Persian Fall Flavors

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Co-hosts Bita and Beata share how they incorporate Persian dishes into Persian-AmericanThanksgiving, fall fruits, and fall flavors.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Favorite Fall Fruits - Pomegranate, persimmons, and quince</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pomegranate</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Deseeding strategies - by hand (traditional), underwater method</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Pomegranate trees</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Persimmons</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Varieties - Fuyu and Hachiya (heart-shaped)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Eating - slicing or by spoon</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Decorating fall tables with bright orange persimmons</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Quince</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Quince Jam </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Slow cooking it with a damkoni transforms it to a ruby red color </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other jams</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Honey sweetened plum jam with cardamom - no pectin needed</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Heat disperser (sholeh-pakhsh) - used to slow cook jams (and tahdig)</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Persian-American Thanksgiving</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Loobia Polo | Persian Green Bean Rice and Tahdig</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Zereshk Polo | Persian Rice with Barberries but made with cranberries</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weig