Persimmon Fukushima Po bean paste

It is dried persimmon that was fumigated with sulfur and astringent . A kind of dried fruit .
It was developed in the Taisho years : ( Date- old county Isazawa village Isazawa ) Date City , Fukushima Prefecture Yanagawa Isazawa .

Made in the unique manufacturing method of drying by fumigation with sulfur astringent . Persimmons only dried simply , become stiff black and dried , (such as persimmon time ) blowing white powder sugar of time has elapsed further . Features in touch juicy like half raw , security persimmon , 's soft as yokan against this . No toxicity to volatilize during drying sulfur. It is rich in nutrients such as potassium vitamin .

I use mainly astringent , such as ( without it Hirata ) Without flat nuclear Hachiya persimmons and ( Ki is Hachiya ) in the raw material . Hachiya persimmons are soft and large , flat non- nuclear is a characteristic sweetness is strong in small .

Date, future agricultural cooperatives , an integrated agricultural cooperative and (JA Date- future ) , Date, fruit agricultural cooperatives , a specialist agricultural cooperative ( abbreviation security persimmon Fukushima Prefecture Date City , Date, county of neighborhood is the birthplace is , or " Ita by ") , it is mostly shipped . However , small farmers and cooperatives by the spread of the Internet in recent years , for direct sales to consumers over the Internet is also increasing rapidly .

To become production of persimmon , the golden age of shipping baggage Ann November to February , it is not a slack season even in winter to snowfall farmers to produce persimmon po bean paste . Thanks to the persimmon po bean paste , compared with rural areas of other provinces in the Tohoku region , migrant workers engaged in , such as civil engineering industry out into the city in winter is small , such as Date City - Date- county production area . Further , due to the special product , it is hard to drop in prices compared to agricultural products such as fruit and vegetables in general , has become a valuable stable income as a farmer.

Way of eating
- Soft , I just eat .
• Do not hang it in the good place of cool ventilation and dry , it can be kept for three months to half a year or more when stored in the refrigerator , but if you save over a long period of time , drying progresses gradually, and hardening gradually as time persimmon . You can mix it with all-night cram session and salad by slicing , or tossed in yogurt Chop finely , different way of eating can be security persimmon to dry hard time has elapsed . And stored frozen to long-term storage in the soft state . 15 degrees or less is preferably storage temperature .
• When making pickles and sweets , and kneading in addition to sugar in order to take the sweetness , and finished with fragrant natural sweetness .

Background of persimmon birth po bean paste
There is a decline of silk market of Japan . (East region to be Kawamata Town Date City , Fukushima and Iino district of current in particular ) Fukushimabonchi region of the Meiji period from late Tokugawa period was sericulture area of nation's leading . There were also facilities such as yarn-making factory moisture , while small in sericulture farmers also Isazawa . However , the size of the width of variation of the raw silk market has been a problem . By fluctuation in the market , some that you make lots of money , is was also farmers go bankrupt . In addition , I began to see signs of Shayoka of silk market and into the Taisho period . So , start a search for new agricultural products to replace the sericulture , the result , persimmon chubby Anne , and also birth , put the emphasis on the cultivation of peaches and apples later , influential people who Isazawa of fruit trees the current center of I have set a foundation of agriculture .