Background: J's grandparents have a persimmon tree. We now have an enormous number of persimmons ripening on the counter... It's almost a little sad seeing this many persimmons. I know my grandfather would have loved them.
Evidently, there are more persimmon recipes than I realized... Here are a few in case you you ever find yourself with a surplus of persimmons...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/19/persimmon-recipes_n_3949485.html

And while we're at it...some kumquat research since those supposedly are also in surplus in the winter...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18828304