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My friend, who is now in heaven, used to make persimmon cookies every Christmas. I miss her and those wonderful cookies. I'm going to attempt to make them this year since she gave me her recipe! It's been over 20 years but better now than never. That's what brought me here. I have no knowledge of persimmons. I bought the fuyus and I'm hoping they're the correct ones to use. Wish me luck!

I just got some for the 1st time and wasn’t sure how to eat them. I’m finding that they are wayyyy more delicious than I expected and I definitely prefer the slightly firm but not hard over the soft more ripe ones. I absolutely love this fruit. Now I have another reason to look forward to fall every year 😁☺️

We have a new tradition. I bring an exotic fruit to my brother's for an after dinner treat. The family gathers around to watch your video - and then we eat that fruit. Last week did persimmons. The Fuyu's were a big hit. Could have been a touch more ripe, but were quite good. Then the Hichaya's... blah, they were quite chalky just you you had. Underneath the chalkiness, it seemed like it would taste quite good. (I bought another one, softer, and waiting a bit for it to ripen more.)

I just tried persimmons for the first time. I took 3 really ripe persimmons, removed all the thick jelly inside and put it into a bowel. I then added a few slices of Irish butter, some Himalayan salt, cinnamon and brown sugar to the bowel. I heated it up in the microwave for about 2 minutes. Stirred it all up, let it cool for 2 minutes, grabbed a spoon and DEVOURED every bit off it. The butter gives the persimmon and creamy nutty flavor, the Himalayan salt balanced out the sweetness and enhanced the butter flavor, the cinnamon & brown sugar take the flavor to a whole other level of DELICIOUSNESS and now I'm totally hooked on them!.... ❤❤❤

Thanks for this helpful vid...that I wish I watched 2 minutes earlier. I just bit right into what I THOUGHT was a ripe enough hachiya persimmon. It was like biting and chewing an apricot-flavored glue stick.

In Brazil the name is Caqui. We have a lot of variets like Fuyu, Chocolate, Rama Forte, Kyombo. It's very popular here since we have the largest japanese colony in the world. Fresh or dryed is delicious.

I'm from China. Eating persimmon is one of the joyful moments of my childhood. The persimmons I see in the US look different from the ones in China. The ones in China kinda look like the mixed breed of those two: their shape and texture is like Fuyu but tastes like Hichaya. The Fuyu in the US stores don't look very appetizing (look very hard) so I had to come to this video to learn how to eat a persimmon lol. Thank you!

Thanks for your demonstration about perssimons. Our neighbor has several trees in his yard and they are ready for harvest. He has insisted on sending them along home with us. Most of his trees are hachiya but he sent a couple of fuyu. He is from Greece and is sometimes difficult to understand so this was very helpful.

Thanks for this EXCELLENT video. Just bought two a hachiya and a fuyu. I was a bit afraid of them. Thanks to you I JUST ATE the fuyu and I am madly in love!!!! Will definitely buy again. I’m letting the hachiya ripen on the counter for now….

Thank you for making this video. These are such beautifully orange...I was drawn to them, but unsure how to eat. I waited and came upon your video - glad, as my family and I loved the fruit! My son described it as a cross between a peach and a carrot in taste 😋

4:15- Matt takes knife Persimmon:ight ima head out

Wow! I just had my first persimmon after all these years 😮 I was never a fruit eater, but I think that I can really start to enjoy eating this particular fruit, especially since you said we can bake it and drip honey on it! Yummy 😋 😋

In Louisville, KY, a family I once knew had a HUGE persimmon tree growing in their front yard. They would pick them and make pudding with them. I remember them saying not to eat the skin because it will leave you with a horrible dry cotton mouth feeling. They were right! It took over an hour before my mouth returned to normal. Also, their persimmons had large seeds (like paw paws).

