What is this fruit called?

Trex5009
Trex5009 Posts: 171 Member
edited November 22 in Food and Nutrition
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  • Trex5009
    Trex5009 Posts: 171 Member
    monkeefan1974 wrote: »
    It's a persimmon.

    Thank you
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    Do persimmons taste like tomatoes?
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    Do persimmons taste like tomatoes?

    Nope.
  • Trex5009
    Trex5009 Posts: 171 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    Do persimmons taste like tomatoes?

    They taste delicious.. nothing like a tomato
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Persimmons are lovely! You can eat some varieties when harder but other must be soft or are terrible. You don't eat the skin. They are sweeter than tomatoes. Cut it in quarters and eat the flesh off of the skin.
  • CynthiasChoice
    CynthiasChoice Posts: 1,047 Member
    An unripe persimmon will make your mouth pucker and feel very dry. It's unpleasant and the effect lasts a while. But a ripe one is wonderful. There are some persimmons that are long like a plum tomato, and those must be soft before you can eat them.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Persimmon, sharon, khaki.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    mockchoc wrote: »
    Persimmons are lovely! You can eat some varieties when harder but other must be soft or are terrible. You don't eat the skin. They are sweeter than tomatoes. Cut it in quarters and eat the flesh off of the skin.

    You can totally eat the skin. I always do.
  • Trex5009
    Trex5009 Posts: 171 Member
    mockchoc wrote: »
    Persimmons are lovely! You can eat some varieties when harder but other must be soft or are terrible. You don't eat the skin. They are sweeter than tomatoes. Cut it in quarters and eat the flesh off of the skin.

    Yeah I enjoy the skin as well! It's good
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    Do persimmons taste like tomatoes?

    They're sweet, meaty, jelly-like, and juicy at the same time (given you have ripe ones, unripe ones are mouth-puckering like eating cotton balls and turn your tongue into sandpaper). They're nothing like tomatoes, they have this honey-like undertones. They're lovely.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    There are different varieties of persimmons.

    The one pictured and most commonly available is the fuyu, which is flatter and can be eaten whether hard or soft ripe or not).

    The other common variety is the hichiya which is taller than the fuyu and shaped like an acorn. It is astringent if unripened and should only be eaten when soft and ripe. This variety is the one used to make the delicious and very expensive dried persimmons called hoshigaki.
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