Little Faerie

Hence the reason to be positive they are ripe. A bit of tannin is good for you , but too much can make you ill. Once they are ripe, they contain from a trace amount to none. The Fuyu variety contains none at all in any stage of development. Tannin is also found in red wine, tea, coffee, pomegranates, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, beans, chocolate, and also tree nuts. Incidentally, upon looking it up, tannins also have anti-viral and anti-diarrheal properties and can ease symptoms of poison ivy and herpes simplex. Large doses are bad, but the amount you would eat in a ripened persimmon will not harm you.

You can in fact make persimmon pie in the same manner as pumpkin pie, no need to add any other fruit! Tell your wife the cake recipe is authentic, as it is my great grandmother's, who was a half blood Cherokee woman. Her husband was full blooded Choctaw. Their son married a wild spirited part Osage/Blackfoot woman, and had my mother. I have quite a few fantastic recipes that have been passed down to me from her. You can't tell it by looking, as I'm nearly the spitting image of my (white) father's mother, but the various Native blood in me boils down to total 5/16, comprised of the Choctaw, Cherokee, Osage, and Blackfoot tribes, in order from greatest to least. I am a mutt lol. Honestly, I'm glad to have gotten my other grandmother's looks... Mom has buck teeth, super-coarse curly hair, and is nearly 5'11" and built like a tank. She used to hang sheetrock right alongside my dad. Beautiful skin tone and hair color though... olive complected with deep auburn brown hair. I got three good things from her... a bubble butt, hair thick enough for two people, and green eyes. Lol... pictures of us when I was little are kind of funny, the only way to see the relation is the body language. I was a very thin fair child with white blond hair and blue gray eyes. Anyhoo... here's a good pie recipe I picked up about 6 years ago. I cannot emphasize enough that the persimmons be absolutely completely ripe. I only use Fuyus with this one, as they give me the most consistent results, though wild ones can be used. Persimmon Pie 1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell 2 large eggs 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or plain cinnamon 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 cups whipping cream, or half and half 1 cup persimmon pulp 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted 1 teaspoon lemon juice Preheat oven to 450°F (230°C). Combine eggs, cinnamon, sugar, and salt. Mix in half and half or cream, persimmon pulp, melted butter, and lemon juice . Pour mixture into unbaked pie shell. Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°F (175°C), and bake for an additional 30 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack before serving.

The thing I have found that works is Senna tea. You can also get it in a capsule form, and it is all natural. Of course, this needs to be included with plenty of WATER and fiber. Also, does she eat a lot of super lean protein like soy protein products, chicken breast or very lean cuts of beef? This can make stool hard. Add reasonable amounts of healthy fats like olive oil, or a fish oil and vitamin E supplement if this is the case. Eating ripe bananas and peaches can help, as can having a soft foods diet for a couple of days. Of course, if all else fails, I will go eat a greasy McDonald's cheeseburger... it causes my stool to make instant pudding look firm lol!

I can't even stand a used diaper for 12 hours... A whole week would kill me!

I remember life before I had internet. It was really lonely, and I was a lot more ignorant. I finally got internet in late 1998. Very shortly after, I discovered many things about religion and politics that I wouldn't have likely had exposure to otherwise. I also discovered DPF, and that I wasn't the only one like me in many ways. Internet really made my life better. I could live without it, knowing the people I do now, but I would probably not be nearly as happy. For one, it is nearly impossible to pay some of my bills without it, since the mail has a bad tendency of losing my checks and there is no physical place to take them to. (92 dollars in late fees anyone?!) I have met wonderful people on here that I would have never met in real life, I have found long lost friends and relatives that way when mundane means failed, and I even located the love of my life, 8 years after losing touch with him. I can imagine a life without it, but it would be very lonely I think.

It would seem that way lol. I prefer interesting people over boring sheep any day!

The problem with that is what on earth is standard? The so called "average" is a C cup, but I have a D cup and don't consider mine to be above average. They look normal for my body. Women's breasts vary so much... I have several friends who are an AA to A and don't even need bras, a few in the B-C range, many, many in the D-EEE range, while another is a double J, and I have one friend who cannot even find a bra big enough to figure out her true size (they go past her bellybutton, and no, they aren't the old deflated kind either, the poor dear). All of them are natural. Let me tell you, none of these endowed ladies look like those silly blimp-breasted cartoons lol. I don't usually befriend your "average" guy, they're kind of an alien species to me so I really don't know how their minds work. My male friends are mostly gay guys, geeks, and pagan men, the latter two of which usually appreciate just about any kind of figure on a woman lol.

indeed they are... I just can't understand that... If I'm looking at erotic animation, I don't want to see what looks like rubber balloons on a girl's chest. Some of them are downright comedic, but cmon... comedy is not what I'm looking for lol. Maybe it's a chick thing... do most guys actually like that? Or do they just watch it because that's all the artists are giving them?

I like boobs... animated ones are fine with me, so long as they don't look unrealistic. I really dislike implants unless the woman had her own tissue removed from having cancer. Then it's fine. I only like big ones if they are real. Little asian anime girls with big boobs just look wrong.

Carefully look over the non-refrigerated fresh produce in every grocery store near you, one of them should have them in the next few weeks. Most stores have only one small crate of them, so they are easy to miss in the greater wash of fruit. Good luck!

To me an unripe persimmon is like licking acidic cotton with an asleep tongue. Bleargh! lol. Boy you know it if you haven't picked a ripe one. It's every bit as sour as a ripe one is sweet!

