# I bought a persimmon...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-persimmon/215791>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 28, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-persimmon/215791 "2003-11-28T22:50:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-persimmon/215791/1 "2003-11-28T22:50:15Z")

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at the store today, and decided to eat it. It was a nice bright orange color, and had a firm-yet-soft texture, so I assumed it was ripe. About halfway through, though, I discovered that the inside of my mouth was starting to resemble leather. So I got online and learned that persimmons are astringent and must be allowed to get mushy before they are edible.

Ugh.

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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-persimmon/215791/2 "2003-11-28T23:10:24Z")

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Except for fuyu persimmons–you can eat those while they’re still firm.

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**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-persimmon/215791/3 "2003-11-29T00:03:52Z")

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when they fall off’n the tree persimmon’s is good eatin’… if ya kin beat the 'possums to 'em!

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**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-persimmon/215791/4 "2003-11-29T01:13:22Z")

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Hehe, Tha’s a trick I played on my poor, unsuspecting brother-in-law. I wonder why he doesn’t like to eat at my house now?

An unripe persimmon will suck the spit right out of your mouth.

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**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-persimmon/215791/5 "2003-11-29T01:17:18Z")

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I have never seen persimmons sold in a store…they are only fit to eat for about five minutes.

I used to have them growing in the yard. The squirrels just love 'em. Now a mess of squirrel meat’s the best thing about having a persimmon tree.

Gosh I miss Arkansas.

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**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-persimmon/215791/6 "2003-11-29T01:33:59Z")

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I love the way squirrils skinned out and thrown on the bbq pit look like little dogs…