Comments on: Fuyu Persimmon: A Fruit From the Gods

By: Heather Ferreira

Heather Ferreira — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:20:00 +0000

I first encountered fuyu persimmons two days ago picking up groceries at Food Bazaar here in Brooklyn. I love exotic fruit and entered the store with the express intention of discovering something new to love. I was not prepared for the amazing taste of the humble fuyu persimmon. Since first trying it this morning, I am absolutely addicted. As I have told several interested friends on Facebook, “fuyu tastes the way fruit does in a really good dream” — and if you’ve ever eaten anything delicious in a dream and wanted to take it with you when you woke up, I’ll bet you know what I’m talking about!

Like Evita said, an exact description of the taste of a fuyu is elusive. It is definitely sweet — but in a way so incredibly subtle yet absolutely vivid and unique, it puts sugar and honey to shame. The flesh is textured, smooth and yielding to the bite; it literally melts in your mouth; and its upper core has the exact consistency of jelly.

In the old days, TV commercials used to call raisins “nature’s candy”. If that’s the case, the fuyu persimmon must be nature’s jam preserves. One taste will do you in. Prepare to buy or grow lots of these. The fuyu will make you wonder why the FDA shows apples, oranges and bananas when urging kids to eat lots of fruit servings daily. The fuyu in a cage match would destroy all three of those guys. It’s taste suited for an Emperor.

Research; track down; obtain; buy; wash; bite; eat.

See you in bliss!

By: Heather Ferreira

Heather Ferreira — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:11:38 +0000

Ask Evita for my email address, contact me for my mailing address, and feel free to ship all excess fuyu to me.

By: Heather Ferreira

Heather Ferreira — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:10:04 +0000

Hi Jeannette, I hope you come across this reply in time: Whole Foods Markets carry fuyu persimmons, but only during season, which is late Oct – late Dec. Here in New York City, it’s January, and WF doesn’t have any available, but my local grocery store, Food Bazaar, does — now I’m absolutely hooked on them. As I’m going to post generally in a moment, fuyu is so good I told all my Facebook friends about it and have created two converts to The Growing Church of Fuyu!

By: Marcia

Marcia — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:47:36 +0000

I was searching the web when I came across persimmon. I asked my sister if she had ever tried a persimmon. She had not. Just yesterday she came home from the grocery store with a couple fuyu’s. I decided to look online to know when to eat them. After checking out your site & readi
ng the comments, I can’t wait to taste them. I am going to make dome jam & give them as X-mas gifts. Thanks for all the great ideas from all of you.

By: Evita Ochel

Evita Ochel — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:35:10 +0000

Hi Ramon,

Thank you for your comment, and yes, I had no idea how many people enjoyed and are interested in this fruit. However, I am glad to see all the excitement as it is such a delicious one and so worth trying!!!!

And thanks for sharing about the slicing method! You are so right about revealing the star shape pattern…..I think I tried that once, but then reverted to making wedges. Thank you for the helpful tips!

By: Evita Ochel

Evita Ochel — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:12:21 +0000

Excellent additions Kellie! Thank you!

By: Evita Ochel

Evita Ochel — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:07:08 +0000

Thanks for sharing this useful tip!

By: ike

ike — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:06:19 +0000

Costco usually gets them in late fall. A pack of 8 is $6.49 in Austin Costco. I was able to pick up 3 packs today Nov 2011.

By: Kellie

Kellie — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:29:36 +0000

Fuyu Persimmons are wonderful in bread pudding recipes, just add 2 cups to a recipe that makes 1 9×9 dish. Perfect for Thanksgiving!

Another bonus to growing oriental persimmons that I haven’t seen anyone address on here is that they begin to bear heavily at a very young age compared to other fruits. And they don’t have to be sprayed for the typical fruit tree diseases that apples, peaches, pears, etc are susceptible to.

By: Ramon

Ramon — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:23:45 +0000

Hi Evita!
Just found this site, excited by the interest you have generated about fuyu persimmons!

Looking for foreign language descriptions I was surprised to find that in the Spanish speaking world it is still consider too astringent to eat “fresh”.

I am also surprised that nobody has called you on the way to slice a fuyu:
You slice it across to reveal the beautiful star shape. Make the slices 1/8 of an inch thick, and sprinkle some lime juice on them -mmmmmm!