Just found a bunch of wild persimmon trees here in Arkansas and I am going to try and make some baking desserts. Thanks to your video I know where to start.
You could probably add water to the leftover pulp, skin and seeds and mix it up really well with your hands and squeeze all the good usable pulp from the skins and seeds and strain it out again and use the liquid to make a punch. You can add sugar, lemon or any other fruits. You can use it to make smoothies or add it to any recipe that could use a little sweetness like maybe a pumpkin or winter squash soup maybe? Just a thought. 🥰
Tart but delicious, Lucky chickens. ( they look great, by the way.) One of my favorites. So nice to harvest after all the hard work. Thanks for sharing.
I have a food mill I found on amazon that comes with different plates with different size holes. Not so much waste. Persimmons and I have a love hate relationship. I get pretty orange ones like yours and they can be totally astringent and others look exactly the same are sweet and wonderful. it only takes one or two bad ones i have learned to ruin a batch smh.
I keep cranking until what's left looks a lot drier than yours. But my cheap food mill I got from Amazon just broke after processing enough persimmons to fill 63 two cup containers with pulp. I watched a video from Oikos farm using a Roma strainer. In the comments they said they use a pumpkin screen (larger holes) and a grape spiral (shorter) with 1 inch cut off the end of it. That's what I'm getting ready to try.
I just finished pushing native persimmons (the small ones) through a stainless steel sieve -- think wide screen wire. I use gloves to mush them through, then a spatula to push the rest through. They're real ripe and my yield is about 1.5-2 quarts = 2 cups of puree.
Thanks for the information. Just moved here and wasn’t sure what to do with these persimmon trees we have. Right now it’s a bunch of rotting fruit on the ground I raked up so we’re not stepping on them. Do you know if it’s a good idea to burn them in a bonfire or if it would make more of a mess?
@@echtigren8188 that’s a cool idea. Most were smashed and rotting in a piles of leaves so we took a couple days to shovel everything into the tractor bucket and dumped it in the back Forrest of our property. Took several trips. Hopefully the animals like some of the better ones. I’m going to trim the trees back a lot this year. Too many.
My persimmon tree (wild) happens to be on the edge of my pond and overhangs the water. The pond dries up by the end of summer and I have access to the tree, but before the majority of them could fall last year it rained hard and filled the pond up again. They are slowly falling this year and I get between 3-10 per day but it is scheduled to rain again next week and I'm afraid I'll be missing hundreds of them if the pond fills up. I'm reluctant to pluck the firm orange ones early because I'm afraid they won't fully ripen inside the house. Not sure what to do.
How on earth did you keep the seeds from grinding through with the pulp? That's the problem I've had with using a food mill. There's got to be an easier way! :)
Possible use of skin and seeds and pulp, Layout on an old car hood under a screen in the sun. Make homemade deer bait for a feeding area/station. Chickens or ducks could get it by mixing it with some feed. thanks for sharing.
@@abbieharris7293 Great for your "off" hand if you are a golfer! But, anyway, best I have ever found to get just the pulp! I once put them through my Champion Juicer......had to buy a new blade assembly because of the seeds, LOL!
Are those American Persimmon? I have 8 American on our land. I am new to them. I tried to make some jelly for the first time, but it was very astringent. I tried to make sure I only used the ones that were very ripe. Do you have any advice for dealing with astringency? Or do you not have that problem with yours? It is also neat to know chickens like them. I plan to get chickens in the future.
You have to wait until they're about to rot. If you gently squeeze it and the pulp oozes out, it's ready. That's why you don't see them in stores - they don't last long enough to store and ship, and they're sweeter if left to ripen on the tree. The non-astringent Japanese varieties can be sliced and eaten while they're still firm, but they only grow in the South, zones 8-10. I occasionally see Japanese persimmons in my local grocery store, but they're expensive.
This is what I do with mine. Dealing with a frozen persimmon makes it easier to deseed. I have previously deseeded and deskinned, but will leave skin this year and maybe put in a food processor.
We are located Southren Illinois. I seen a bunch of persimmon pulp for sale on facebook marketplace. It is pretty common for people to sell the pulp around here.
