How To Ripen And Eat A Persimmon - Fuyu Non-Astringent Persimmon

Have you ever tasted a persimmon? Do you grow them? Let us know in the comments below!

a ripe persimmon is one of the most delicious foods on earth

Thank you for your glowing report on the persimmons. I like the fuyu because you can have some of them early and like an apple and obviously wait for later and eat it much riper. I bet they would taste great if you cut up a ripe one and dehydrated it and had it for a snack later.

Great video! We had a persimmon tree when i was growing up and it is still living and putting on fruit, and that tree is over 60 years old! I don't know the variety but it is definitely an "astringent". I cant tell you how many times we thought a fruit was ripe and then had to wash our mouths out, LOL. Did you know you can tell what kind of winter you're going to have from the seed? It's an old wives' tale I'm sure, but i have enjoyed all my life picking fruit every November and cutting open the seeds. The tale goes that if the inside of the seed looks like a fork then winter will be warm or mild. If the shape looks like a spoon, winter will be cold and wet. And if the inside looks like a knife it will be cold and dry. Growing up I always loved doing that little experiment in the fall, just to see if it came true, and have had fun sharing it with the children in our family over the years. I should do a video on it this fall. The funniest thing to me is that we have had that tree all our lives and our mother never once used the fruit for anything! Good luck with whatever you decide to grow. I'm sure it will do well.

Absolutely correct I tried this for myself because of you and letting them get at least slightly soft makes them a lot sweeter with some juice almost syrupy

Wow I love your video about permission... yeeeees, growing one in mine back yard!!

I tried my first one yesterday and I loved it. To me it tasted like a pumpkin pie without the spices mixed with a juicy plum. I can see the date reference though.

I think I'm going to try these. I'll have to get astringent and non-astringent to see which I like best. Thanks for the recommendation! 👍

I too would like to buy a persimmon tree but having been researching for some time now, this is the only video I’ve found that reviews a ripe Fuyu and not an apple like persimmon. Well done. What are your views on the Saijo variety ?

I don't think I have ever had one I would love to try one.

What's growin' on Millennial Gardner? Awesome job on the Persimmon fruit. Can't wait to buy one. Very descriptive and interesting .👍

Persimmons are awesome. One of my favourite fruits. The japanese call them "Kaki" by the way. I have a two year old grafted fuyu growing in the backyard that is getting it's first fruit. Personally, I prefer them firm, but each to their own. Fuyu doesn't have many tannins. I usually peel and slice them and eat them with a cup of "sencha" Japanese green tea.

I think the crunchy fuyu are the best. Reminds me of an apple that tastes like sugar cane with cinnamon. Much sweeter than any apple but crunchy like an apple

Glad you've discovered persimmons. They're delicious. "Candied apricots" is an excellent description. I used to work at a supermarket up here in the Triangle (probably the same chain where you bought yours). We loved it when the persimmons were so ripe, they were almost falling apart. They didn't look very appealing to customers, so we would devour them back in the produce cooler. Whatever you do, buddy, do NOT eat a persimmon before it's ripe, especially the Hachiya variety (the heart-shaped variety). It'll be days before you get that awful astringency out of your mouth. Fuyus, to be honest, are a bit more forgiving, but they're still quite tannic when underripe.

We grow Fuyu (sweet) persimmons. The trees grow like weeds here in zone 10a and are heavy producers without the need of a cross-pollinator. My favorite is the dried version of Hachiya (bitter) persimmon but the process is a lot of work. I think Fuyu or other sweet persimmon will be a good choice for your orchard.

I adore persimmons, fuyu.... I could honestly eat them till i pass out... now, there is a delicious idea! 😂

I love Persimmons but the longer it sits the sweeter it gets that's why it was so sweet when you ate it after 2 months

I plant a persimmon tree in our back yard and after one year it bear fruits and every Nov. of the year I love picking the fruits and give some to our neighbors. It is a Fuyu persimmon.

I love persimmons and just got back from Korea where the trees were growing everywhere and I wanted so badly to pick one. I am trying to get my neighbors to plant them so I can plant one. I believe they need more than one to fruit.

I make persimmon preserves. Combine with hot biscuits and bacon with gourmet coffee..... Sadie barr the door!!!!