Feb 08 2009
Star Fruit
Star fruit is one of the prettiest fruits I’ve ever seen, and also the most mysterious. We were at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday and bought several fruits there. Star Fruit are grown in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Australia, and South America. They are also grown in Florida and Hawaii. I wonder where my star fruits came from? Were they grown here in Southern California?
They are so pretty! If you cut off the ends, you can begin slicing through them and you get beautiful stars with every slice. They’d be a treat to decorate a salad or on top of a cake.
They’re low in calories (30 calories). You can eat them raw, cooked, or juiced.
I had one for breakfast this morning. It was tart and a little citrussy. That left me curious. The taste they gave me at the Farmer’s Market was sweet. I wondered if mine was ripe. My husband skinned it and said it was a little sweeter that way. After reading the site below, I think we need to give the rest of the star fruit a little more time to ripen.
Check out the information below. They tell you a lot about the more exotic fruits we have in our stores. Most of the time I see them, but I don’t know how to fix them. The site below will fill you in.
If you want to know more about star fruit, I recommend the following site:
http://thaifood.about.com/od/introtothaicooking/ss/starfruithowto.htm
Marilynne 
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i heard (and read from articles and emails) that starfruits can be poisonous (especially for kidney patients), so i think you shouldn’t be eating a lot of that.
take care