Hoshi Gaki

I didn’t cook anything exciting today.  We had leftovers for lunch and had pasta shells with marinara sauce for dinner.  As you can see from the picture, we have been busy peeling persimmons—and by we, I mean my husband today and myself yesterday.  We have been hanging whole fruit up to dry in the Japanese style of Hoshi Gaki and slicing fruit to dry in the food dehydrator.  For those few fruit that are jelly-soft, we have squeezed the insides out onto a fruit roll tray and placed it in the dehydrator.  We are really having fun here!