All About Persimmons

An ode to one of my favorite fruits 🧡 How many of you love persimmons too??
More about hachiya persimmons: healthynibbles...
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[@hellolisalin]

Learn more about hachyiya persimmons here! healthynibblesandbits.com/hachiya-persimmons-how-to-eat/

[@creativephebecooks]

Lisa, thank you for teaching us how to ripen hachiya persimmons. It's been the one that I just couldn't understand. I'll try your ripening method. Happy New Year 🎉

[@wingolden]

Persimmon is my favorite fruit, not only because of its delicious taste n velvety texture, but also because of the color n shape of the fruit. In Chinese paintings,it appears as a fruit that symbolizes prosperity n abundance. Persimmon Christmas pudding is a treat !

[@stephanieann6622]

What do they taste similar to?

[@rysiespuffs]

They're honestly like really sweet when soft my grandma used to give me persimmons when I was little but I personally didn't really like them but she loves them ​@@stephanieann6622

[@tmar8959]

wait. WHAT. Christmas pudding AND persimmon??? Can you share a recipe please???

[@txf_rozey1568]

hell yeah

[@Harrington_at_da_Park]

In case anyone was wondering why keeping the Persimmon with apple causes it to ripe, it's cos the apple produces a gas called ethylene, an important compound to induce ripening, now that I think about it, should also work with bananas or melons(unfortunately I don't recall the exact reaction😅)

[@warroom17]

I like fuyu persimmons, crisp, peeled and added to a salad with feta or blue cheese, and sliced almonds or pumpkin seeds 😋

[@beetlebug2646]

I've tried some of these varieties from the grocery store, but my favorites are still the American persimmons that grow in my area! They are much smaller, but very delicious, and sweeter than any other variety I've tried.

[@anamazing2297]

Local fruits are often the best! I believe eating local products can even reduce seasonal allergies, etc., though that might just be honey.

[@phillippinter7518]

​@@anamazing2297American persimmons actually are a lot sweeter. Never actually tried them but the nutrition facts show a much higher calorie and sugar content/100g and less water

[@anamazing2297]

@@phillippinter7518 That's really interesting! I was mostly thinking about freshness, but it's good to know American persimmons have more sugar!

[@katjazupa]

In Europe we call them Kaki. I love soft kaki and we have trees of kaki at home. We eat them whole winter. We store them in wooden boxes next to kiwi and we give in each box 3 apple, also in kiwi boxes. Apples helping that kiwi and kaki soften. I love this two fruit becouse they don't need special care, only in spring you must cut branches and that is all. No chemicals needed for cultivating those two.

[@maeryn4200]

Thanks for the apple tip with the Kiwi! I bought a bunch yesterday and we hate to wait for them to become soft.

[@calatheaflamestar4924]

Dried persimmons are my fav! I like the concentrated aroma and the texture💛

[@KEGLY7]

Do you know how to make them?

[@EmotionalDisaster]

Oh, we regularly have this first variety in all of the stores in winter, they are ripe, juicy, so, so soft, like a soufflé, literally one of the best fruits.

[@mariapriest4106]

My parents have planted both varieties , fuyu is my favourite!

[@princessjellofish]

You have such a beautiful smile!

[@ramsharan1922]

That's a favorite fruit of mine

[@forest_green]

We just tried persimmons for the first time! I bought a flat of slightly under-ripe hachiya persimmons and dehydrated them in our dehydrator, and they were all eaten in a day.

[@ShevaSmash]

I think hachiyas are all I've ever had. When I was little my babysitter had a persimmon tree and eating them warm from the sun and so soft they nearly fell apart was amazing, but she said not to eat them unless they were super soft. I never knew there were varieties that could be eaten while still hard!

[@carollyncheeyen]

Koihime persimmons so far a fav

[@user-lb7kc8sb8f]

Yummy !

[@AAHomeGardening]

Persimmons are delicious 😋

[@hallu_gia]

My local store usually the flat ones when they are in season so I haven't tried this trick with otjer variety.. the flat ones are nice eaten when it is still firm but if you prefer the soft texture, keep the fruits in the freezer overnight, leave it out to thaw a bit then you'll be pleasantly surprised that the flesh has gone really soft it's like eating sweet pudding

[@RoxanneSwithin]

I love persimmons 🤤

[@moskeelah9]

I haven had one n over 20 yes. Last time i had one i was like 8. They r so good as well as a really ripe plum, so juicy that the juice runs down ur mouth. I miss real fruit. Like a white peach. They are the best peaches in my opinion

[@susieast450]

This is the year I will try persimmons. ❤❤

[@user-gn4ux8vu2b]

I like eating persimmons,literally

[@hadleymarie2452]

My grandma had a tree in her backyard with one of the last two varieties, I genuinely can’t remember, but she had to have it taken out a handful of years ago bc the roots were starting to crack her pool or something. She was really sad to see that tree go, she would make so much persimmon bread

[@barikareese]

Persimmons are one of my mons favorite fruits! Funny story: when I was young I thought we were mixed Asian, just always had a gut feeling. Years later I told her to take a DNA test... 30% South Asian 😂

[@marshmallowflower_]

Fuyu is my favorite, Im so sad that my persimmon tree didn’t produce that many this year

[@engratiabanks9033]

In the Netherlands they call them Kaki

[@phillippinter7518]

The scientific name of Asian persimmons

[@maeryn4200]

Yes in Germany too. Sometimes they're also called "Sharon"

[@Stargateluminary]

They look yummy. You tore it open in the beginning of the video. Whew 😅. Before I knew what they were, I saw it and thought it was a strain of tomato, I put some in my Peruvian Fish soup, it was sooooo good. Made it twice without even knowing 😂

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

Yummmm thank you so much for letting us know this! ❤🧡

[@channingbushman5346]

My mom told me that our hachiya persimmons were ripe when they felt like a bag of jelly!

