I never tasted a persimmon before, but people were grabbing these things at the store like they were made of gold, so I decided to hog in on the fun and bought a few. They have an interesting taste. The skin is sort of a cross between a tomato and a nectarine, and the flesh of the fruit has a lingering flavor, not unlike melon such as honeydew or cantelope. I think they are quite delicious and very fancy! Believe it or not, the color rendition shown here is dead on ~ this is a very strange fruit indeed! Their color is just plain weird.

I really need to get the heck out of my house ...