Field trip Thursday-229!

[RedHedd]

Persimmons! Such fond memories of when I was a kid, we'd go up to my Aunt's farm in Shasta County to help her with the fall harvest on her farm and then we'd go to the persimmon farms. It was such fun. I remember one year we came home with so many, my mom spread them all out on the rumpus room (remember those?) floor to ripen and then we'd have persimmon bread, cookies, pies, bread pudding, and just plain eating them out of the skin that God gave them. Whenever I see persimmons in the store it brings back such wonderful memories of mom cooking up a storm and the wonderful smells coming out of the kitchen.

So, a cuppa hot cocoa with extra marshies and a slab of persimmon bread hot from the oven. Yumm! I'm in heaven!

[DrKym]

All I want is a warm Blankie and a corner to hold my Nekkid Kitty.........20 yrs waiting...........finally a Shpynx....I promise to tend bar if one of you are willing to hold the DIVA???????

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Gosh we can open persimmon seeds and see what sort of winter we are going to have. That's what our weathermen use, I swear! (moff crosses fingers)

Let's see: a spoon shape means, snow, a knife shape means a cold winter, and a fork means a mild one. (I think)

[DrKym]

Spoon is wet winter....Knife is Ice.....Fork is cold and windy.......................ooooops the witchy is coming out

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Spoon is wet winter....Knife is Ice.....Fork is cold and windy.......................ooooops the witchy is coming out

Well, here in KS one of them means snow, I just don't remember which for sure. I'm not up on my persimmonology!

[cassiesmom]

Spoon is wet winter....Knife is Ice.....Fork is cold and windy.......................ooooops the witchy is coming out

I heard on the news that the Old Farmers' Almanac is saying that 2008 is going to be a warmer than average winter -- so I wonder what that translates to in persimmon seed-speak?

[cassiesmom]

Corn with mayonnaise and parmesan? I'm not sure yet whether that sounds good or not. Just a little olive oil and black pepper on mine, please.

Can this be a bee-free apple picking expedition? I'm allergic to insect stings.

lbaker, I LOVE mayo on French fries! I worked with a nurse who grew up in Wyoming and she got me started on that. Also mayo with just a little catsup mixed in. I don't eat French fries too often anymore, with or without the mayo.

[lbaker]

C'sMom.. saw a lot of the mayo w/ fries in The Netherlands but never tried it myself. I'll stick to fries with vinager (boardwalk style). And don't worry about the bees - I always have my bee kit (deadly allergic myself). Besides, this is Thursdays and no bugs allowed Well, Mario sometimes tries to bug people but that's just when he's feeling extra foolish.