Re: starfruit taste

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] starfruit taste
• From: "Barbara Tandy" s*@earthlink.net
• Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 08:05:49 -0800
• References: 14c.1ad93588.2b647cdd@aol.com 5.2.0.9.2.20030126081031.009f4dd0@pop.igc.org

Thanks, Jim -- that all gives me some idea.  I was just curious as I don't
think I have even ever seen one.
    --Barbara Tandy, California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Island Jim" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 5:28 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] starfruit taste


> i just went out and picked one because i though i might be able to
describe
> the taste as i was eating it, but i'm afraid i can't. it is crisp, almost
> crunchy, like a good watermelon pickle. it is slightly tart   and very
> juicy. julia morton wrote: "In Chinese Materia Medica it is stated, 'Its
> action is to quench thirst, to increase the salivary secretion, and hence
> to allay fever.'"
>
> another bit i learned from morton, is it's native to the subcontinent, sri
> lanka and india, but has been cultivated from southern china to australia
> for centuries.
>
>
> At 05:02 PM 1/25/03 -0800, you wrote:
> >What do they taste like?
> >--Barbara Tandy, California
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <Cersgarden@aol.com>
> >To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 3:50 PM
> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] starfruit
> >
> >
> > > In a message dated 1/25/03 6:23:20 AM, jsinger@igc.org writes:
> > >
> > > <<  starfruit is averrhoa carambola. >>
> > >
> > > Jim, this is a favorite of mine particularly at xmas time.  They are
not
> > > commonly found in our stores.
> > >     Ceres
> > >
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