I just had a persimmon and found it so delicious! I went on your video to find out how to eat it because I had never eaten one before, I just want to thank you, I definitely will have them a lot more now 😊

in new year's eve, it was my first time seeing persimmons and i googled "fruit that looks like tomato".. i havent eaten it yet now im here xD

I bet these would be delicious as preserves or a jam. Gonna look for my grandma’s recipe for her jams and jellies 😋. Thanks for the video! ☺️👍

My mom always cut the skin off the persimmon, and so i never knew that the skin could be eaten. I’m glad I came across this video, eating persimmons now will save me a lot of time

Today Dec.25, I have one last persimmon , love persimmons

Awesome video! Im going to try 1 for the first time in 51 yrs! I never knew and now i do! Thanks for nutrition info. I hope i like them. ☺️🤞

We grow a lot of those in Greece the last two years. The fruit had a limited popularity in the past, was rather expensive and could not be found just in any supermarket or veg market but now is all over the place and no more expensive than apples. Locally grown persimons are an autumn/winter fruit, mainly available from mid October to February. My favorite winter fruit.

I brought this because it looked pretty and had no idea what it was. I'm glad youtube has a niche for everything 😂

This was very helpful ! I’m about to have my first hachiya😊

I never knew what they were till yesterday when my 11 yr old granddaughter introduced them to me. Before i got brave enough to try one, i watched this video. It was delicious, now I'm hooked!

Just had persimmons today for the very first time and boy it was yummy and sweet

Use to pick these off my grandmothers tree in North Florida as a child. Yum. Haven’t seen this fruit in years. Neighbor gave me three yesterday. Granny used to put them in frozen ice cream and have us crank it.

Just got these for the first time today! Excited to try it

Thanks so much! This was great! I just tried one for the first time, and it was great to hear you explain what to be aware of in flavor and ripeness 👍🏻

I love persimmons. I don’t really remember how I came across them but, I’ve loved them ever since. They’re not always easy to come by though.

I tried one for the first time today. I liked it very much!

I just tasted this for the first time, not sure why I had a frightening perception but it was nice. I feel like my mouth is slightly tingling after. It was sweet and enjoyable.

I like them really soft almost roton where you can squash it out eat it straight or as a topping for ice cream

Thank you sir about this persimmons presentation , blessing to you and merry Christmas

Got a friend addicted when I cut a fresh fruit into slices that had been in the fridge for the day. The cool cut Sharron fruit, as we call it here, his senses didn’t know what to do with. He was in heaven

That astringent variety looks really good

We LOVE persimmon's and can't wait until it is persimmon season. 😊

Australian here, my mum has a persimmon tree, not sure what variety, looks like your fuyu, but they have seeds. We eat them ripe and soft. So delicious!

Love persimmons my number one fruit in USA

I literally just boight some to taste... Decided to do some reaearch.... And wahla! Here you are! Right before my first taste test! Thanks!

Never tried persimmons before my mother in law gave me a really ripe looking one today can’t wait to try it especially now I have watched this video they look so good 🧡

Is the first time I have it , I follow you step by step to learn how to cut it and how to eat it, and it was really good. Thanks very much

Just purchase one yesterday because I wanted to venture out. Thanks for video I’m going to try it out today 😃

I live in Spain and have several fields of persimmon in the farms behind our house. While walking through the fields, I've been known to sneak a fruit or two. However, when I bit into it, my mouth immediately puckered. I guess we have the astringent variety and they weren't quite ripe. This. year I found the whole crop on the ground. I am not sure if they weren't harvested or the owner just knocked them off. Either way, I took some home with the hopes of ripening them. I left them weeks with no luck. They never turn soft and sweet like you show here. Perhaps next year, I'll place them with some bananas to see if they speed the ripening. I was told by a local that here they are put in alcohol however, I don't exactly know the process. Anyway, thanks for your video as you confirmed that my experience shouldn't turn me from this fruit. I just need to find a way to ripen them!

