WHEN IS IT RIPE? STAR FRUIT
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2012
- YourProduceGuy shows you how to tell when the Starfruit or Carambola is ripe. This is such an exotic and fun little fruit that you just need to experience. Keep your eyes open at your local grocery stores to see if they carry the Starfruit.
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Pfff . . . those star fruits are far from being ripe. Star fruit will turn orange, then it will turn red, but only if it is still on the tree. Star fruit is like plums. When it is ripe, it is really sweet. The stuff you seen in grocery stores are far from being ripe because you can't harvest fruit when its ripe. It would go bad before it reached the store, but the green fruit will not fully ripen. We had star fruit trees growing up.
We have these in Dominican Republic now but I haven't tasted a full ripe one like you're describing. Next time I'm there I will give it a try thanks for the info!
This is sad to hear cause I want what your having 😢😂
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@@starfuitfrompvz4155 ohh, I just got it! Ja!
When it is not completely ripe- it tastes like a watered down green apple mixed with a bit of pear.
Wow thx thats all i needed
Your knowledge on fresh produce is incredible. Learned a lot from your channel. Going to try some starfruit now for sure!
I was in Jamaica in March, 2016 and had star fruit for the first time. It was tangy, sour, sweet all at the same time and the yellow ones were too, lol. But did enjoy them.
You are just amazing! I asked for it and I got it! Thank you so much! Ive never seen these in Scotland...ill need to have a look around for them! Thanks again ya wee cutie!!
I always wondered how they tasted, and how to tell when it was ripe. Going to pick one up next time I see one.
My son (3) wants to tell you he tried star fruit and it is good. Thanks for telling us about it.
Hi.... Mr. James, carambola can actually be eaten when it's green i do it when I was still kid here in the Philippines. And its not toxic as you ask, however it would taste like sour so a salt is a perfect partner for it.
Ervin Luangco Fruit with salt? Now that sounds like my kind of a snack! Thanks for the tip :)
It actually does contain a neurotoxin so it is slightly toxic
just like the mangoes I had as a kid
i absolutely love star fruit!!!
Growing starfruit here in Gainesville, Florida. Have the tree up near a southern wall. Surrounded by a Barbados cherry tree and a mango tree, so wegll protected from the cold that occasionally comes through.g Just picked three large ones today, with blossoms for others still covering the tree.
These are beautiful! Can't believe I have never seen them!
This fruit is truly refreshing
It DOES have a nice sweet, slightly sour or tangy flavor at the end. it's delicious!
I love star fruit!!
Thank you very much, good sir! We were lucky enough and try it first time when we were on Hawaiian islands.
Has a Kingdom Hearts I've always wanted to try these I currently have one in my cart thank you so much for this very informative video 👑💙❤
Thanks dude! 😁
This guy is awesome.
In Brazil we don't even slice it, just pick it from the tree and dig in. Carambola juice is also delicious! Love your videos!
I'm here because I ate mine when it was still very green not knowing anything about starfruit😂. Luckily I have more I can wait on. 😋 Thanks for the video
Was in the grocery store and the shape caught my daughter attention.. she asked can we try it. I picked it up smelled it, it smelled soooo good. I bought it we tried it we love star fruit... reminds me of a juicy apple or pear yummy
So the ones that are not quite ripe, can they be ripened at room temperature afterwards or not please? Found them in the store refrigerated and they are not quite yellow enough. Thanks!
I tried a ripe one. It was lightly our and thick textured. I wouldn't eat them alone but put in a fruit drink or mix maybe.
Exactly. We have plenty of carambola in Brazil specially in south Bahia, I used to drink gallons of the juice everyday during the carambola high season in the summer, very refreshing and full of vitamins. It's juicy and sweet when ripe close to the grape texture. We also make what we call "compota" it's a carambola preserve, it become sweet and sour and the carambola turn black and wrinkled like a raisin. I miss that fruit :(**
Star fruit is my favorite
He should trim the edges off the points. Even though it all edible, the points tend to be a little on the over tart side. Just slightly trimming those edges can make it taste a lot better.
These comments helped a lot. I bought some today and god damn it was soooo sour.I couldn't finish eating it because it was scalding my tongue. i'll wait a few days before i dig in to the rest.
I've had starfruit in the product called Vitamin Water, or Sobe' energy drink.
We've treid those, unusual taste, hard to decribe, but quite nice
thank you !
