Persimmons!

I just ate my first persimmon. It was good!

Several decades ago a neighbor planted a persimmon tree close to where our two properties adjoined each other. She had just built a new house with a beautiful view of the valley below on a formerly vacant piece of land on our mountain. She planted a terraced orchard of fruit trees between our houses. But she died shortly after and never had a chance to reap the benefits of her orchard. The trees soon became obscured by brush and mountain natives.

Our current neighbor recently cleared much of the brush and revealed what was left of the orchard she planted. Some of the trees had died. Others had lived—but barely—without enough sunshine, pruning, and TLC. But the persimmon tree—the tree closest to us—still looked beautiful and by this fall was sporting lovely fruit.

Growing up in Iowa I had almost no knowledge of persimmons. I may have known that they were fruit that grew on the other side of the world, but I am not sure I even knew that. I became more familiar with the existence of persimmons when I moved to California some time ago, but only because of my contacts with the Asian community.

When these persimmons that I can see from where I am writing this started turning a beautiful crimson-orange color, my attention and appetite were whetted. One day when our neighbor was gone, I went out and pilfered (stole?) a persimmon from his tree. What should I do now? It looked ripe but was not soft. It felt a little like a ripe apple. What do you do with a persimmon? How do you eat it?
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ripe persimmon

I did what any modern septuagenarian would do. I Googled it. I found a wealth of information. The most important had to do with the two types—non-astringent (that are shaped like a tomato) and astringent (that are shaped like an acorn). It was clear that I was dealing with an astringent persimmon. I was cautioned not to eat it until it was soft if I wanted to avoid mouth-puckering acidic reactions.

The persimmon sat on the counter for over a week. Little by little it softened, but I was still fearful. Today I took the plunge. I cut the persimmon in half and put it on the plates for us to enjoy (I hoped) with our champagne brunch. I warned my husband—who also had never eaten a persimmon—about it. I told him that I read that you should scoop it out of its skin with a spoon. But while I was gingerly scooping out the pulp, he picked his half up and ate it skin and all. So, I picked up the skin and ate it too. The whole thing was delicious!

I just went out and picked another one to put on the counter to ripen. Our neighbor may need to put a fence around his tree to keep me from sneaking over in the dark of night and pilfering persimmons.

Dining with Chef Jeff and Susan

A fantastic birthday gift evening with Jeff and Susan Huff, both of whom worked in our restaurant in the ’80s cooking dinner for us at our house. The food and conversation rivaled each other for excellence. Jeff now teaches at the Culinary Academy in Monterey.

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