another yummy fruit discovery ... clementines!

[Catrin]

Clementines are indeed everything that Navel Oranges are not I wish that I actually LIKED citrus fruit - I have tried something called "Ugly Fruit" that had many of the same attractions as Clementines and I liked the taste better. In the end though, they are of course still citrus fruit

I do love berries of all kinds, apples and bananas. Indeed I have to watch the latter - I especially like the combination of PB and apples or bananas. This can get the calorie/fat grams right up there... though probably better than dipping them in yummy chocolate

[Cataboo]

Love them - and those clementine boxes make handy bottoms for home made panniers.

The other fruit I can't get enough of in the fall/winter is persimmons (not the american ones, the big ones)

[Catrin]

f in the fall/winter is persimmons (not the american ones, the big ones)

I just tasted some persimmon pulp at a local farmers market, and to me it tasted like pumpkin. Do the large ones have the same taste? Just curious how they differ. I think they had added things to the pulp I tasted, which is why I am wondering.

[Cataboo]

I just tasted some persimmon pulp at a local farmers market, and to me it tasted like pumpkin. Do the large ones have the same taste? Just curious how they differ. I think they had added things to the pulp I tasted, which is why I am wondering.

Hrm. I only ever have pumpkin in pumpkin pies or pumpkin soup. Persimmons are sort of a subtle flavor - they do taste ever so slightly cinnamon like.

[Catrin]

Hrm. I only ever have pumpkin in pumpkin pies or pumpkin soup. Persimmons are sort of a subtle flavor - they do taste ever so slightly cinnamon like.

Apparently they had other things mixed into the pulp then, for it certainly tasted like pumpkin to me. I have been wanting to try persimmons but have rarely run across them. I will keep looking, thanks!

[Cataboo]

Apparently they had other things mixed into the pulp then, for it certainly tasted like pumpkin to me. I have been wanting to try persimmons but have rarely run across them. I will keep looking, thanks!

If you get any of the big korean supermarkets out there, they usually have them.

[shootingstar]

How different our tastebuds can be.

I don't taste pumpkin flavours nor cinnamon naturally in fresh whole persimmons.

Just make sure you buy/eat them when they are nice soft and very ripe. So that it will lessen the astringent flavour/puckerish taste. I've seen recipes for persimmon bread, cookies, squares and cakes.

I've seen them often enough in major mainstream supermarket chains around this time, where I've lived for the past 15-20 yrs. here in Canada (Toronto, Vancouveer),...including Calgary.

Another fruit I haven't quite figured out to eat properly or eat good ones are cactus pears.