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I love sweet potatoes but have never tried the purple ones. Is the taste or texture different? What makes them purple?
Taste and texture depends on the variety. The Okinawan variety (actually grown in Hawaii) is a bit sweeter than the common sweet potato, and has slightly denser flesh. The variety grown at Stokes Farms in North Carolina is less sweet with a rich/earthy flavor and dense, velvety flesh. Both are purple due to high levels of anthocyanin. Very healthy and nutrient dense!
I love to keep a bowl of nuts on the coffee table, welcoming gesture. Unfortunately my dog learned how to crack them with her little pitbull jaws and I ended up walking on the shells in my bare feet. Ouch!
Can't believe no one has mentioned this... Persimmon Pudding (and not with those nasty Asian things the grocery stores push - made with real American persimmons gathered off the ground).
Can't believe no one has mentioned this... Persimmon Pudding (and not with those nasty Asian things the grocery stores push - made with real American persimmons gathered off the ground).
The what, now?
I love persimmons, but only the Fuyu type.
The hachiya type are only edible when they're close to rotting and liquefying.
My great grandmother taught me how to gather persimmons each fall (wait until after first frost and pick up the ones that look like a frosty beer mug).
To make the pudding you run the persimmons through a colander then mix the pulp with milk, eggs, sugar, butter, flour and vanilla. Put it in the over until it firms up and its done. You can use cookie cutters to make holiday shapes too. Everybody loves it, its super simple and it only cost a few dollars to make. Colonel Sanders of KFC wanted to put them in his restaurants but he couldn't find a single supplier that could deliver 50 lbs of persimmons to his test kitchen.
Once you've had an American persimmon, you'll be cursing the Fuyu's.
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Nuts!