[@Mingley01]

Tell mom, "thanks"!

[@TheGreenerItGets]

Gonna make some persimmon cake!

[@foxyloxi3480]

❤❤❤

[@animallover6307]

I just discovered persimmons and they are so delicious! I've only tried fuyu cause I'm scared to try the others lol. My friend had a terrible experience with an unripe persimmon.

[@user-bx9jp6fs7c]

Oh, I didn't know that name of the variety of persimmons are understood in Japanese even in foreign countries!!

[@DeliaRodriguez-np5bh]

Yummy

[@eduardochavacano]

this is apparently the national fruit of Japan and Korea. i tried them Southern China. they taste great as Firm. the flat variety.

[@bumblebee-uo5so]

I honestly dont really care about the feeling in my mouth i just cant wait to eat them because they're so good

[@engratiabanks9033]

I realy like them

[@tl1281]

The aftertaste you’re describing is called astringent.

[@ruthstafford2640]

I love per

[@debbydarmadi3475]

Persimmon (rare and smal) in my country is green to yellow (ripe). Not ripe is like apple texture is sweet and sour. Ripe is over sweet and like mashmallow texture. 😊

[@imjusthere9519]

That peeling technique tho

[@vanessaultimo1926]

I loved them when I was a child and now I am allergic 😭

[@_HuaCheng]

These are sadly not sold at where I live :( I only know about these because of Animal crossing nl 😂 I hope I can try them someday!

[@fburnsDubstepEnderFox]

I can't get any of those persimmons, but I have access to American ones. They taste sweet and gummy. 😅

[@Moodyblves]

I’ve always wanted to try them I wonder how they taste 😭

[@maxtravers1314]

What do they taste like? I’ve always heard about them but they’ve never been sold around me

[@raerohan4241]

Mildly sweet, a little fruity. Some of them have an almost floral taste. They're not super strongly flavoured - what is there is pleasant, to be sure, but I don't know if these would be cultivated if they didn't also have a unique texture. That being said, persimmons are still one of my favourite fruits! Would definitely recommend you try them. Do note that there is no such thing as an over-ripe persimmon. The riper it is, the better it gets.

[@MIDDHATBATOOL449]

here I am thinking I have tried all. bcz they grow in my backyard.

[@temikabradford3658]

Grew up with a Persimmon & fig tree in my backyard but never not once ate a persimmon!!

[@rebelol_8963]

you remove the skin? isn’t it edible ?

[@phillippinter7518]

Its edible, and seeing her remove it pains me, what a waste

[@rebelol_8963]

@@phillippinter7518 ikr :( I guess that’s her preference, but that’s just sad since the skin tastes as good and is also packed with nutrients that are all going to the trash

[@DereckBenjamin06]

Had an unripe one, didn't know it wasn't ripe ive ive never had them

[@user-zt1so7hu8c]

These look like "Trabzon Hurması" (Trabzon Dates) that comes from the black sea region of turkey, specifically from Trabzon. I wonder if they are similar or the same.

[@realhazel1807]

how do you dry persimmon?

[@meghnasingh2459]

The seed looks like chiku seeds

[@user-ec6rs5qh4w]

Can you freeze them

[@lakshmi360]

Is it anything like a tomato?

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

i think i've seen these in Ohio wild but not had a ripe good 1 yet 😂

[@realhazel1807]

wow... never seen a dried persimmon

[@petermorhead4160]

Can't you eat the peel?

[@phillippinter7518]

Yes, and seeing her peel it pains me

[@draganalexandru1751]

Isn-t The fruit's Name Kaki?

[@INatalkaI]

Why was the peeling technique giving me pause?

[@josephkishore2595]

They look like tomatoes 🍅, and I never eaten one before.

[@brownsugrr]

my mom fed me an unripe persimmon as a prank when i was 5 😝

[@agrestnoir]

my mom though they's tomatoes

[@I_will_find_u_if_u_piss_me_off]

Am i the only one that bites into these like apples…

[@meghanm327]

In Bharat its way to costlier so no chance on this fruit

[@prettyprincess8187]

I wanna like persimmons so bad bc they're so pretty but the tannins are so astringent even when they're soft and gummy and its unbearable to me.

[@nusaibabinte6118]

At first i thought it was TOMATO

[@streatymcmeaty8962]

I like to eat them firm cause I'm a big texture person the mushy varieties are a big no to me. One of my favorite fruits

[@chocosoy8692]

Fuyu persimmons tastes like c^m to me...

[@Vally_ins]

We call it caca in arabic

[@phillippinter7518]

I don't get why you would peel a persimmon, seeing this causes me mental pain. My brains screeming "food waste" because the skin taste perfectly fine

[@dropdowntoawesome6047]

Kaki

[@crystalparadise5937]

I hate astringent tasting things

[@user-nl9mq1ey7d]

Every time ive had one its tasteless. Like sugar water :/

[@snehalpatil9714]

They taste like tomato 🤢

[@qiaowang7147]

For those of you who wish to get pregnant and also loves to eat persimmons, I advise you to keep away from eating persimmons. Because in Chinese Traditional Medicine persimmons have a slight contraceptive properties 😊

[@bellasmom2597]

Bitter and gross.