Comments on: Let’s wait and see.

By: basset

basset — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:14:13 +0000

Probably never heard of pawpaws either, did you? Or breaded tenderloins?

By: Connie

Connie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:34:36 +0000

Bob Greene for me too.

And I am shocked to find from yesterday that a search for my name leads one here. I am easy to find in dozens of listings related to current and previous jobs, and other topics. So who is looking for me here?

Completely unrelated: page and pictures are up of my POW’s upcoming sale of Herman Miller chairs and other goodies from the original 1963 building: http://www.myepl.org/sale.

Hate persimmons. Never heard of them before moving to southern Indiana. Had my own persimmon tree in the back yard for several years, you can always tell when the dog was eating fallen persimmons. Must be beyond ripe to be anywhere near edible. Even the dog knew that.

By: basset

basset — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:32:27 +0000

Give them a day or two after a hard frost – you want them soft, even a little squishy. Then you push ‘em through a colander or a potato ricer and bake the pulp into “pudding,” which is actually more the texture of pumpkin-pie filling.

unripe persimmons taste like alum. maybe they’re good with bootblack.

By: coozledad

coozledad — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:05:46 +0000

Basset: Tell me when to pick them. We have a shitload. When the day comes I have to eat these things to live, I will be drinking bootblack, and doing Republican speaking tours.

By: basset

basset — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:59:26 +0000

I saw some at Costco during our regular Saturday-afternoon sample-table graze… believe the Asian persimmons taste different, though. they’re surely a lot bigger.

and this is just about the time of year to pick them down in southwestern Indiana – they’re no good till after the first hard frost.

the last few years, I’ve been buying frozen pulp at an orchard store on 37 outside Bedford, right down the road from the Mitchell Persimmon Festival. probably won’t be getting up that way for awhile, though.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:35:23 +0000

Basset, I saw persimmons at Trader Joes produce department this afternoon. Thought of you.

By: coozledad

coozledad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:07:41 +0000

Basset: Have you tried an Asian grocery? If they don’t have the paste, they’ll have some of the large Japanese persimmons, which would be easy enough to puree. They’re also a lot less bitter.
EDIT: Be sure and ask for assistance if you have any questions. Once I thought I was buying a package of arrowroot powder. The woman at the counter asked me what I was going to use it for. Thickening sauces, I said. She told me it was to fix the basin-er-sink. When it was plugged up.
Lye, in other words.

By: Jeff (the mild-mannered one)

Jeff (the mild-mannered one) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:11:54 +0000

How about paw paws?

By: basset

basset — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:07:21 +0000

Whaaaat, nobody here likes persimmons?

By: crazycatlady

crazycatlady — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:38:36 +0000

Mark, I wouldn’t buy a copy of Sarah Palin’s book just yet. Wait a few months, I’m sure it will show up at the Dollar Store remaindered rack. I wouldn’t put a penny in her Wasilla designer knock-off pocketbook. Try to slip a copy of ‘Going Rouge’ to her to sign. Let hilarity ensue….