A shining star in the organic vegetable box.
The most deceptive pair of fruits are the organic carambola and the organic annona. They both appear from the outside like a perfectly ordinary fruit, neither unusual nor exciting. They are not covered with glitter, not shimmering in the colors of the rainbow, not even sending hints of a sensational aroma from the back of the store, as the pineapple and the guava know how to do. But when you slice them and take a bite… wow!!! A wealth of flavors that floods the palate. The carambola, crispier toward the edges and juicy on the inside, sourish and full of juice, while the Annona is so sweet, a combination of strawberry-banana-peach flavors all in one fruit.
In its season it is hard to not notice the organic carambola in the fruit box – it is the one that steals the show in the plate setup, slices of shining stars among the other fruit. The carambola maintains a fashionable look that is always suitable for the season, with its yellow-orange shades. It is orange along with the carrots that were just now pulled out of the ground, fresh and crunchy, the oranges and the tangerines that fill the nose with splashes of fresh citrus peel and the eyes with appetizing orange colored segments. The organic carambola also maintains restraint and short timing – its season is not long, only until the true cold arrives (since it comes to us from Asian countries, an evergreen tree, it does not really like the cold), and sometimes it disappears even earlier when the strong winds begin and the fruit falls from the tree.
Although there is a wide range of carambola species, the color ranging from white to orange and the taste from sourish to sweet, in Israel only two species are grown: Kerry and Golden Star. These two species reward patience, since they are the most delicious when fully ripe, when the fruit turns a deep orange color and the edges begin to brown slightly. The wide range of flavors of organic carambola makes it a suitable ingredient for a variety of dishes – as a refreshing and surprising addition to salad, as a basis for compote, jams and cakes, and also just in a shake. I found an interesting recipe for carambola liquor here: http://rosenblatt-brothers.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post.html
Suitable for a fruit that comes to us before the winter, it is loaded with vitamin C and zinc to provide good support for the immune system and a preventative and natural treatment for the entire body. It also contains vitamin A, B, potassium and an abundance of other ingredients that make it one of the fruits that Asian people are most fond of who eat it to prevent constipation, cough, mouth sores and other unwanted bad stuff.
Have a juicy, sweet and calm week
Yours,
Maggie, and the garden team
We can expect in our organic vegetable baskets (draft only):
Rocket
lettuce
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Potatoes
Thai green beans
Radishes
Potatoes
Butternut squash
Pumpkin, piece
In the large organic vegetable baskets, also:
Mizuna
New Zealand spinach
Sweet potatoes
parsley
Organic fruit baskets:
Oranges
Sweeties
Carambolas
Clementines
In the large fruit baskets, also:
Bananas
