wild in the south U.S and other places. I see that FVR knows about em. I've passed them by for years for some reason. Does the tartness go away when ripe???

09-12-2007, 09:27 AM	#8
nell67 SheTrax Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 6,442	persimmons are very sweet when ripe and they are great eaten raw or used to make breads and puddings,in our area you can make some very good money selling persimmon pulp or making the breads or pudding to sell,persimmon pudding is a fall favorite around here. __________________ "But Josiah is my very best brother ever."--Gabriel Kovacevic,talking about his brother JoJo

09-30-2007, 05:26 AM	#9
saiga7 Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 50	the pointy, eydrop shaped ones needs to be fully riped before you can eat them. or they'll be sappy and tart beyond unbearable. very red, soft and mushy is when it's good to eat and will be very sweet. the flatter and smaller type, can be eaten hard (less sweet) or left to ripe. i didn't know they grew wild in the South. they are expensive as hell. about $1 each and Asians eat them by the cases.

09-30-2007, 05:43 AM	#10
nell67 SheTrax Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 6,442	I live in the mid region and they grow wild here also. __________________ "But Josiah is my very best brother ever."--Gabriel Kovacevic,talking about his brother JoJo

09-30-2007, 01:34 PM	#11
FVR Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: North Georgia Mountains Posts: 2,087 Blog Entries: 10	Last Friday an old Viet. Vet gave me a gal. of muscadine cider, a gal. of wild grape cider, and a mess of Ga. wild grapes. Yummy. __________________ Can't cheat the mountain, pilgrim. Mountain got it....