How neat! I've seen some from time to time, but never knew how it was to be eaten. So slender and kinda rattled me. Never knew anyone that ever even tasted them. Hope our stores get some one of these days so I can try it. I'll try almost anything once! Maybe even twice...lol.
i like how this was uploaded on my birthday xDD starfruit ftw ^.^
Y’all making star fruit sound like some expensive gourmet food that only rich people can eat because it’s that delicious
i love eatting star its really good
We grilled our starfruit slices and served them with local fish. WOW
Look at the slices! :)
I buy them from our Walmart Supercenter here and plantains to.
Aw this video is cute :P I want to try a starfruit so bad!
you're awesome!
Oh okay thanks ☺
A useful bit of information to include in your videos would be when the fruit is in season, so we know when to look for them in the stores.
we call them five fingers here in Trinidad and Tobago, uses are for salads and you can make wine with them
In Jamaica it's called 'jimbilin'
I like starfruit,it is soooooooooo delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yup i am from haiti =)
Thank you for sharing, I have been wanting to try this fruit years ago when I used to see it in the grocery stores. I don't see it much now but I will keep looking at other special markets.
can you do a video on dragonfruit? its spikey on the outside and has white insides with black dots all over on the inside
Do these grow in California? This fruit is one of the ones I want to try.
Love star fruit! It's hard to find. My local HEB has a few. Also I've seen star fruit at Wholefoods and Central Market.
found em at a random local ordinary supermarket, guess it's just luck
I managed to find them once and decided to try it, but I knew nothing about them and (after seeing this video) I guess it was way under-ripe lol I'll definitely have to try again :)
Haha so genuine and nice to watch ☺ I'm excited to try my starfruit!
if you cut them will they turn brown .. like apples i was thinking cut like that they would be nice for a kids lunch box being tasty and star shaped and all . Was just wondering ?
Mmm yum
ask your produce manager if he can order some in. my Kroger does that here.
My starfruit is pretty orange and the sides are still green
Great video, but I shop at Walmart so nobody's cutting fruit open for me lol 😆
My son loves star fruit but we moved from TX to Nashville and here we can not find them :(
Have you ever tasted ripe mango? It's so delicious when you eat it with sticky rice and white coconut cream. :)
OH GOD!!!!
STARFRUITS 4 LIFE
thanks big dog
Why is it called Star Fruit?
So... did he survive the starfruit?
In my country this is called KARAMBOLA! :P lol aw
I can't seem to find an answer ANYWHERE. Can you eat carambola when it's still green? Or is that toxic? Ours are actually almost done we have a tree. But I pulled one that's not fully yellow and I've just been staring at it waiting and waiting. I don't wanna wait anymore!
All unripened fruit is acid forming in your cells. Only eat fully ripened fruit.
James Doakes It's not toxic at all, I eat it al the time. You may eat it with salt if you prefer it that way.
Best moment @3:07
can you please do a video on indian karela?
i love star fruit!!! i used to eat it in Cuba over there we call it perachina if you'll put that in English that will be Chinese pear...
Star friut is poison???
This is the last "exotic" fruit that I wanna try. Can't seem to find them anywhere. I just tried passion fruit and that was disgusting. I recently tried dragon fruit and that was so-so.
LaChele it showed up at Safeway here
i think they taste like a cross between kiwi and strawberries
I had a slice of starfruit before and I hated it. It tasted like sour grass with a bit of citrus and an almost woody peachy taste. It was not a pleasant experience.
Everything's not for everybody, but maybe try it again if you didn't know how to read ripeness last time. (I'm not saying you didn't know, but *if*)
you really don't need to peel it?
its real from mollucas archipelago
I think you forgot to tell us when it is ripe. I thought you might tell us because the video title says how to tell when it is ripe...
@@adam3d851 are you a troll? Why do you gotta be rude about it? I didn't hear it. Chill out.
Tiffany R
Careful, Starfruit can cause renal failure and sometimes death. Look it up.
Adam 3d hey that’s crazy that it’s true! It says if you already have kidney issues though. That’s really odd isn’t it.
Tiffany R it can also trigger kidney disease even in people who don't have it. Yes, it is strange that it's sold at walmart with no warning label.
it tasted like messed up water to me.......eww
to me taste like a cross between apple and an orange
Didn't say anything about the ripeness
didn't answer the question "when is it ripe?'.
@1:55 dumbdumb
Tastes like cabbages. 😐
Mines seems to be not ripe
taste like a pear
Sorry I was being a loser, lol! It's obvious. Thanks :)
if it's sour it's not ripe. this guy is no fruitarian!
like a banana, from green, to yellow, to brown. yellow and about to turn brown is key. the one that he sliced first, (the yellow one with brown edges) was completely ripe. sourness is the star fruits natural flavor, and i know that because i have 5 in my refrigerator right now
Danny The Communist people who grow them wait till they are red.... sugar
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