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@Moll Flanders Interesting.... I love persimmons, and it's persimmon season here, but they don't taste like melon to me- I always think they're very sweet (so long as they're ripe- unripe ones make your mouth feel furry!), with no very slight acidic tang like you'd get in apples, peaches, or plums.

Anyway, I recently bought one persimmon and two mangoes. Interestingly, the mangoes were on discount and I payed less for them than I was expecting.... kinda makes up for the Comice pears I bought a short time before which were pricier than I had thought... but I wanted pears so I bought them anyway.

I like mangoes too, but they're kind of like a multitasking meal. The fruit usually has lots of fine fibers, which are edible, but they keep getting stuck between my teeth and it's like I'm eating and flossing at the same time.:D
 
I don’t think I tried persimmons again after two failed attempts at eating them at the right time, lol. I got the fuzzy mouth the first time. And I can’t remember if I tried again. I feel like I did but don’t remember the outcome. I will have to give it another go if I see them this year.
 
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@Moll Flanders Interesting.... I love persimmons, and it's persimmon season here, but they don't taste like melon to me- I always think they're very sweet (so long as they're ripe- unripe ones make your mouth feel furry!), with no very slight acidic tang like you'd get in apples, peaches, or plums.
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I think I might buy some more, maybe the one I tried wasn't ripe enough. I should try some more exotic fruit and veg as I always stick to the same old stuff.

I saw some weird things on a fruit and veg stall the other day. They didn't have a label, but they looked like this so they must be Karela Greens.

I'm not sure I'm brave enough to try them.:p

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I think those are bitter melon. My Sri Lanka roommate when was in university used to have them in our fridge sometimes. I don't recall sampling them, unless they were in a curry she shared unbeknownst to me.
 
@Moll Flanders I vaguely remember a poem at the end of one of the Jungle Book stories about Mowgli... Mowgli was angry with humans in a village and was threatening to turn the jungle loose upon them, and each verse mentioned the Karela, with the last verse being something like:

...and the Karela, the bitter Karela, shall cover you all!!!!

So I was under the impression that it was some sort of useless, wild, invasive, unmanageable weed that the locals found bothersome.

I wish I could be with you and Karen to show you how to tell when persimmons are ripe. Maybe ask someone in the produce section to show you? They get ridiculously soft when they're ripe; they don't get discolored, but very soft, and when they're the least bit firm they're too fuzzy-tasting.
 
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I saw some in the store yesterday but they were really small and really hard so I decided to wait and will keep a look out for more.
 
^ The persimmon I bought yesterday tasted much sweeter so it must have been ripe. I cut it up like a tomato and ate it in slices this time. I read that now until Christmas is the time to buy them.:) I've been buying them from a Turkish supermarket and they label them as Kaki fruits in there.
 
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Persimmon were on offer in Aldi so I tried one again this week - they were completely different to the ones we had in Egypt. In Egypt they were really juicy (a bit like when you have a ripe nectarine) & sweet but the ones here are harder, a bit like melons. I don't think the ones here are quite the same?! Are they not ripened properly do you think?
 
@raggle I suppose maybe there are different varieties of persimmon. I've only seen two varieties here: one is larger and is shaped much like a peach but the end opposite the stem is slightly more pointed, while the other kind (which I haven't had) has a Japanese-sounding name (hachiya, I think) and is sort of more tomato-shaped.

I've never had a persimmon which was actually juicy, and even the ones I've gotten unripe so that I had to let them sit around and ripen were never as hard as melons.
 
I just came back from a discount store. Got potatoes, olives, canned cat food for Guy and Seventh Generation hand creme in lavender. Good thing that was cheap, it was pretty when I sniffed it, but don't like the smell when I used it! It's a nice creme so I'll use it anyway
 
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Yesterday I bought some cherry tea, persimmons, avocado, a cucumber and a bottle of vegan wine.

raggle said:
Persimmon were on offer in Aldi so I tried one again this week - they were completely different to the ones we had in Egypt. In Egypt they were really juicy (a bit like when you have a ripe nectarine) & sweet but the ones here are harder, a bit like melons. I don't think the ones here are quite the same?! Are they not ripened properly do you think?
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Maybe leave it on the windowsill in the sunlight, when we have sun. :DYes, the first one tasted like melon and the others were sweeter and reminded me of the texture of a nectarine or a peach so they must have been more ripe. I will have to get some more. :)
 
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Just bought 4 bottles of sauerkraut brine:jump:. It's very hard to find, even in the city. I'm indeed a sauerkraut maniac, and now, when i get home, i'll be eating sauteed sauerkraut:drool:.
 
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raggle said:
Persimmon were on offer in Aldi so I tried one again this week - they were completely different to the ones we had in Egypt. In Egypt they were really juicy (a bit like when you have a ripe nectarine) & sweet but the ones here are harder, a bit like melons. I don't think the ones here are quite the same?! Are they not ripened properly do you think?
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Yesterday I bought some cherry tea, persimmons, avocado, a cucumber and a bottle of vegan wine.



Maybe leave it on the windowsill in the sunlight, when we have sun. :DYes, the first one tasted like melon and the others were sweeter and reminded me of the texture of a nectarine or a peach so they must have been more ripe. I will have to get some more. :)
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Or try the unripe avocado trick... store it in a paper bag for a day or two with an apple or a banana.
 
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  • 1 Founders All Day IPA tall-boy -- (I have other beers here)
  • 1 Bai Costa Rica Clementine beverage
  • 1 package Private Selection farfalle (bow tie) pasta
  • 1 bunch fresh parsley
  • 1 container Kroger dried thyme
  • 1 tub Tofutti Better Than sour cream
  • 1 carton Imagine organic low sodium vegetable broth
  • 1 bottle Kroger lite (reduced sodium) soy sauce -- (first in many, many years)
  • 1 pound Simple Truth organic baby bella mushrooms -- (only shrooms in discount bin, $2.29!)
  • 1 big-*** bag of yellow onions -- (for only 99¢!)
 
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I bought some Christmas presents from QVC last night: two reversible coats/hoodies of two American football teams. One is for my nephew and the other is for a friend.
 
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