another yummy fruit discovery ... clementines!

[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.

[azfiddle]

mmmmmm- love Clementines, but so far have struck out twice this year- they just weren't too good. Hope the next batch will be up to standard.

And what about pomegranates? As a kid, I confess I would sneak into yards to steal pomegranates. They're a lot of trouble to unwrap, but delicious

[Cataboo]

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.

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

Do you mean like prickly pear cactus pears or like dragon fruit (the hot pink one with the black speckled inside)? I like eating the latter just'cause it's really cool looking.

I actually tend to get the persimmons that stay firm when ripe - I don't know if fuyu is the variety or if that's just japanese for persimmon. I've never been able to stand the texture of squishy persimmon. If mine get squishy, I make juice out of them or give them to people i know that like them squishy.

There's an american persimmon tree in my Mom's yard - we'd always try to trick someone into eating them before the first frost...

And what about pomegranates? As a kid, I confess I would sneak into yards to steal pomegranates. They're a lot of trouble to unwrap, but delicious

Ijust had one this morning. I'm at my Mom's and she left out pineapple and pomegranate for me for breakfast. Which means she's going to send me home with a ton of them 'cause the rest of my siblings are ingrates and don't like fruit as much


I actually love naval oranges, I haven't really had them in a long time. When I was young my parents used to order a couple crates/boxes of naval oranges and then about a month later a crate/box of tangelos up from Florida. My siblings didn't like fruit and we'd get in a heck of a lot of trouble if the oranges went bad, so I used to have to eat like 4 or 5 of them a day throughout the winter. But my Mom doesn't order them anymore.