persimmons

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

Summer has hung on much longer than usual in this area, and as happens occasionaly I have ended up mowing in early Novemeber. Mowing this time of year is normally pleasant in that it isn't too hot (70 degrees today), but this time of year it takes quite a bit longer to mow than normal. I tend to make a detour every 2 or 3 rounds so I can pass under the persimmon trees. I keep doing this until the ripe ones on the low limbs are gone, or I get sick. The latter usually happens first.

 

[WJ]

What a great photo.

 

[(CUB HUT)]

John *.?-!.* cub owner

Take 2 cups of your picture and mix with
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. butter --melted
2 cup milk
2 cup flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon

mix well --bake in 9x13 greased & floured pan at 325--for 1 hr.
smother with whip cream & enjoy ( Persimmon Pudding )

 

[John Niekamp]

Oh John Cub Puckett, that is making my thirsty for some persimmon whine or cider. I haven't had neither one in years.

But I agree summer has held on real well, but I took the deck off of KROIL EXPRESS-PRB a few weeks ago to mount the blade.....SOOOOO the Deere has been cutting the grass instead.

That sure is a nice picture, but with mixed emotions. Seeing the tress loosing their leaves, you know what's next :!: :!: :!: YUP, that ugly nasty white suff

John

 

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

the persimmons form my trees taste great, unfortunately they are only aobut to 3/4 to 1 inch across and have 4 ot 6 seeds in each of them. It would tkae a lot of them to make bread or wine either one.

 

[Dan England]

John: Seeing that picture reminds me of growing up in south Missouri. When I was too young to know the difference, my older brothers delighted in giving me green persimmons, assuring me that they were ripe and ready to eat. My mouth still puckers when I think about it. Do you have wild grapes on your farm? We had two types, a larger grape which ripened in summer or early fall, another smaller variety which we called "possum grape" which was too sour to eat until after the first frost. Your picture brought back some good memories from childhood. Thanks, Dan

 

[Russ Leggitt]

Hi John,

I ditto Dan's post. When I was a kid we had two large [20+" in dia]
trees up the hill from my great aunt's & uncle's place. One had the
largest sweet fruin and the other had none. I was told that one was a
male and the other a female. We would wait until frost and then try to
beat the possums to them. I got some along a ditch bank at mom's
last week however, they were not that sweet and would still turn your
mouth inside out :? :? :? if you got the wrong one.

See Ya,

Russ L.