Get creative brother. Make some jam or spread it out on some sheets in the dehydrator and make fruit leather. Chop it up and vacuum pack it in pint or quart jars and have a yummy snack till it's time to harvest next year.
My chickens have found the persimmons trees. I try to throw them a few, and they look @'em like, "naw, we're good!". What the chickens don't eat during day, the deer take care of @nite. With 4 trees, its taken 3 yrs scrounging, to get enough to preserve. 🙃 Thanx for vid. Trying to figure out what I want to do w/mine.
Just found a bunch of wild persimmon trees here in Arkansas and I am going to try and make some baking desserts. Thanks to your video I know where to start.
You could probably add water to the leftover pulp, skin and seeds and mix it up really well with your hands and squeeze all the good usable pulp from the skins and seeds and strain it out again and use the liquid to make a punch. You can add sugar, lemon or any other fruits. You can use it to make smoothies or add it to any recipe that could use a little sweetness like maybe a pumpkin or winter squash soup maybe? Just a thought. 🥰
Tart but delicious, Lucky chickens. ( they look great, by the way.) One of my favorites. So nice to harvest after all the hard work. Thanks for sharing.
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Run the pulp through the food mill at least one more time. If it's anything like tomatoes, more pulp can be extracted.
I have a food mill I found on amazon that comes with different plates with different size holes. Not so much waste. Persimmons and I have a love hate relationship. I get pretty orange ones like yours and they can be totally astringent and others look exactly the same are sweet and wonderful. it only takes one or two bad ones i have learned to ruin a batch smh.
Thank you very much that was very informative
I have a couple of trees as well. The persimmons are great.
Persimmon cake and cookies are good!!!!
I've made pretty decent persimmon bread.
I keep cranking until what's left looks a lot drier than yours.
But my cheap food mill I got from Amazon just broke after processing enough persimmons to fill 63 two cup containers with pulp.
I watched a video from Oikos farm using a Roma strainer. In the comments they said they use a pumpkin screen (larger holes) and a grape spiral (shorter) with 1 inch cut off the end of it.
That's what I'm getting ready to try.
I just finished pushing native persimmons (the small ones) through a stainless steel sieve -- think wide screen wire. I use gloves to mush them through, then a spatula to push the rest through. They're real ripe and my yield is about 1.5-2 quarts = 2 cups of puree.
Thanks for the information. Just moved here and wasn’t sure what to do with these persimmon trees we have.
Right now it’s a bunch of rotting fruit on the ground I raked up so we’re not stepping on them. Do you know if it’s a good idea to burn them in a bonfire or if it would make more of a mess?
Are you gonna keep the seeds? If not, I'd be willing to take them. I plant them all through the national forest in Ohio, kentucky and Tennessee.
@@echtigren8188 that’s a cool idea. Most were smashed and rotting in a piles of leaves so we took a couple days to shovel everything into the tractor bucket and dumped it in the back Forrest of our property. Took several trips. Hopefully the animals like some of the better ones. I’m going to trim the trees back a lot this year. Too many.
Lucky chickens!!!!
My persimmon tree (wild) happens to be on the edge of my pond and overhangs the water. The pond dries up by the end of summer and I have access to the tree, but before the majority of them could fall last year it rained hard and filled the pond up again. They are slowly falling this year and I get between 3-10 per day but it is scheduled to rain again next week and I'm afraid I'll be missing hundreds of them if the pond fills up. I'm reluctant to pluck the firm orange ones early because I'm afraid they won't fully ripen inside the house. Not sure what to do.
Puréed them you will get a lot more 🙌🏼💕
cant you run the skins through the mill a second/third time like we do with tomatoes??
How on earth did you keep the seeds from grinding through with the pulp? That's the problem I've had with using a food mill. There's got to be an easier way! :)
@Jay Rock
Have you found another way of getting more of the pulp?
Use cheesecloth folded maybe twice
We process our in a chinois and get nearly all the pulp out of it! See if you can find one at Goodwill or a thrift store.
Thanks!
I wondered how to set seeds out!
What type of persimmons. Are theirs seeded
What use do you have for them. Pies, jam?.
After you make the pulp can you make jam with it?
