Thread: they're here...

The persimmons have arrived. One of (my)life's little joys have finally arrived in numbers and quality. Not those big pointy ones, that you can only eat after they've become mush on the inside. These are the smaller, round ones. They look like a tiny pumkin, or an orange tomato. You bite into 'em and they crunch like an apple. .99 cents a pound at my local russian market. The gal behind the register said to get them while you can, they'll be gone in a week or two. Five pounds, please...

They actually grow really well here which led to the saying, "Grinning like an opossum in a persimmon tree."