The peeled persimmons hang for a couple of days before you start massaging them. The outer flesh firms up and the inside begins to soften. You press them, rolling the inside a bit to move the moist pulp around.
Notice one is enclosed in a cheesecloth sling. The stem came off that one. The cheesecloth has worked just fine.
You hang them in groups of two, looping a doubled string over the stems. Arrange them so one hangs higher than the other and place them next to each other alternating high and low.
Usually you hang them from a bamboo pole, but I decided my garden window would work just fine.
I can open the windows on either side to get a little cross ventilation to help them dry.
This is after the first day of hanging. The outer flesh is beginning to look a little papery and not so taut.
It's supposed to take about 3 to 4 weeks of massage every two or three days. Mine are moving along a lot faster. It may be because they are in the window.
I haven't taken any pictures lately because I've been so busy trying to keep them all massaged. We probably have 50 hanging in the kitchen right now.
Yesterday we tasted one that had reached the stage of rich candy-like sweetness, moist but not gooshy. It was incredible. Dave tasted one today and decided to hang another rack so we can make a lot more.
A sugary bloom begins to collect on the outside as they get to this luscious dried state.
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