Never tried it. But I bet there is a recipe out there somewhere.
Possible use of skin and seeds and pulp, Layout on an old car hood under a screen in the sun. Make homemade deer bait for a feeding area/station. Chickens or ducks could get it by mixing it with some feed.
thanks for sharing.
Good idea. I may try that. You can also use it to make persimmon wine.
smalltown442 What about persimmon pancakes 😄
The country folk here in the Appalachians of North Carolina squeeze the pulp out of pantyhose, LOL.....seriously, they do......!
Excellent suggestion! Thanks!
@@abbieharris7293 Great for your "off" hand if you are a golfer! But, anyway, best I have ever found to get just the pulp! I once put them through my Champion Juicer......had to buy a new blade assembly because of the seeds, LOL!
Me in NC trying to figure out how to make pulp that doesn’t cost much. It’s selling $10-15 per 2 cup bag on marketplace right now!
@@courtneymeadows2416 well, like I said fill up the pantyhose with them and use something heavy to squish them, LOL!
Are those American Persimmon? I have 8 American on our land. I am new to them. I tried to make some jelly for the first time, but it was very astringent. I tried to make sure I only used the ones that were very ripe. Do you have any advice for dealing with astringency? Or do you not have that problem with yours? It is also neat to know chickens like them. I plan to get chickens in the future.
You have to wait until they're about to rot. If you gently squeeze it and the pulp oozes out, it's ready. That's why you don't see them in stores - they don't last long enough to store and ship, and they're sweeter if left to ripen on the tree. The non-astringent Japanese varieties can be sliced and eaten while they're still firm, but they only grow in the South, zones 8-10. I occasionally see Japanese persimmons in my local grocery store, but they're expensive.
Can you verment the rest into persimone beer ore viniger?
First i want to say feed it to the chicken
Persimmon wine is amazing, I make it every year and give away as xmas gifts. It will need to be racked several times but is beautiful once it clears.
Maybe you can experiment freezing them whole.
This is what I do with mine. Dealing with a frozen persimmon makes it easier to deseed. I have previously deseeded and deskinned, but will leave skin this year and maybe put in a food processor.
Where are you located? Would love to find a place to purchase some.
We are located Southren Illinois. I seen a bunch of persimmon pulp for sale on facebook marketplace. It is pretty common for people to sell the pulp around here.
Get creative brother. Make some jam or spread it out on some sheets in the dehydrator and make fruit leather. Chop it up and vacuum pack it in pint or quart jars and have a yummy snack till it's time to harvest next year.
Those look a lot bigger than the ones my grandmother grew.
Are you trees grafted or just seedlings?
What’s a persimmon?
What about using a juicer to squeeze out more juice etc. Then your mom can give you a pie or jam
So jealous. Trying to get them growing in northern utah. Zone 6
Pulp freezes well!
do you know how old are those persimmon trees are?
The big one looks around 20-25 years old and the smaller ones look to be around 10 years old.
Great stuff... those are really expensive at the store, but taste great.
I'm fortunate the left overs parts all go to my poultry and water fowl babies.
you should brew somethings with the leftover stuff
No, no you should not, you use the puree to make wine not seeds or skins, the seeds hold too much tannins and make a horrible tasting brew.
Why don't you take and have some pulp to the skins after you take the season and put them in blender and purate with the machines
You need a victorio strainer.
i was just watching this, and wondering about my Victorio strainer with the pumpkin screen, does it work??
Try the fuyu persimmon
My dogs love to eat them.
My chickens have found the persimmons trees. I try to throw them a few, and they look @'em like, "naw, we're good!". What the chickens don't eat during day, the deer take care of @nite.
With 4 trees, its taken 3 yrs scrounging, to get enough to preserve. 🙃
Thanx for vid. Trying to figure out what I want to do w/mine.
Just use cheesecloth
That was Wrong of You to Tell Your Dog to Stop Eating The persimmons, Animals Know What is Good for Them👎
Too many seeds can cause intestinal blockage.
Bruh a dog will it a whole cake if you let it
I know a dog who ate a hacky sack and needed emergency surgery to unblock his intestine.
Poor chickens
Why poor chickens? They love persimmons.