Looking Back the Years when I was in the Campus
タグ: autumn
I hung up Eighteen Persimmons to Dry.
Persimmons we get in Niigata are usually bitter one. Those persimmons can’t be eaten if nothing has been done for the bitterness. There are several ways to get rid of bitterness from the persimmons, for example, just freezing them. But I like the way using strong alcohol. Yes, it should be stronger than 40 percent. I had done “Astringency Removal Process” with alcohol through the last week. And then I realized that there were too many persimmons to eat for two people who are my old mom and me.
So, I decided making “Dried Persimmons”. I peeled them, tied the strings, and sterilized them with boiling water.
And I hung them under the roof. This was yesterday. I added six this morning. So, there are eighteen persimmons that are being dried in the air. I hope they will get sunny days by coming winter. The climate in Niigata in late autumn is humid, which is not good for persimmons to dry.
The last persimmon in this Autumn
I have eaten the last persimmon “KOYO(TM)” at the supper just before. It was the last for eating raw. Still two KOYOs remain hanging under the roof to be dried persimmons. But anyway, I have harvested 29 KOYOs this autumn. It is a good variety of persimmon with trade mark, which is a popular bitter persimmon in Japan. I want to make the tree bigger in next year so that I will be able to get more.
It’s rare that Good Weather continues two days in November.
Cherry trees have got their leaves red.
The mountain behind is actually beyond the sea. It is Ko-sado Mountain Ridge of Sadogashima (Sado Island)
The mountain has already appeared on my blog so often; Kitamata-dake of Iide Mountain
This type of Local train is used to connect to Fukushima Prefecture on the east side of Niigata Prefecture.
Three Photos in mid-October, Two Years ago
Tonight, I don’t think of what to write for posting. My (ex)students can tell where the photos were taken.
It’s a little sad to say, but it seems to me they are things happened long time ago.
