Gianluca Drago
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When you buy a persimmon, you have to let it ripen otherwise it is inedible. But don't let it ripen too much otherwise it is inedible.
Cosmic debris
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When you buy a persimmon, you have to let it ripen otherwise it is inedible. But don't let it ripen too much otherwise it is inedible.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Looks like it is in space, indelibly and ineffably. Fun pic.
Chris Bennett
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What's in the jar, Luca?
The oil of Aphrodite and the dust of the Grand Wazoo, perhaps?
The oil of Aphrodite and the dust of the Grand Wazoo, perhaps?
Gianluca Drago
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The second one, Chris.
Gianluca Drago
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Thanks, Rob.
Gary Ayala
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My immediate/first thought was "... that's not space debris ... that's a persimmon...". Followed by immediate disappointment. But further. reviewing the image with the knowledge that it's not space debris ... I am not disappointed. But I am torn between viewing your image as Sancho Panza or Don Quixote. After all, to someone/thing on a different planet ... different universe ... those objects certainly could be space debris.
PS: We have a Fuyu Persimmon tree, which has the apple-like crispness, with the off-the-tree sweetness. When these get 'old', Mary Lou (my much better half), slices off the top and scoops out the insides with a spoon. (The other type of persimmon, Hachiya, is more for cooking and doesn't get sweet until it turns into a gel.)
PS: We have a Fuyu Persimmon tree, which has the apple-like crispness, with the off-the-tree sweetness. When these get 'old', Mary Lou (my much better half), slices off the top and scoops out the insides with a spoon. (The other type of persimmon, Hachiya, is more for cooking and doesn't get sweet until it turns into a gel.)
Gianluca Drago
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Thank you Gary for your comment (as always your comments are interesting).
‘Cosmic debris’ was not the title I wanted for this photo. Let me explain: when persimmons ripen as they should, their gelatinous flesh should reflect the light like Murano glass. But these ones I bought do not, they go straight from the stage of inedible because raw to inedible because rotten, skipping the most interesting stage. So, the light projected by a torch against their flesh does not generate an interesting photo. That is why I ultimately see them as a kind of debris.
There is a way to ripen persimmons in just one night (as a trader explained to me) and it is what they use in large retailers: fumigation with a certain chemical agent whose name I cannot remember now.
The Hachiya persimmon you speak of I don't think I have ever seen in Italy. There is a new variety on the market here that they call Persimmon-apple and which you can eat even without waiting for it to ripen, but it's not the same thing as a 'real' persimmon.
Gary Ayala
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Gianluca Drago ... the connoisseur of persimmon's ... who knew?
Gianluca Drago
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While we are on the subject of persimmons, this is a photo from 2006, of the persimmon tree in the house where my lady was born and grew up. But there was a persimmon tree in my house too, I just don't have any pictures of it.
Chris Bennett
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If anyone is scratching their heads over my comment above, this is what I was referring to...
Gary Ayala
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Aha!
(I thought you were a poet-photographer. But being a fan of Zappa qualifies for poet status.)
(I thought you were a poet-photographer. But being a fan of Zappa qualifies for poet status.)
Gianluca Drago
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Update: Eventually the persimmon from the first photo ripened and I ate it. It was delicious.