Thank you for showing me how to eat like a human

Just tried an organic Fuyu with my, 6, 5 and 3 year olds. All loved. The fruits were shorter than yours. Squattier... thanks for sharing!

I have a 20 foot tall fuyu tree in my yard. It does not produce fruit every year, or at least not equally year to year. This year I have a bumper crop. In preparing I remove the top and peel along with any bruises, I find the peel too hard to eat. The persimmon add a sweet chunky flavor to my chicken curry along with potatoes, carrots and broccoli. I also roast them with olive oil, salt and pepper, the salt and pepper offset the sweetness well. I peel and freeze what I don't use immediately, if you're going to peel it's best if done when they've just started to soften.

I have a Persimmon tree in my backyard that was there when I moved in. I’ve never had one though because I’ve always thought they smelled gross, but my dogs eat them all the time. I might try one but I’m still scared😂

Aloha from Hawaii. We have the fuyu variety and they are delicious! My mouth is watering watching this video. I am definitely going to the local produce market tomorrow. Yummy 😋

A neighbor of mine gave me some of this fruit never heard of them and never tried them. Had some and they are great! I hope my neighbors continue to give me some of that because they got them straight from their tree as I was taking a walk by their house they pulled some off and gave me some.

Yes Matt, thanks so much for this video! I purchased 2 of the more common types for the first time ever about a week and a half ago. Just happened upon them in the store and wanted to try. The first one was good and sweet; however, the skin was so tough. I ate it anyway thinking the nutrients were in the skin. Checked out you video before just now eating the 2nd one. Took the skin off this time!🤷🏿‍♀️ Holiday blessings to you!

Fuyu I try. Sweet but unique. I think maybe very good in smoothies

Just bought and did not know what to do with them. Your KZfaq video was very helpful.

Thanks Matt! My friend who is from the Philippines gave me few of the more flat and rounded persimmon. I didn’t know what to do with them. She just said eat them lol 😆

Me too I used to make persimmon cookies

Thanks for the upload. I live in the UK, just bought a strange-looking fruit at the fruit & veg stall that was labelled "sharron fruit". Thought I'd give it a try at home. A friend told me it's a persimmon but I didn't know anything about persimmons, so here I am. Very helpful video!

I had persimmons for the first time last year and loved them. I bought some yesterday, and was so excited to wash and cut it up tonight. Imagine my surprise when it was sour, and makes my mouth pucker with that nasty chalkiness you were talking about! Yuck! So I went to the internet to find out how to tell when a persimmon is ripe, and found this. Thank you so much! The other 3 persimmons are now in a paper bag with a banana, trying to ripen as fast as possible. I can’t wait!

Matt I share your enthusiasm for the fruit, I really like Persimmons. In the UK where I live the quality is a bit hit and miss but in Spain which I visit often, it's great!. One thing though, you ought to mention that the fruit needs to be washed before eating it. Your video seems to indicate that you are eating them without washing - especially as your are peeling off the stickers.

A variety called the Virginia persimmon is also native to the U. S. southeast, especially the lower Mississippi Valley where they grow Naturally in roughly the area of the old Confederacy

I picked some up at the market today, hence how I came across this video. I can’t wait to eat them, they aren’t ripe yet.

The persimmons have a sweet taste and the crunch and snap. It tastes like Vitamin B6! It reminds us of an orange mixed with a tomato. I also understand the dry mouth after taste.

Anyone here cause Jory doesn't like persimmons? :) Thanks for the helpful information!

Thank you!!!! Was amazing to learning about this fruit!!!!

Great video, thank you. My new found fruit 😋

They are good! Sweet, my 1st time checking this fruit out. Thanks for sharing!!!

I live in northern Canada and saw some at h&w produce. My husband and I thought about purchasing one but they were all extremely blemished and some were rotting. I'm guessing it's due to the supply chain issues and flooding in BC. After watching this I think I'm going to go back to look a little more and not let the blemishes deter me. Thank you for sharing!

