PERSIMMON
November 10th, 2011 → 1:40 am @ Shanti
” Vitamins and minerals in resh food”
PERSIMMON
Look at them will you? Don’t they look great? Persimmons are a sweet, soft fruit and the fruit inside is divided into small segments. Some people pronounce the word as per-simmons and others refer to them as `pérsemans`, but it does not matter how you pronounce the word, they taste great either way. They look a bit like a tomato but have nothing to do with that fruit. There are a lot of varieties all over the world and the Japanese variety of Hachiya is quite astringent, but ripen them well and they taste really beautiful.
The trees themselves are branches like an apple tree and harvesting can be done quite easily through the open canopy. Their carbohydrate level is very good and you can certainly make a meal of eating the fruit alone. The dietary fibre is also very high, so great for the bowels.
Vitamins: C, E, A, K, B6, B1, B2.
Minerals: Copper, Manganese both high, Phosphorous, Magnesium and Iron.
The fruit can be dried and is used in cooking or in some native dishes.
