Season of Fruits - Persimmon, Hassaku/Ponkan Oranges 果物の季節 - 柿、ハッサク、ポンカン

Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Autumn is the time of harvest!!

Astringent or not, that is the question 渋か甘か、それが問題だ

Hassaku orange ハッサク

Ponkano orange ポンカン

Persimmons are one of the most popular autumn fruits in Japan. It has two types, however, astringent or non-astringent, and it's difficult to tell which is which until cut. Astringent persimmons are usually eaten after being dried.

My husband's late maternal grandfather loved persimmons, especially ripe ones, and was eating a persimmon when I first visited his house. He offered me one, i.e., a ripe (or overripe) persimmon. It's natural and very kind of him to offer me what he thought was the best fruit, but you know what? I hate the slimy texture of any ripe or overripe fruits and the persimmon he was eating was overripe...

The granddad was like a father for my husband as they had lived together for a long time, and I'm a typical Japanese woman, meaning that I cannot (or am not supposed to) say no, so I braced myself for the first slimy persimmon in my life, but Phew!! Thanks to his love for persimmons, I didn't have to eat it. He had eaten all of the persimmons in the house😄

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秋です。果物です。近所で柿、ハッサク、ポンカンを見つけました。柿は渋か甘か分かりません｡｡｡

柿といえば主人の母方の祖父が大好きでした。特にベチャ柿が｡｡｡ その祖父、夫にとっては父親同然の存在。そして初めて家に行ったときその祖父が食べていたのがベチャ柿です。ニコニコ笑いながら「熟れた柿があるからケイさんにも」と言ってくれたのは嬉しかったのですが、私、ベチャ柿ダメなんです、あの食感が😂。結局祖父が食べ尽くしてしまってたのでベチャ柿免れましたが、柿を見るたびいつも、亡き（夫の）祖父を思い出します。

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