Here in eastern Oklahoma the wild persimmons are about ready to pick. If they are a little green they are bitter enough to make your mouth pucker up for a 24 hour kiss. But when fully ripe they will fall off the tree at the lightest touch and are so sweet that they are like candy.
You can't buy persimmons like this, they are too soft and fragile to endure being handled and shipped to market. They are free to anyone who can locate a persimmon tree and able to beat the opossums, squirrels and raccoons who gooble them up like greedy children with a bag full of Halloween candy. They make wonderful persimmon pie, and persimmon bread is like nothing else. For some wild persimmon recipes look HERE.
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11 comments:
Beautiful picture and description. I am trying to taste both the tart and ultra-sweet versions.
I love ll varieties of persimmons. I didn't get introduced to them until late in life so i have some catching up to do! Happy WW
I don't believe I have ever had a persimmon.
I have seen them all of my life, but I have never tasted one for fear that it might not be ripe just yet.
I haven't had Persimmons pie in ages and the bread sounds great. Happy WW
These sound wonderful! I'll be on the lookout for some.
Squeeze a persimmon gently. If its soft its ripe, if its firm its not ready. Lay the firm ones aside for a few days and they will ripen.
Je ne connais pas les kakis sauvages mais à vous lire, je les suppose délicieux !
Bisous.
Yum! You've made me hungry!
I wish I could pick some of the wild persimmons like you can. Those for sales in the shops here in Norway, are seldom really ripe.
Thanks for introducing me to something for me new.
In fact, blogs are a fantastic arena for learning. What is common one place on our tiny planet, is unknown another place.
You know what, I'm pretty sure this is what I tried to take a picture of for ten minutes this week end. It really looked like Persimmons, I just don't know plants etc, proper names.
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