I thought I was out of luck getting some very squishy hachiya. Seems like they're actually perfect to eat right now!

Thanks for this video! I am enjoying persimmon for the first time.

We have trees of this fruit for almost 20 years. They are so sweet and juicy.

A nice ripe hichaya is completely liquid and a thing of beauty

It's hard to describe the flavor of a persimmon specifically the fuyu which are the ones I used to eat as a kid. Best way I described them is that they taste sweet in the same way honey does with flesh texture similar to not fully ripenned tomato. Best when eaten fully ripe to avoid the slight bitter after taste of non-fully ripenned persimmon.

Thanks for the vid.. will try it for the first time ever.. never saw such fruit in India before..!!

I picked two fresh ones today here in Virginia. I’m not a skilled picker but I have fuyu persimmons. They’re pretty hard but I’m excited to try this! 😋

Thankyou! You have helped me prepare acorns and now when and how to eat persimmons! Thankyou!!!

Love that you did this! I bought some the other day and it was exactly how you described it as chalky. It was so bitter and it instantly dried up my mouth. Now I know to leave them to ripen a bit first. Are they the same as Sharon fruit?

I have Tons of them in my country and i like them a lot

Thank you for the video! So helpful

I find this information very helpful.

Great information! Really good fruit. This was the first time I've eaten this fruit.

❤️ Thank you for your time and effort. 👍

Delightful fruit! I had it when it wasn’t so ripe and liked it but the fully ripen one is yummyyyyy. Not going back to the hard version. Thanks for sharing this video. The Fuyu is my preferred one, the other variety I don’t like because of the chalky stainy taste

My favorite fruit

I got some somehow, and I think they are delicious. I ate some with the peeling, some without. still good with the pill, but kinda like you said thick. But they are delicious.

Thank you so much for showing me how to eat this fruit. I have had them before but i did not know the difference between those two types or how they can be prepared. I also did not know how nutricious they are. Your video has been very informative. Thanks for sharing.

I been eating persimmons peeling the skin off, taste so good 😊

Yum😊 Highly recommend

I just ordered the chocolate persimmon from a fruit company. I've never tried this variety before.

in country georgia, every second garden have tree with this fruit, we call it karalioki, thats from russian culture i belive, it has very sweet taste, it like a peach with sugar carammele and has very hard noticeable chocolate taste, i think so, it looks like a yellow apple and usually we eat it while its hard, couse when it gets soft it has only taste of sugar funny fact, it has the same looking version, that has the strangest taste u can ever experience, i can't even describe, like when u eat glue that will stick to ur tangue, yeiks

I just had one . yum. It's like your going to eat a tomatoe. Its lovelyI did remove the black spots. There was a couple of them on it

They are very good. Yes

Thanks for sharing that’s awesome ❤

First time eating today. Delicious other inside the skin was edible too. Made my mouth tingle a bit and used bathroom shortly after. Idk. Had only half will eat the other half later.

Currently eating a fairly ripe fuyu. Very sweet but doesn’t taste like much. It honestly tastes like simple syrup with a hint of pear.

The south has native persimmon trees, just like the chestnut tree which is to the point of extinction because of a Chinese blight

I tried some. Got them from my local supermarket around the corner. Normally we don't see fruit like this or other exotic fruits like dragon fruit but I bought it instantly once I seen them because always wanted to try. Persimmons taste like tomatoes mixed eith tiny bit of orange. Yucky..Not my mind of fruit and dragon fruit had no flavor but was really pretty.

I have to try it thanks for sharing have a wonderful weekend my friend👍👍❤️❤️

It is soooo good.

I learned so much. Love them! Thank you!

Thank you so much, Matt. We saw them at Costco but always hesitant due to not knowing how they are. Now we can try them and be confident we'll probably like them! 😊Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to you and your Family!

Thanks for teaching us!

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