This is a persimmon peeling production line designed to peel thousands of persimmons per hour. Each fruit is securely clamped and rapidly rotated while high-speed blades glide along its surface, cutting off the peel in a smooth spiral. The machine works much like an industrial apple peeler but has been specially adjusted to handle the soft, high-sugar flesh of persimmons. Workers simply place the fruits on the conveyor belt, and the machine completes the rest—peeling, collecting the skins, and s

Wild persimmon from start to finish (learn more 👇) What isn’t immediately obvious from the video is that I actually do two rounds of filtering with my wild American persimmons (Diospyros virginiana). The first round I use a larger spiral to get the seeds out, then the second round I use a finer spiral and filter to just get it ultra smooth and the final product is amazing! You can learn more about foraging for American persimmon including timing and thorough notes on gathering and processing in