LOL 99% of the time she is just freshening up or masking dance floor sweat... but that 1% of the time... she might just be covering up somethin else

You can make dried persimmon from any variety in a dehydrator, although using Fuyus would probably be your only hope to candy them, native persimmons and Hachiyas are far too gooey when ripe. Note also that it is said sometimes the astringency of the latter two types can come back if heated in say, a pudding. You can generally bake them in bread products and pies without this happening however. It has not happened to me. Before using one in any recipe, taste each fruit to be sure of ripeness, as this is key to a good turnout. The native (American) persimmons in particular MUST be gooey inside to use. CHEROKEE PERSIMMON CAKE 1 c. persimmon pulp 1/2 c. sugar 1 egg Butter, size of walnut (about 2 Tbsp.) 1 c. flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda Combine persimmon pulp, sugar, egg, butter, flour, baking powder and soda. Mix well and pour into an 8" or 9" round or 8"X4" loaf well-greased and floured pan. Bake about 40 minutes in a moderate oven (350 degrees). (Test with toothpick for doneness.) This recipe resembles a pound cake or butter cake. Sorry if the recipe is a bit rough, many of my great grandmother's hand me downs are, especially after being transcribed multiple times. A quick way to tell the kind of persimmon... if it is smaller than a ping pong ball, it is a native. If it is large and heart shaped with a gently pointed bottom, it is a Hachiya. If it is large and squat with a flat bottom, sometimes with a dimple, it is a Fuyu.

LOL I know right? Wait... he can talk to ugly girls... how would he know? Unless he was hitting the bottle at work lol

I recognized him right off the bat... that's what made it so funny really. I could totally see Raj doing that.

I noticed one of the more upscale groceries were selling them for $1.29 per fruit... I busted up laughing! One mile away at the Hispanic grocer the exact same type and size of persimmon are 4/$.99, which is where I found them. The Hispanic grocer sells their products closer to actual cost, their produce and bakery products are very reasonable. (I was originally after cheap avocadoes) I know they have different produce sources, which may account for that, but still. It is evident that they (the other grocers) are gouging customers for profit because they are only obtainable 2 months of the year and people really want them no matter the cost.

Bettypooh... you got an unripe persimmon! You now know what tannin tastes like lol! Once fully ripe, which doesn't occur until after the frost, they are melt-in-your-mouth sweet. American persimmons and Japanese Hachiya persimmons are practically gooey once ripe, to someone unfamiliar with them they seem overripe.

If you haven't, you should try one. Buy a nice orange Fuyu persimmon at the store, it may be hard to find. They vaguely look like an orange tomato, but with a four lobed peplum on top. Late October through early December is the only time you can get them. Stick it in a paper bag with an apple overnight to ripen it more. The next day or when it becomes somewhat soft, remove the stem and peplum, quarter it, peel it if you like, and remove any seeds (some are seedless). Eat. It is sweet with a pumpkiny/apricot flavor. If you can only get Hachiya persimmons, wait until the skin is translucent, and the fruits are very soft, or you will be in for a tart/bitter surprise! They have tannin in them, which doesn't go away until fully ripe and makes them mouth-puckeringly astringent if you prematurely bite into one.

Hehehe I like them that way too Bettypooh My sister is a hunter so there is always a bountiful supply of free deer meat in her house. She only hunts for food, mind you, never sport.

Ok, I'm from Missouri, and one of the only ways to get persimmons affordably is to go pick your own American persimmons off the tree. The market ready Japanese Hachiya and Fuyu varieties cost at least $1.25 a fruit. But, they are the essence of fall, so I always get at least one when I finally find them. Well... I walked into the store yesterday here in SoCal, and was accosted by a 3'X3' BIN of the things... This bin was nearly as tall as my 7 year old daughter, full of the non-astringent Fuyu variety of persimmon, the best for cooking! I got a little crazy and bought 16 of them, as they were 4/$.99 ! I have many recipes for them, from pie, to jam, to cookies, and even Cherokee persimmon cake. I can use up the ones I bought easily in less than a week. I have to say, I don't think I can pick a favorite way to eat them, since I love them so much. My friends have heard and are all begging for persimmon butter and jam when I visit on the holidays though, so I'll start there So tell me, what is your favorite way to eat persimmon?

So finding my soulmate in California was the "wrong place"? Yeeeeaaaahhh... not buying that one. There is more to our lives than just diapers and he is too self-centered to see it. Just because HE has an all or nothing attitude doesn't mean we do. He's projecting personal problems onto us. Btw, I'm betting 7 pages.

Part of the reason moonshine is illegal to make is because it is pretty dangerous and needs to be done by experienced distillers, preferably in a controlled environment. It is not only flammable, but potentially explosive in the right conditions. I kind of agree with that one on the safety part... The taxation part is total crap though. You can make wine, mead, and beer for personal consumption however. Again, if you can do that, why not pot? Finding out about the felony from personal experience really sucks... These puritanical morons in government have priorities way wrong.

Finally, somebody gets the idea I had. No Mischa, I won't deliver you to Canberra. Those handlers are really rough on boxes, and we don't want to get damaged and get owies now do we? You can play in the box, but no mailing yourself. Do you understand me little one?

REALLY glad I am a girl who pees sitting down... I can't do what this guy did! Although, I've forgotten to pull my panties down a time or two and peed through them. I wear skirts most times I plan on going out to drink, so after that a little perfume down there and stand a bit to let them air dry, nobody knows the difference. I can't imagine what his sitch would be like.

Finally got a private moment to watch...