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Persimmon
A Persimmon is a fruit of a number of species of trees of the group Diospyros in the ebony woodland family and the edible fruit stand by them. The word persimmon is resulting from putchamin or pasiminan from Powhatan, an Algonquian language of the eastern United States, it is called as "a dry fruit".
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Persimmons are generally in light yellow-orange to dark red-orange in color, and depending on the species, the sizes vary from 1.5-9 cm (0.5-4 in) diameter, and may be spherical.Persimmon is also named as "A DRY FRUIT".The calyx remains attached to the fruit after harvesting, but becomes easier to remove as it ripens. Glucose is always high in this fruits, with a balanced protein profile, and it has various medicinal and chemical uses..
Taste- Persimmon is a large, orange-red fruit with good and excellent taste, ripening in mid of October. The tree is dwarf and dispersal with medium fruit set, and it produces only female flowers.Hanagosho is an excellent variety, with medium in size with quadrates, yellow-orange fruit with excellent taste and good harvesting and storage characteristics.
Appearance
Texas persimmon is a shrub or small-tree that produces black berries. The tree is vigorous and straight and has some male flowers on it to show a different look.. It is a very good range from many aspects .The fruit has super flavor and a long shelf life. |
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The various Persimmon Fruits are distinguished as botanical species rather than as cultivars. The following are those most utilized for food:
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Fuyu persimmons are well-known by their "flat" bottoms and squat shape in structure.It will ripen after picked from the tree, so buying rock-hard fuyus and allowing them to ripen at home can be a good strategy. Fuyus are commonly eaten as raw, often sliced and in salads. They have a mild, pumpkin-like flavor.
Prepare fuyus by cutting them with small nice pieces, slicing, and peeling them. Remove and abandon the large black seeds as you come across them. |
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Hachiya persimmons fruits are mouth-puckeringly sharp unless absolutely, mature. Ripe hachiyas are extremely soft - and are frequently liquefied as a silky smooth pulp inside. They are stretched out and in oval shape. It will ripen once picked, so you can keep on the kitchen counter to use.
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Season of the fruit varities are, between September to November.
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Chocolate Persimmons - it is Japanese variety with a bright red orange colored skin, which is sometimes diamond shaped with a small black patch at the top.
The flesh is red and brown in color, sweet in taste, spicy, rich and delicate when ripe from the tree. |
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Pretty rounded and oval shape with reddish orange skin and cinnamon colored flesh and it also looks like an Orange.
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Facts of Persimmon |
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| Health benefits of Persimmon |
- It is used as a fixed Chinese remedy for hiccups. Take 9 grams of calyx of the persimmon fruit and 3 grams of fresh ginger. Add water and steam for a few minutes and eat. Its good for staying Young and healthy.
- Persimmon cake is also used as a conventional medicine for diarrhea, hemorrhoids, lung infections and asthma. To make persimmon cake the fruit must be plucked when the skin starts turning yellow in color.
- Peel and discard the skin and position the fruit in the sun to dry, applying pressure frequently on each fruit to slowly compress it. Continue drying the compressed fruit in the sun or in the open until a frosting of the mixture appears and covers the entire surface.
- Astringent taste of persimmon can help stop diarrhea, reduces sweating, and slows or stops bleeding.
Persimmons can help prevent cancer because it is high in vitamin A.
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Persimmon Recipe
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1. Persimmon Chutney |

- 12 persimmons
- 6 lemons
- ½ cup oil
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1½ cups sugar
- 1 tsp. chilli sauce or powder
- 2 tblsp. finely chopped raw ginger
- 3 cloves chopped garlic
- 2 cups cider vinegar
- ½ cup currants (optional)
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Cut some more pieces of lemons and soak in vinegar overnight.
Boiling water for 5 minutes with Persimmon fruits, then peel and dice.
Add the lemons with all other ingredients and boil well.
Continue boiling for 40 minutes or until the mixture starts to congeal. Down from the stove and cool for some minutes to serve it to all.. |
2. Fuyu Bundt Cake |
- A very simple, sophisticated use for the tropical fruit also known as 'chocolate pudding fruit'.
Grease and flour a bundt cake pan. Preheat oven to 350.
- Blend 2 tsp. baking soda into 3 cups of chopped firm Fuyus. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat 1/2 cup soft butter with 1 2/3 cups sugar.
- Add 2 eggs, 2 tsp. lemon juice, and 2 tsp. vanilla and beat until fluffy.
- Stir in Fuyu mix.
- Sift together 2 cups flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. ground cloves, 1 tsp. cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp. nutmeg.
- Stir flour into Fuyu mixture just until blended.
- Add 1 cup chopped walnuts and 3/4 cup raisins.
- Pour into prepared bundt pan. Bake at 350 for 55 - 60 minutes or until toothpick tests clean.
- Cool in pan 15 minutes. Turn onto rack.
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Special fruits for this week
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Banana
Store ripe bananas outside for 3 days or in the refrigerator for several days. It is rich in carbohydrates, low in fat, high in potassium and Vitamin C. (Read more) |
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Grapes
Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed oil. (Read more)
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Mandarin Orange
Mandarin oranges are mostly available during December and January. Good source of Vitamin C and Copper. (Read more) |
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