persimmon

you may remember our weekly produce box that i blogged about here. well, last week our box came containing a fruit that this momma had never seen before. it was the same shape and exterior skin of a green tomato, but was orange/yellow in color. it also had a stem that was similar to that of a tomatilla. i was perplexed. thankfully the box contains a list of what should be in your box, so i was able to narrow it down. the strange fruit was persimmon.

the day it arrived we were out to dinner with a couple that we just met and the topic of california produce came up. (i promise, i didn't bring it up... but must admit i was thrilled to discover that this momma friend had the 411 on everything local and everything organic!) anywho- she told me that her grandmother used to make persimmon cookies.

and so off to search for a recipe i went... thanks to my friend google, the recipe was found with great ease. on sunday, i walked into the kitchen just in the nick of time. scott, not knowing my plans to turn the persimmon into cookies, had decided to investigate the peculiar fruit. i was able to rescue it from his curious jaws and resume my plan. and so on sunday, e and i made cookies.

they were quite tasty, although, i'm not sure that i am any closer to knowing what a persimmon tastes like.