Jelly & fruits

There are 2 kinds of jelly here. The red is Guava. The brown is Pear jelly. I have tasted the Guava & it has a different taste, but is good. I heard it stinks up your house when it is being made, but looking at a catalog, it is fairly expensive, so guess I had better treasure it since it was given to me. I'll open the Pear jelly after the Guava jelly is gone. This & the 2 fruits below were given to me by a woman who has fruit orchards that I danced with at the Moose Lodge.

Here are 2 fruits. Most of you are familiar with the Avocado, but the yellow one is commonly called a "star fruit", but it's real name is Carambola. It is native to Taiwan, but also grows here in Florida. I opened one last night cutting it into slices like a tomato. It tasted different than anything I had ever tasted, but sweet. I went & read what it had to say about them & I may not eat anymore of them, especially since I didn't sleep last night. Be sure to read the "IMPORTANT NOTE " at the bottom before you go to the store to buy them.

STAR FRUIT
The star fruit or carambola (Averrhoa carambola), is a unique, waxy, golden yellow to green fruit that has a 5 pointed star shape when cut across the middle of the fruit.
They probably originated in Sri Lanka and the Moluccas, and have been cultivated in southeast Asia and Malaysia for several hundred years. There are 2 varieties found in markets, one very sour and the other slightly sweet. Their flavor has been described as like a cross between an apple and a grape. It is almost impossible to tell the sweet and tart varieties apart, but in general the sweet varities have thicker, fleshier ribs. There are several white varieties, all of which are sweet.
They bruise easily, so handle with care. Star fruit (the sweet variety) can be eaten out of hand or sliced and used as a garnish or in salads. They are also used in chutney, curries and tarts. The juice can be used in tropical drinks and smoothies.
Other names for the fruit are belimbing or belimbing manis (Indonesia) and mafueng (Thailand), Chinese star fruit and Five angled fruit.

IMPORTANT NOTE:Star fruit originated in Southeast Asia and is readily available in Taiwan. Star fruit causes several symptoms in patients with chronic renal failure or end-stage renal disease. The symptoms vary and include insomnia, intractable hiccups, agitation, muscle weakness, confusion, consciousness disturbances of various degrees, seizures, and cardiorespiratory arrest. The various star fruit subspecies contain different toxins, including a powerful neurotoxin that is suspected to accumulate in blood, cross the blood-brain barrier in chronic renal failure patients, and eventually cause irreversible damage.Star fruit intoxication is a neglected but serious fruit intoxication frequently observed in patients with chronic renal failure. Because no effective treatment is currently available, patients— especially those who are newly diagnosed with chronic renal failure or end-stage renal disease—must be warned not to ingest star fruit, even in small amounts.