Comments on: Persimmon Pudding

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:49:29 +0000

thanks for the recipe! i tried it with buttermilk and really enjoyed it now if i could find a persimmon tree…

By: S

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:05:23 +0000

Loved the post: the story, the pictures and the recipe! We love both the textures and the flavours as they ripen: sweet and crunchy and the halwa texture with honey flavour is perfect for spoon samples.

By: Kirsty_girl

Kirsty_girl — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:05:31 +0000

I’ve been thinking about making persimmon pudding for a couple of weeks but was too lazy to look for a recipe. This looks perfect. Persimmons are in season here in Japan now.

By: PatW

PatW — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:38:53 +0000

We had a HUGE wild persimmon tree in the yard at the house where I grew up in Kentucky. It was so old that if you dug up the ground anywhere near it, the dirt smelled like persimmons. And nobody in my family made persimmon pudding, although the lady who lived in the other side of the house did– and fortunately shared. In the years since, I’ve made it occasionally, using storebought ’simmons, with good results.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:47:41 +0000

My hometown of Mitchell Indiana has an annual Persimmon Festival the last full week of September. It has been going on 50+ years. We have a persimmon pudding contest, a persimmon novelty desert contest and of course the Persimmon Queen contest. They even sell persimmon ice cream faster than they can churn it! All things Persimmon!
My aunt ran a restaraunt in downtown Mitchell, and during festival week, my mom would make over 70 puddings for my aunt. Getting those persimmons separated from their seed is hard work! I once told my dad that if they made people in prison do this, there would be a lot less crime!

By: Around the Internet Kitchen: Schmoozefest | Macheesmo

Around the Internet Kitchen: Schmoozefest | Macheesmo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:03:04 +0000

[...] Persimmon Pudding – I always see persimmons in the store this time of year and frankly I’m sort of at a loss with what to do with the little things. This looks like a good idea to me! (@ Joy the Baker) [...]

By: Joanna V

Joanna V — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:34:41 +0000

Persimmon pudding and cookies, were a part of my Indiana childhood – after moving away I always wondered why no one else seemed to bake with them. Thanks for the great photos and recipe, and for the explanation of Fuyu vs Hachiya – maybe now I’ll pull out my mom’s recipes and bake with them again.

By: Susie Zanandrea

Susie Zanandrea — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:49:26 +0000

The persimmons I pick from a neighbor’s yard here in Indiana are tiny things that we don’t harvest until they fall on the ground, that is if we beat the critters to them (raccoons and other wild things love them). Deriving their pulp is messy business, but ah, the resulting pudding is dark and sumptouously rich. I think I’ve gathered three or four recipes for the pudding over the years. These days, though, I usually use a friend’s recipe to make persimmon cookies – little bites of heaven in the fall.

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:20:04 +0000

how crazy is it that you posted this?!?! I belong to a local fruit/veggie co-op and I just got the email with the list of what we’ll be getting tomorrow. I quickly shot back an email, “Persimmons???? What in the heck to I DO with persimmons?”
Right after hitting send, I checked my google reader and up popped your post…bring it on persimmons…bring.it.on.

By: Ket

Ket — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:00:50 +0000

This Hoosier girl is LOVING your ode to persimmon pudding! I’m right back there with you in the fall of ‘76 — not appreciating that pudding nearly enough but the thought of it now sets my mouth to watering! (I’m pretty sure my grandmother had that same recipe from the same newspaper, too.)

Oh, my. Gonna have to find my way to the farmer’s market this weekend and make this for my daughter. Yum!!!