Persimmon

I'm a sucker for seasonal fruit. Being introduced the honeydew melons when they taste like something other than pale green styrofoam opened my palate to trying just about anything - provided it's "at season's peak".

I was lured in by this week's Publix ad: Georgia Grown Fuyu Persimmons - A Sweet Seasonal Treat only available during the fall months.

This fruit was especially curious to me because when I was a kid, there was a persimmon tree at my great Aunt Net's house and the trick was to get someone to bite into one and watch their stunned reaction to how sour it was. Sweet persimmon? I had to give it a try!

Note - you know you're eating something unusual when the instructions for consuming have to be listed on the fruit.

So here is my reaction - it wasn't terribly sweet, but it wasn't sour at all. The taste was actually pretty bland. I didn't think "Eat like an Apple" was a good direction because the skin was too tough to "Eat like an Apple", so maybe "Eat like a Peeled Apple". I thought the taste was more vegetably then fruity. On the whole, not bad, but not something I expect to crave.