YES! Its Persimmon time again

[rickharris]

Persimmon is called kaki in Japanese, and it has been constantly battling against mangoes for first place on my list of favorite fruits. Kaki is a prominent part of everyday life in Japan — there's even an adjective almost exclusively used to describe the taste of a bitter persimmon, shibui. (The only other time it's used is to describe older men with graying hair who are nonetheless hot, like George Clooney.)

China, Japan, and Korea are the top three producers of persimmon in the world. The Chinese believe that the fruit helps to regulate energy flow. It's also known to cure digestive problems, and it's a great source of B and C vitamins.

Do you eat it??

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[Old Dad]

Persimmon is called kaki in Japanese, and it has been constantly battling against mangoes for first place on my list of favorite fruits. Kaki is a prominent part of everyday life in Japan — there's even an adjective almost exclusively used to describe the taste of a bitter persimmon, shibui. (The only other time it's used is to describe older men with graying hair who are nonetheless hot, like George Clooney.)

China, Japan, and Korea are the top three producers of persimmon in the world. The Chinese believe that the fruit helps to regulate energy flow. It's also known to cure digestive problems, and it's a great source of B and C vitamins.

Do you eat it??

Indeed I do, Richard, they are *very* good. Three things, though: I prefer the wild ones to the large cultivated type; they must be hit by a frost first to bring out the very best of their flavor; and it doesn't take much to satisfy me since they are so rich.

[Elefino]

Persimmon is called kaki in Japanese, and it has been constantly battling against mangoes for first place on my list of favorite fruits. Kaki is a prominent part of everyday life in Japan — there's even an adjective almost exclusively used to describe the taste of a bitter persimmon, shibui. (The only other time it's used is to describe older men with graying hair who are nonetheless hot, like George Clooney.)

China, Japan, and Korea are the top three producers of persimmon in the world. The Chinese believe that the fruit helps to regulate energy flow. It's also known to cure digestive problems, and it's a great source of B and C vitamins.

Do you eat it??

kaki 640.jpg

I once saw an interesting program about persimmon growing on the local PBS station. Very tedious work.

[Old Dad]

Persimmon is called kaki in Japanese, and it has been constantly battling against mangoes for first place on my list of favorite fruits. Kaki is a prominent part of everyday life in Japan — there's even an adjective almost exclusively used to describe the taste of a bitter persimmon, shibui. (The only other time it's used is to describe older men with graying hair who are nonetheless hot, like George Clooney.)

China, Japan, and Korea are the top three producers of persimmon in the world. The Chinese believe that the fruit helps to regulate energy flow. It's also known to cure digestive problems, and it's a great source of B and C vitamins.

Do you eat it??

kaki 640.jpg

I once saw an interesting program about persimmon growing on the local PBS station. Very tedious work.

Hi, Joel,

I think all the tedious effort must be in that preservation process. There's very little involved in actually growing them. My Mother-in-law is 94 and she has four trees that turn them out by the *bushels* every year. Each single fruit is well over a pound and she gets 300 - 400 of them each season.