During our nightly social network catch-up sessions while hubby and I were on vacation, I saw that Recipris (a fantastic vegetarian food/recipe blogger) had posted on her Facebook page that she was in Bali, which happened to be our next destination! I got super excited and asked hubby if it would be weird if I asked her to meet me while in Bali. He encouraged the idea and next thing we know is that we're sharing laughs with the newlyweds, Priya (author of Recipris) and her husband, Raman, over dinner. I'm so glad I took the initiative of reaching out to her because she is a sweetheart and so is her husband.
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My sister-in-law recently tweeted, "Persimmons may be tied for best fruit with mangoes." That's a bold statement but I might have to agree with her. I call Persimmons, "The 'mango' of the Fall."
I was introduced to persimmons about a year ago and I had to research this fruit since I had never heard of it before. So basically there are two main kinds of this beautiful orange fruit: Fuyu - short and eaten when they're firm, Hachiya - "peach-shaped" and eaten when they're soft. Both are quite similar in taste but have different textures.
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