Persimmon taste???

[Guest guest]

They don't ripen properly because they are pulled from the tree way too

soon. It's as simple as that.

Elchanan

 

 

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Nora Lenz

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 6:02 PM

 

Re: persimmon taste???

 

 

Translucence is really the quality you're after w/ persimmons. A persimmon

can be squishy and still be unripe. Some persimmons just never ripen, I

haven't quite figured out why. If you bite into it and it looks creamy &

opaque like orange sherbet, you can expect the starchy mouth-covering. If

it's clear and jelly-like, you won't. If you do eat one that is not

completely ripe, just eat nothing for a few minutes and the starch will roll

off your tongue in little balls. It also helps to brush your teeth if you

can.

Nora

 

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Ok, I bought a persimmon. Beautiful reddish orange color, squishy,

tastes like custard. After a few bites I noticed this extremely dry feeling

all over in my mouth.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Elchanan,

Perhaps that's true with supermarket persimmons but I don't pick them unless

they have lots of color. 90-95% of mine ripened well. Of the ones that didn't,

there doesn't seem to be a pattern, like coming from the same tree or anything.

I picked from 10-12 different trees, which were all at least a few miles apart.

I store them in a room that stays very cool (45-60 degrees), and this seems to

maximize ripening but there's still a small percentage that get squishy and

wrinkled but not translucent. It seems to be unavoidable, unfortunately, unless

you're lucky enough to be able to eat them ripe off the tree!

Nora

 

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They don't ripen properly because they are pulled from the tree way too

soon. It's as simple as that.

Elchanan