Tuesday, June 18, 2019

FRIDAY TO TUESDAY

On Friday the meal at Alzheimer's was, as usual, delicious.  We had coq au vin and mine was followed by a delicious chocolate pudding.  I have frequently said I don't want a dessert but it is always provided.  We ended up sharing a table with a local Member of Parliament and his partner who was originally from America.  He is also a practising G.P.  Very pleasant company.  

Saturday seemed to disappear quickly.  We did the usual trip to the Market, dog walk and Supermarket and then I cooked a Bolar roast as well as a pot of mince which I froze ready to make cottage pies.  

Sunday, we went to the gym and then out for lunch.  We have a lunch together twice a year and had a good turnout on Sunday.

Monday was the Parkinson walk and we did one out at Portland which we had not done for some time.  This was followed by refreshments at a new cafe we had not visited before.

At the market on Saturday I bought a large bag of persimmons so I got up just before 6 a.m. and started getting about half of them ready for the dehydrator.  I then had a dental appointment at 11 a.m.  Once home we had lunch and went on our weekly walk.  A bit colder today - 7 degrees right now at 9 p.m.  I have just brought the dehydrator inside and will leave the fruit to cool overnight.  I will then bag them up and freeze them.  I don't want to risk any going off.  




16 comments:

  1. I love persimmons, they have such a unique delicious flavour. The first time I ever tasted them was years ago in China.

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    1. Yes, they are delicious either fresh or dried. The drying gives them a different taste altogether.

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  2. I have always wanted a dehydrator. Those who I know have one, love it.

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    1. Max and I bought it specifically for the persimmons. We bought three trees not expecting them to do particularly well but they bore heavily and we sold the fruit until, one year, they had blemishes on the skin. I didn't want to sell them like that so we dried them and used to eat them as a "nibble" all year with our own macadamias.

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  3. Lovely pictures of the persimmon fruit!
    I'm a great lover of this fruit; sadly its season is short. I guess those with a dehydrator enjoy it for a longer period of time.

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  4. We were given a large bag of perimmon a few years ago and its the first time I had tasted them, except for the odd one which my father grew. Can hardly remember them! Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised how nice they were. We just ate them fresh.

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    1. Your father's may well have been the Astringent ones that have to be of a jelly like consistency to be edible. The modern ones are eaten like an apple.

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  5. I've never thought of drying and then freezing..I just store the dried goods in well sealed preserving jars

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    1. I expect that would have worked but as it was very humid up north and there was a large quantity involved I froze them to be on the safe side. I have frozen one bag now and kept the other out to use.

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  6. I could live off Persimmons when they are in season, they are so juicy.

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    1. Apart from drying I have used them like tomatoes. A little salt brings out the flavour.

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  7. I'm with everyone else who commented. I LOVE the taste of persimmon. I especially love the type you've purchased as one can eat them like an apple. I have little to no patience for the type one must wait ages for to ripen.

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    1. Yes, I have never eaten the ones that have to go soft. These ones are delicious.

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  8. My neighbor has a persimmon tree and shares the fruit. I never thought to dehydrate them thanks for the info.

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    1. They are delicious - perhaps too much so as it would be easy to eat far too many.

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