Happy kiddo's!
*This star fruit that were eating was planted with their Lola(grandmother)...it has lots of fruits in it!
*balimbing has the scientific name Averrhoa carambola. It’s called a star fruit in English because when you cut it crosswise, the shape you see is is that of a star.
•Balimbing” is a slang word for a political turncoat, someone disloyal to his party, company or group. It describes government or party officials who switch affiliations when it is expedient. It refers to someone with many faces… Balimbing is also known in English as Star Fruit (Averrhoa carambola) because when it is sliced into cross sections, it looks like a five-point star. The Filipino name balimbing is derived from the Malay “belimbing” for the same fruit that thrives in this part of Asia, but may have originated in India.
•Balimbing is a close relative of “kamias” (Averrhoa bilimbi), which is also confusingly known as belimbing in the Malay language. Doreen Fernandez described the fruit technically as having “five prominent longitudinal, angular lobes” and as you can see from the photos, it is a striking and memorable shape. It has very thin skin, an incredible light green color when unripe that changes to yellow several days later. Fruit raised in the Philippines seem to be significantly smaller in size than those grown in Malaysia and Indonesia. Balimbing has a refreshing, crisp and juicy flesh that is best enjoyed chilled, in my opinion. Add it to fruit salads, fruit shakes or turn it into preserves.
*My kids and their cousins enjoyed eating star fruits with a salt🤤
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