My neighbour here in Thezan , who comes from Mallow County Cork , inherited a Kaki tree – Persimmon to you and me- which produces huge quantities of fruit about this time.
The picture above is the third batch he has given me.

Having read up a bit via the internet I have discovered that they make a great jam if you remove the astringent skins.
I have been passing the whole fruit , roughly chopped , minus stems and stones through my ever reliable Moule Legumes (which holds the skins neatly ) and making a delicious puree like jam by boiling this up with the juice of a lemon and its weight in sugar.

The result is delicious , and now , it looks like I’ll have enough to get me through to the summer.
The land is a great provider.