I met up with my 80/10/10 buddy Ian today to go grocery shopping. We went to 10th St. Market, an oriental market, and this time I cleaned them out of their fuyu persimmons (99c/lb). I'm so excited for the to ripen. Ian was right, I had gotten the two different kinds of persimmons confused. The hachiya persimmons are taller and redder. The fuyu persimmons are shorter, fatter, squarer, and yellowish-orange.

Fuyu Persimmon



Hachiya Persimmon


I think I will try the Hachiya next week as the local organic grocery store has just gotten them in. It's really amusing how many times people in the grocery store have asked me, "what are you going to do with all of those bananas?" I respond "eat them of course, what else do you do with them?" One person tonight asked me if I was having a banana party, I guess for Halloween or something. Well, that certainly would not be very scary. If only more people had read the The 80/10/10 Diet by Dr. Douglas N. Graham, more people would understand the rewards of eating sweet fruits and greens. When has any doctor suggested against eating more fruits and vegetables, I've just never heard of it. When I got my annual physical in August, the doctor said to keep doing whatever I was doing because I was perfectly healthy. Now all I have to do is to place myself in a suitable environment (1000 miles north or south of the equator) and I'll be in fairy tale land. Until then, we have Bloomington, IN.