Wild Persimmons vs Fuyus
November 16, 2008
A couple of friends brought me some wild persimmons. I decided another post about the fall fruit was in order. I’ll compare the wild persimmons with the fuyus from Dario as well as adding a note about persimmon pudding.
This picture shows how small the wild persimmons are alongside the fuyus.
The first wild persimmon I ate had a total of two seeds. They are quite large in relation to the size of the persimmon itself.
That was the smallest number of seeds in the wild ones. Another one had six seeds. In a fruit that size, it didn’t leave a lot of flesh to eat.
This shows the seeds from all the persimmons pictured in the first photo:
The wild persimmon seeds are on the left. The fuyu seeds are on the right. As you can see, there’s lots more fruit in relation to seeds with the fuyu.
Here are some fuyus with the persimmons brought to me a couple of days after the others. They were picked off the tree and were still hard. I haven’t gotten up enough nerve to try them yet. The fuyu in the middle looks like it’s talking to the others about those wild persimmons. I had to laugh when I took that one out of the box. I take my entertainment where I can get it.
This is a bowl of peeled, seeded, and sectioned fuyus ready to eat. Makes me hungry to look at it!
Last year, my friend Shari told me she leaves the peeling on her persimmons when she makes pudding. I tried it once but was turned off by the gritty texture. Now that I have a VitaMix, I decided to try it again.
All I did was take the caps off, trim any blemishes and remove the seeds before putting them in the container. Oh, I added just a dash of nutmeg. Another nice addition is a good quality pumpkin pie spice.
I let it blend thoroughly
before I put it in a cup to serve myself.
Leaving the skins on made the mixture very thick, like pie filling rather than pudding. There was no grittiness this time, either. No more eating the skins by themselves or discarding them! I’ll have to have this again soon.
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September 29th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
I found this fruit at our RV ranch here in Jacksboro, TX. The tree looks very nice but until I saw your website I was unsure of what I have. The fruit is currently yellow but some are turning orange. I noticed there are more of these trees are popping up around it, the seeds last year must have reproduced new plants. I am glad to see that they are safe to eat. My grandchildren and guests love to pick the pears on the ranch to eat, now there is another option. Thanks for the help and pictures you have to verify the new FIND!
September 29th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Are they the wild variety or Fuyus? Lucky you if they are Fuyus!
October 9th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
I actually like the wild ones waaaaay mor than the fuyus, they taste sort of the same, but much, much, much richer, and I think sweeter. The fuyus you could compare to other fruit more easily in texture and taste (and size of course) but I find that, when fully ripe, and even though they look horrible, the wild variety tastes like a pie filling! I’ve never quite gotten the same feel from fuyus. Anyways, love the idea of just removing the seeds and blending! I’ve been pushing my wild ones through a colander with a banana masher and it takes forever.
October 9th, 2011 at 6:49 pm
To each her own, Maggie! The Fuyus are never astringent but I’ve always been hard pressed to find wild ones that didn’t make the inside of my mouth feel furry. I still haven’t been able to get in touch with Dario this year so my Fuyus may have to come from the local stores and they aren’t nearly as good.