1000 gifts #11

It has been a while since I have posted my 1000 gifts.  I have kept track of them in my book but posting them, I have failed.  So these go back several months.  I have relived the thankfulness as I have posted them there.

101.  a pastor who preaches God's Word

102.  friends who share their love with us

103.  Salsaritas for lunch with friends after church

104.  anticipated short trip to get brother-in-law for his 15 day leave

105.  persimmon picking

106.  safety in traveling to get said brother-in-law

107.  GPS unit that got us there and back

108.  a comfortable van

109.  short nap before turning around and heading back home

110.  safety in reaching an out of town interview

Persimmon Picking

The arrival of fall means one thing...persimmon picking time is here. The persimmon trees have been showing green persimmons all growing season. The cool weather of fall brings the ripening of the persimmons. When they fall off the tree, they are ready to be picked. One word of advice: do NOT pick the persimmons before they are ripe. They will cause your mouth to pucker.

Yesterday we went out and picked a little over a 1/2 gallon of persimmons.



Our family loves persimmon pudding. We use Great-Aunt Allie's recipe.

Remove any easily removable debris (such as grass, small sticks, etc) from the persimmons first. Then put the rest of the persimmons in the sink partially filled with water. I usually have both sides of the sink partially filled with water. I lightly wash the persimmons and put them in the next sink to rinse.



After they have been washed, I measure them out according to the recipe I am making. I put them through the foley mill to get the pulp out.



Here is all the pulp for this one recipe.



After I have pulped all the persimmons for that particular recipe, I then label a freezer bag with how many persimmons are in the bag and date the bag. Then the pulp goes into the bag.



The bag gets stuck into another bag and placed in the freezer. My mouth waters thinking of all the persimmon puddings we will have this next year.