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I'm sure many of you are familiar with persimmons. For those of you who are persimmon "experts," or anyone else who feels like offering their opinion, I have a problem.
I've just discovered the awesomeness of persimmons, and have already eaten a fuyu and hachiya, both delicious; however, my mom picked up a "percinnamon" for me a few days ago. She thought it was just an average hachiya, as the shape is the same, only "blown up."
It's a much lighter orange than a normal hachiya, and looks double the size. It's also very firm, so I've been trying to ripen it on my window sill like I've done with other hachiyas (for those of you who don't know, hachiyas need to be mush-soft before they're eaten), but I noticed on its sticker that it says "ready to eat." There's almost no information on the internet regarding this thing and whether it really is ready to eat when it's firm, or if that's false advertisement and I should wait a couple weeks. For those unfamiliar with persimmons, biting into an unripe hachiya is an unpleasant, mouth-puckering/drying experience.
I have no idea what they are, if I had to guess I would think they are like kumquats and I don't know what they are either, never seen or tried either.
Last edited by LifeIsGood01; 12-10-2015 at 06:08 AM..
Hey, everyone! Well, I couldn't bear it and decided to experiment. I took this "percinnamon," cut it into wedges, and...
It was delicious. Firm like a fuyu, as sweet as a slightly-overripe hachiya, with a bit of a cinnamon (surprise!) flavor. Though the sticker said "ready to eat," I'm glad I waited a while. The darker-orange parts of it were the sweetest, like eating a spoonful of sugar.
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Originally Posted by Cliffie
I have no idea how to eat a persimmon without my face turning inside out because the dang thing is so sour. Keep us posted on how it goes.
You've probably only had unripe hachiyas (acorn-shaped). They're the astringent kind, where they taste absolutely sour and drying before they're ripe. They're not ripe until they feel so soft that they feel like they may collapse in your hand. Think of a not-quite-full water balloon. Once they're ripe, though, they're very sweet, not acidic at all, and the flesh is custardy. Fuyus (sandwich tomato-shaped), on the other hand, are sweet even when unripe. They can be eaten when they're soft, but a lot of people like to eat them when they're firm like an apple.
I was always told by my mom and grandparents that persimmons were sour and that I probably wouldn't like them, but I did some research, picked some ripe ones, and as you've probably gathered from this and the other post, I'm really hooked on them. Don't knock 'em!
I have no idea what they are, if I had to guess I would think they are like kumquats and I don't know what they are either, never seen or tried either.
Kumquats are tiny -- about the size of a large grape -- and the sweetness is in the skin, not the pulp, a sort of lemony-orangey flavor
I have no idea how to eat a persimmon without my face turning inside out because the dang thing is so sour. Keep us posted on how it goes.
You've eaten them before its ripe. If you do - the tannin will suck all the moisture out of your mouth.
Buy a persimmon - then don't touch it for a long time - until it turns jelly-soft under the skin. And this applies to both types of persimmon. I can't imagine eating a Fuyu when its firm. Then again, I'm not one for eating raw potatoes or green bananas either.
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, never seen or tried either.
