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I love Fuyus in a wide range of ripeness. From when they're still hard, but the skin is orange enough to where they've probably started getting sweet on the inside, to when they're so ripe that you'd better slurp 'em down before they start turning, persimmons are one of my favorites, for sure! 6:

Personally, I find the whole firm/soft characteristic of the persimmon to be pretty efficient. i.e. The apple you pick for snacking is probably different from the apple you put in a pie, but they're both delicious for different reasons--same with Fuyu persimmons, but you get both qualities in one fruit (eventually)!

Of course, I grew up eating them either way, so that probably has a lot to do with it. (: Also, I find that if you get a batch (of Fuyus; I've zip experience with the other kind) and they do happen to be mediocre, a good way to serve them is chilled, with a modest topping of a decent cream (whippedness is optional) and/or your favorite syrup (I did this with a ginger/lychee syrup the other day and the results were amazing).

it sounds as if the problem is as much how his pickiness presents itself Vs the actual fact of the pickiness.
you need to negotiate how he goes about tasting and reacting. instead of filling his plate hiding the uneaten, he should take a bite only, then only take more of what he will actually eat. He also must accept that if he rejects what's for dinner, he makes his own substitute.

You, OTOH, have to deal with adjusting your daily cooking to reflect some of his opinions. Cooking can be fun, but the day in day out feeding of your partner & family isn't so much about the fun for you as about the fact that people need to eat. Plus, if he rejects your food in favor or cornflakes or PBJ for days on end, you can't be hurt.

if you someday are having kids, he needs to have learned to reject in a low-key fashion so as not to 'teach' his pickiness to them. I won't go so far as to expect him to sometimes noticeable eat something he is known to dislike, to model polite behaviour. But it would be handy.

PS I was in a relationship in which we had very different food cultures. our inability to appreciate each others standards was but one of many problems. But 3 times a day one or both of of us being annoyed or mad or disappointed sure didn't help. If you cant fine some way to enjoy meals together, some compromises, then hang it up now.

@fuuchan-
I should've said persimmons I've had in St. Louis were flavorless. ;-)
I wish I live somewhere I have access to great exotic produce (we do have fresh figs during summer, tho!)

We had a Thanksgiving pre-game last weekend and used the spatchcock method. I used Alton Brown's brine recipe, brined for about 8 hours. A 15 lb bird took about an hour and a half to cook. Our guests said again and again that it was the juiciest turkey they have ever had. A few weeks ago I spatchcocked a chicken as a test run and it was the best roast chicken I've ever made. The brine-spatchcock method is definitely the way to go.

My first wife hated eggs, bananas, mustard, my watermelon fruit salad, my top secret recipe 6 grain pancakes, didn't like breakfast in general. Of course, I'm more of a breakfast cook, but her idea of cooking is heating up canned soup (mac and cheese was a highlight of her cooking skills). In fact, when we first got together, the only thing she ate was McDonald's cheeseburgers and fries. (I did get her to eat fresh cut up strawberries.) So when we split, I vowed that I would avoid dating picky eaters.

So of course, my last (I'm planning it that way, anyhow) wife is a great cook - an amateur chef IMHO, but she's vegan (and I'm allergic to the entire legume family). We have great fun trying to create dishes that we can both eat (the entree is always veggies, the protein ends up a side dish for each of us), and she has decided that fried rice with eggs is ok (she is having trouble getting enough protein in her diet). And as a bonus, she loves my pancakes (which I modify by substituting coconut or almond milk for sour milk and/or yogurt), and never complains about my potatoes.

So, as to your problem, drag the bum into the kitchen now and again and make cooking a shared activity - fun-shared, not chore-shared. If he is a good kitchen companion (maybe not entirely his cup-o-tea, but as a special activity), then it will lessen the anti-everything you seem to interpret from him right now, and some of his ideas might end up being useful in figuring out how to feed him when you are cooking without him. If you two can't get along in the kitchen, I'd have to vote for a quick exit strategy.

Awesome. You know that is a fresh fish! My mouth is watering.

@Lorenzo: That thing about eating monkey brains is true, though I've never seen a news article on it and I kind of doubt it's still happening. When I was growing up my weirdo brothers used to obessively rent this series over and over again from a local video store. It was called "Faces of Death" and just featured really horrible, creepy footage of people and animals dying in unusual ways. They'd force me to watch it and I'd cry and have nightmares.

Some of the stuff really stuck with me, like the segment where these Americans in Vietnam (I believe) watch as a live monkey gets held down by a head vice and then gets it head cracked open. Everyone begins eating the brains. It was disturbing, to say the least.

Agreed. This is cruel, without any justification. Really? The extra minutes of suffering added that much savor to your meal? Honestly, if I was out with someone who ate this, I would wonder about their character. It's on par seeing children torture dogs - you know something's wrong there.

This is not the same as foie gras or veal or other controversial food - the animal is killed quickly (one hopes) in those cases. This is just causing suffering because you can. Truly disgusting.

I was disturbed by the video too (saw it in my rss). Yes, I understand that animals are killed all the time for human consumption, and it could have been a mistake (horrible, horrible mistake) for the fish to have been boiled almost to the point of death, but did they have to keep poking chopsticks into its mouth?? That was the truly cruel part - PUT IT OUT OF ITS MISERY! I didn't think it was funny at all, and I'm glad that SE had the decency to remove it.

The previous comment is the best: that in the animal world, many predators begin eating their prey while it is still alive. Especially fish. Of course, they don't let it sit on the table thrashing about, half-dead from having been tossed in hot oil, before eating it.

People can be beyond cruel to their food. There have been reports (not well documented it seems, though) of live monkeys having their skulls hacked open to people can eat the brains while the monkey is still alive. It's not clear from the news reports whether this is true or the stuff of Indiana Jones fiction, but it would not surprise me.

Have you ever watched a live fish eat another live fish? Mother Nature is very cruel. I'll continue to enjoy my fried fish,meat, chicken etc.You are welcome to do what makes you feel good.

@zach. agree with you about the difference. It's a critical difference.