We see these fruit everywhere. I ride past these trees whenever I go to one of our favourite grocery stores.
We're also eating them. I cannot remember even seeing them in Australia, but they probably were there. Do you know what they are?
In Japanese we called them kaki (like khaki the colour, but with short vowels). In English they are persimmons. Very seasonal and very tasty.
We had a persimmon tree in our backyard when I was growing up in Brisbane. Unfortunately by the time we got around to eating them they were pretty soft and texture-wise not so pleasant.
ReplyDeleteAnd the trees are deciduous (I think I've got the right tree here?) so we used to spend hours in autumn raking and picking up the leaves...
I used to eat them when I was young. I then didn't see them for years. But I have seen them for sale again in the past couple of years. Maybe they are "in" again.
ReplyDeleteYes, they are deciduous. It is interesting that often the leaves are gone before the fruit is ready, so you see all these bare trees around with only orange fruit hanging from them. The ones we get in the shop are seed-less. At our last house we had a tree across the road from us in the yard of an elderly couple, who without fail, would give us a bunch of them; those had seeds in them and the boys didn't like them much.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, you do need to get them at exactly the right moment. Too soon and they are too crunchy, too late and they are a sopping mess.
They are also very popular in China!
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