The Cook wrote:
> Anyone have any ideas about what to do with these things. My DIL's
> neighbor has given her loads of the things and she is bringing them
> with her when they come to visit next week. Help!!!

If they're Fuyu's you can eat them out of hand like an apple. If they're
the heart shaped kind they have to be dead ripe to eat. My wife freezes
the whole fruit in a muffin tin, takes one at a time out to thaw and
then eats it partially thawed, like persimmon sherbet.

There are a million persimmon recipes on the web. I've downloaded
recipes for simmon pie, cake, cookies, etc. I particularly like the
simmon pie my wife makes with them. Very versatile fruit, the round
Fuyu's have a sweet taste and the heart shaped ones are somewhat
astringent until fully ripe. I put up persimmon jam one year that was
particularly good. Unfortunately my Fuyu tree sets a ton of fruit and
the !@#$% squirrels and grackles get them all. This year I've purchased
bird netting for all four of my fruit trees, the birds and squirrels
evidently don't like citrus as they never bother the lemon or the
kumquat trees. Good luck with them.

George