Perhaps because its economic value has not been fully exploited, the starfruit tree is no longer as prevalent as before, but somewhere on the country roads, on the sides of houses, in the gardens of households in the freshwater areas of Ca Mau province, there are still households growing starfruit trees for decoration, or for their children to pick the fruit when they have the opportunity to return to their hometown during the starfruit season.

Old star fruit is dark green, when ripe it is lighter green, has an astringent and sour taste. Old star fruit is often eaten with salt and chili; or to reduce the sourness and astringency, people prepare it by using a knife to cut each fruit, boil it in salt water or use a cutting board to gradually crush the star fruit, squeeze out the sour juice, then process it into quite attractive snacks, such as candied star fruit, star fruit shaken with salt and chili, star fruit soaked in salt and chili...

For many children in the rural areas of the West, generation 8X and earlier, the ripe canarium season will be a beautiful part of their childhood memories!

Ms. Phan Thi Thuy Mo, Ba Dieu Hamlet, Ly Van Lam Commune, Ca Mau City, harvests star apples from her garden.

Nowadays, the Thai star apple variety is widely grown because it has the advantage of a short trunk, large fruit, and more flesh than the previous star apple variety.

Choose large, old star fruit, remove the stem and prepare before making into snacks.

Candied carambola dish.

Candied star fruit has a sweet and sour taste. Eating it with salt and chili will add more deliciousness to this snack.