Sunday, November 06, 2005

Kaki



Had Keats been in Japan, the persimmon would undoubtedly have made it into the Ode to Autumn.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You might be giving everyone the impression that this tree is in your garden - perhaps we need an update on progress of the lemon tree to correct any misunderstandings

Anonymous said...

The scansion would have been a challenge - well perhaps not to Keats!

Anonymous said...

I remember there was this scraggly nondescript tree outside of my door in Takayama that I barely noticed until BAM! every autumn it burst forth with these strange orange fruit. I'd never seen a persimmon tree before, don't even recall seeing a persimmon. Then, of course, the trick was to find out what to do with all the persimmons. I tried to make Persimmon Crumble, but that was very tricky because nobody I knew in Takayama had an oven.

Are ovens still that scarce in Japan?

kozappa said...

My mum has got an oven which she uses (I think) to store clingfilms.