A persimmon from Tesco in a bowl from Tunis

When ripe, persimmons are a very tasty, sweet treat. But they come with a warning! Unripe persimmons contain the soluble tannin shibuol, which, upon contact with stomach acid, polymerizes to form a gluey coagulum, a "foodball" or phytobezoar, that can affix with other stomach matter to form very hard masses that are almost woody in consistency. Getting rid of a phytobezoar may involve surgery although Coca-Cola might help shrink them. Best leave this one for a few more days I think!

By the way, in Korean folklore dried persimmons are renowned for keeping tigers at bay. It certainly seems to work as far as Newburgh-on-Ythan is concerned!