Why pour hot water over persimmons: an interesting life hack

Persimmon season begins in late fall and lasts throughout the winter. During this time, you should have time to enjoy the unsurpassed taste of this fruit, as well as fill your body with useful trace elements, fiber, and vitamins contained in it. Persimmons can be eaten plain or used to make salads or desserts.

However, persimmons also have a significant drawback - tartness. This indicates that the fruit is not ripe. FoodOboz figured out how to make persimmons ripen as soon as possible.

How to make persimmon less tart

There are several methods to get rid of tartness. Each of them should take several days.

• Put persimmons in a bag and leave them at room temperature.
• Add apples or bananas to the bag. These fruits give off ethylene gas, which helps speed up ripening.

• Freeze the persimmons and then leave them to thaw at room temperature. After that, the persimmons will not only lose their tartness but also become soft.
• Pour boiling water over the persimmons for several hours.

The last method deserves special attention because it is the fastest and most effective. After just a few hours in boiling water, the tartness of persimmons will completely disappear, and the fruit will acquire a sweet, pronounced taste.