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10 November 2008

persimmon cookies

the persimmon is an interesting fruit. if not familiar with it's qualities, it can be rather confusing. is it more like an apple, a tomato, an orange? what? do you eat it right off the tree or wait for it to soften? do you peel it? eat it whole? then when it is ripe, what the heck do i do with it? i think most people avoid the persimmon out of sheer confusion.
i had never really had any contact with this fruit until i was in college. i actually remember where i was at the time. i remember that alissa had arrived late to Dr. Baloian's 'Life and Teachings of Jesus' class, which was a HUGE no-no. the man usually locked the door at precisely 8am to keep out stragglers. but i guess this morning he made an exception, maybe because she was carrying a plate of persimmon cookies. the plate got passed around, and i remember thoroughly enjoying that strange little cookie.
a few weeks ago, alissa finally priveledged me to the recipe for those cookies. and then one of my bosses brought me a bag of persimmons from his tree. it was fate.
i had to wait a little while for them to ripen and soften, but yesterday i finally made my first batch of cookies.
they are SO good.
i have finally found respect for the persimmon.


3 comments:

alissa j. said...

mmm persimmons... your cookies look great. i'm just enjoying them fresh while they're in season. maybe i love autumn because everything is orange?

alissa j. said...

wait, that class started at eight!? ugh. no wonder i was late. and don't even remember being there. how did we even finish college? it's a mystery to me.

ellieherrity said...

i know that the orange-ness is one reason i love fall. well, when it finally gets around to being fall here. maybe for about 12 hours three weeks from now...

i often wonder how you and tim finished college. at least you did.



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