Persimmons

I had Leong get me a case of persimmons from the Asian store or warehouse, I'm not sure where he bought it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Right now I’m writing a story that was born of times spent walking down a railroad track in Illinois with my grandfather, gathering persimmons from a grove hidden back beside the tracks, hickory nuts and walnuts … glass insulators … and the bones of animals that weren’t faster than a train … I didn’t have a story in mind, just images of the tracks … it was enough to start the fingers dancing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ms. Bastianich doesn't like to have actual flowers in the kitchen, preferring to buy colorful fruit such as persimmons or pomegranates and set them out in a ceramic or wooden bowl. ❋ Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan (2011)

I was fishing on a smaller river here catching cats and while cleaning noticed their bellies were full of persimmons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Across Asia, a worker dries persimmons in Taiwan and a poor child plays in Nepal. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Prior to heading over to school that morning, I made a big batch of Beef Goulash, washed my lettuce, roasted the veggies for carrot soup, and pureed some persimmons. ❋ One For The Table (2011)

Blackberries, blueberries, and persimmons (I know its not a berry but I still love em) 0 Good Comment? ❋ Unknown (2009)

When persimmons begin to ripen find a tree along a stream or river, cats love eating them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I purchased a few persimmons not really knowing what I was going to do with them. ❋ One For The Table (2011)

Well, here I am with some very ripe persimmons and a few recipes that have been put at the top of my "to-do" list. ❋ One For The Table (2011)

Back in the day, if you wanted to eat, you ate a highly processed form of acorns and persimmons and chestnuts and greenbrier. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Puree persimmons remove skin, in a blender or juicer. ❋ One For The Table (2011)

A worker dries persimmons in Taiwan, residents fight to protect their shanties in the Philippines, a Muslim woman cries for her father in Thailand and more. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The mushrooms were a new thing too -- white beech mushrooms, Hypsizygus tessellatus, which have that awful acrid taste that unripe persimmons have when raw (high tannin content, maybe?), but cook up into, well, mushrooms! ❋ Thecoughlin (2010)