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Related: About this forumI just discovered star fruit
I like it but can't distinguish its flavor?
Apple/Pear?
anyone else like it?
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I just discovered star fruit (Original Post)
demtenjeep
May 2015
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Canoe52
(2,949 posts)1. They look interesting
How do you tell when they are ripe - or over ripe and how do you prepare it? Peel it or slice it, do you eat the skin too?
A HERETIC I AM
(24,380 posts)2. My brother has a Carambola tree on his property.
Great in fruit salads. Use them in a smoothy also.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carambola
I think they taste like.....star fruit!
Vinca
(50,318 posts)3. I bought one a long time ago and thought they tasted like nothing.
Do they need to ripen to a certain stage before use and how do you tell when they're ready?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)4. Really they don't have much taste but they make for a pretty visual on fruit plates and stuff like
like that, at least that's how I've used them