But the starfruit tree grew exceptionally well. Her classmate's family and their neighbors were so tired of eating starfruit that they let all the fruit on the tree ripen naturally, fall down, and rot.
There's a road in front of her classmate's house, and the cars passing by have crushed a lot of the starfruit.
The starfruit tree on Guangming Road is also very old. Although it is not a variety that has undergone various improvements, it still produces a lot of fruit.
It's a pity that this kind of star fruit is quite sour, so nobody likes to eat it.
If it's a sweet star fruit, people might like it in this era where sugar is rarely available, but people don't like sour ones.
They are basically picked and used as a seasoning to replace vinegar, lemon, and kumquats for flavoring.
Of course, Chen Suwen preferred to eat it as a cold dish.
"Mom, when I went there, Aunt Yao told me to pick more, so I picked a little too much."
Zhou Cunzong, who went out empty-handed and only intended to pick a few star fruits to use as seasoning, returned with a basket full of star fruits.
Chen Suwen looked at the star fruit inside, then glared at him.
"Hey Mom, how do you eat this star fruit?"
"Take it to wash first."
Chen Suwen instructed him to wash the star fruit. After washing it clean, he should trim the five edges of the star fruit slightly, as these parts are a bit bitter and will taste better if they are trimmed off.
After trimming the edges, slice the star fruit, and adorable five-pointed stars are born under the knife.
Chen Suwen used star fruit to make a dipping sauce for poached chicken.
Of course, she prepared the classic sand ginger dipping sauce, but she also missed other flavors, so she made a dipping sauce with star fruit, minced garlic, chili peppers, soy sauce and cilantro.
She also added chili peppers, salt, and soy sauce to the star fruit salad, which was made with chili pepper rings.
Another method is to make chili salt by mixing chili powder with salt, and then mix it with star fruit to marinate.
Another method involved Chen Suwen cutting up the star fruit, removing the seeds, and then crushing it.
Crush the ginger and salt together with the star fruit, then stir it slightly before eating.
This sour and slightly spicy flavor is very appetizing. Chen Suwen still remembers when she was a child, she would go with the older children to the river to pick the tender shoots of the fire charcoal tree, and then crush them with salt and ginger before eating.
They really liked this way of eating when they were little.
The tender shoots of *Polygonum cuspidatum* are sour, and when dipped in salt, they make a snack that leaves them wanting more.
Add crushed ginger, grind it into powder, and you have a simple side dish to eat with rice.
They can be eaten with tender ginger dipped in salt or stir-fried with oil, and are known as the three "delicacies" they ate when they were young.
"Mom, it's Chinese New Year, are we really just going to eat cold star fruit salad?" Zhou Cunzong asked his mother with a pained expression as he looked at all the star fruit dishes she had prepared.
He only wants to eat meat; he doesn't really like all this star fruit.
Chen Suwen glanced at him and said, "There's been a lot of meat today. Shouldn't we prepare something else to cleanse our stomachs and cool us down?"
The effects of *Polygonum chinense* are clearing heat and dampness, cooling blood and detoxifying, but unfortunately she couldn't find it at the moment.
Then we can only use star fruit to slightly reduce the greasiness.
Star fruit at least has the effects of promoting digestion and absorption and relieving fatigue; even if it can't be as effective as fire charcoal, it's still pretty good.
Zhou Cunzong couldn't help but mutter to himself after hearing this.
"The best food we eat all year round is on Chinese New Year, and we have to eat so many vegetables."
"What are you talking about?" Chen Suwen looked at him, her expression and tone calm, but Zhou Cunzong quickly shook his head, indicating that he hadn't said anything.
He loves to eat star fruit, especially the star fruit his mother makes.
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