Anybody else gotten anything off a Persimmons tree?

[whitewolf001]

Went to a buds for a low country boil this last Sunday and showed me his two trees in the backyard. We looked through some of the branches on it and found a couple of the little boogers that had ripened, was my first time trying em, pretty good I must say!

[Oh Shoot]

At a lot of them growing up, folks made preserves from them too. Would find some every couple years maybe after that, but haven't had any in about 20 years now though...

 

They're great when you catch them at just the right mushy sweet peak, which always varies quite a bit depending on temps, amount of rain, whatever.

 

- OS

Edited November 6, 2013 by Oh Shoot

[bersaguy]

I have never eaten a persimmon but have sure ate a lot of deer meat from deer that were taken while under a persimmon tree. We had them all over the Ranch I grew up on.............. :up: :up: :up:

[whitewolf001]

At a lot of them growing up, folks made preserves from them too. Would find some every couple years maybe after that, but haven't had any in about 20 years now though...

 

They're great when you catch them at just the right mushy sweet peak, which always varies quite a bit depending on temps, amount of rain, whatever.

 

- OS

They're LOADED on the tree, he says it's from all the rain we had this summer. Can't wait to pick a few more, heh heh. :D

[Dolomite_supafly]

We eat a lot of them every year. I have seen trees that have had their limbs split from the weight. Be careful though because once on the ground they are like ice.

[Oh Shoot]

They're LOADED on the tree, he says it's from all the rain we had this summer. Can't wait to pick a few more, heh heh. :D

 

Generally, if they're still on the tree, they ain't quite perfect for eating plain. The ones that fall by themselves are the primo ones. Seriously.

 

- OS

[R_Bert]

Persimmin-fed Potted Possum.  Best cracker spread ever made.

[McGarrett]

I have not had any since I was on a hiking trip in Boy Scouts 25+ years ago. They were good from what I remember.

[JAB]

I have eaten them off and on all my life, when I find them.  Ripe ones are good - not so ripe ones can pucker your lips.

 

A couple of years back I had gotten ahold of several from a tree that was loaded.  I talked about them at work and my supervisor said something about her grandmother or aunt, etc. having made something called 'persimmon pudding' when my supervisor was a kid.  She even had the recipe so I made some.  It wasn't exactly a 'pudding' as we might think of it - more like a loose, sweet bread.  Pretty good stuff.

[JWC]

I love em. Eat em anytime I find them ripe.

[subsonic]

Great recipe in Joy of Cooking for persimmon pudding, worth a try.

[whitewolf001]

Generally, if they're still on the tree, they ain't quite perfect for eating plain. The ones that fall by themselves are the primo ones. Seriously.

 

- OS

You can pick em, just need to make sure they're sofented up first, those are the ones about to fall.

[I_Like_Pie]

If they are unripe you will never forget it....about the same sensation as gargling turpentine.

 

When they are ripe they are crazy good.  The Super H-Mart in Atlanta had them for $0.49 per pound last week.

[Guest Bonedaddy]

I love the things. Used to be a lot of'm 'round the place I just moved from and they would sho' bring the critters in. I planted some seeds there for some close to the house. Too bad I'm not still there. Takes 'round 7 years, IIRC, for them to start makin' fruit. I bet there were a good 20 of the trees within a half mile of the house. Some within' 100 yds that the deer and tree rats frequented a lot. Even the yotes will eat'm.

[Refleks]

Never tried one, but we have one in the backyard about 50' from the porch.  It's like a feeder, there are deer there all the time!

[Dolomite`s Breezy]

You can buy ones from Asia ( I think) they are are big as a huge tomato..and just as good...

[gunwhatgun]

My DIL made persimon pudding yesterday for Thanksgiving. It's kind of like a sweet fruit brownie sort of thing. It was very very good.

[Guest lilfishbigpond]

[quote name="Sour Kraut" post="1070482" timestamp="1385676814"]You can buy ones from Asia ( I think) they are are big as a huge tomato..and just as good...[/quote] Persimmons are great - but comparing Asian Persimmons and American Persimmons is almost like comparing Apples and Peaches; they're very different. Both are good but Asian Persimmons are eaten while still hard, and American Persimmons are much smaller and eaten when very soft, as already mentioned above. I had an American Persimmon tree in my backyard as a kid - they were quite tasty but we always tried to get others convinced they were good, then hand them a hard unripe one so we could watch their face pucker up ;-) Or we used the Persimmons as ammo and pelted each other... Now I enjoy eating Asian Persimmons each year when I can get them and found that these are best when they are still mostly hard unlike the American Persimmons. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

[Guest Bonedaddy]

Didn't know there was an Asian persimmon. I need to look into that. Wonder if they take as long to produce fruit as ours and where I could acquire some seed from? Are they even legal to plant here?

[frankmako]

we had them on the farm when i was a kid.  love them. 

[Just2Honor]

Have a couple of trees in the woods behind the house. Deer love 'em but you can sure tell when they get one that isn't ripe. Pucker up and move their head from side to side!

[vr1967]

I got several off a few trees around Lawrenceburg last month. My family doesn't like them much, but I do when I can find them.