I love eating caimitos. Aside from they are delicious, they bring back memories of childhood to me. The times when me and my cousins were free to roam around the alleys of our compound in Balintawak. I remember we used to throw stones to a caimito tree full of ripe caimitos. The fruits easily fell down to our waiting hands and we just open them and eat them using our bare hands. Now, I am passing the love for this fruit to my kids.
Caimitos are abundant during summer and last time I bought 5 pieces in the market, I paid only P20.00. Dessert will be easy with just a number of medium sized caimitos. Scrape the meat and include the seeds (you must teach your kids how to eat the meat without swallowing the seeds. if you can’t teach them, just serve them the meat and the thick sauce of the dessert).
Pour in some condensed milk and then put in ice cubes. Let the ice cubes melt into the fruit and milk and start to eat. I use Jolly Cow condensed milk because I find it thicker and tastier that you only need some few spoons to make your delectable dessert.
Health Benefits of Eating Caimito
grabbed from Wikipedia
We are so fortunate that star apples are abundant in the Philippines, specifically during summer. As per Wikipedia, the star apple plant is almost like the coconut tree wherein most of its plant parts are usable:
1. Leaves – Infusions of the leaves have been used against diabetes and articular rheumatism.
2. Fruits – Fruits have anti-oxidant properties.
3. Bark – The bark is considered a tonic and stimulant, and a bark decoction is used as an antitussive.
How about you? What are your favorite summer fruits?
Disclaimer : This is a personal blog post. I am not a nutritionist or a medical professional and the medical information in this post were all derived from Wikipedia.
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I can’t remember when was the last time I ate Caimito. Must be ages ago kasi I thought Star Apples are yung Balimbing. LOL! 😀
Balimbing is starfruit hahaha 🙂 it’s sour while star apples are sweet! dami nya now in the market.
caimito pala ang tawag dun… hahaha! the last time I ate one of those was when I was in elementary school pa… gonna be looking out for these para matry naman ng kiddos ko 🙂
mommy nicole, make it soon kasi marami lang siya pag summer
I remember my aunt in Nueva Ecija has a big caimito tree. So we’d eat this fruit to our hearts content. Tapos yung dagta kakalat sa damit namin. Yey! Hihihi.. I didn’t know it has lots of benefits though. Galing!
My late Lolo was also from Nueva Ecija and he loves caimito.
caimito.. nkakamiss to. kaw tlg mommy lanie, last time na nkita ko post mo about strawberries, nag-crave ako. naku, patay c hubby, pahahanapin ko ng caimito. now na. hehe! 🙂
hehe, at least marami na nito sa market donna, di na mahihirapan hubby mo 🙂
I’ve never had this before, but they look delicious! I really love the benefits too! Thanks for sharing!
I remember caimito. You are right I shoukd probably start introducing this my kids too. So far ang alam lang nila ay apple, manggo, pineapple, watermelon, melon and banana.
My daughters know all kinds of fruit, pero they are picky when it comes to eating. Ako lang ang matakaw sa fruits, except for banana which they will eat anytime.
I have yet to try eating caimito. Haven’t even seen the fruit too. Will try this out soon.
Ay you’ll miss half of your life @vance_madrid:disqus pag di mo to nataste 🙂
I love this fruit! 🙂 Minsan lang yung damit ko puro dagta na. haha! 🙂
I agree Jacq, madagta nga sya hahaha.
This is absolutely one of my favorite fruits. I miss those times when my grandpa would send me boxes of caimito from Aklan.
I love caimito!!! But still, watermelon is my all-time favorite summer fruit! 🙂
Love watermelon too!
Waaaaah. I’m really no fan of fruits. Nyaaay. I have to change my lifestyle na talaga. Buti my daughter loves eating mostly anything so we’re okay right there. I might give her caimito, hmmmmm. Now the bigger challenge is getting my taste buds used to eating fruits. Haha. When the daughter finds out, lagot!
I love Caimito!
I love fruits – including the star apple. Sarap nyan!
This really brings me down memory lane. I haven’t had caimito in forever! The last time I’ve tasted it is in the province (Bicol) around 15 years ago. Thanks for listing the benefits, now I have to get my daughter to try it!
My folks are from Bicol too, from Virac, Catanduanes.
Favorite ko ang kaimito, yehey it’s in season now!!!
I love ripe mangoes! I’m not a fan of the kaimito, though.
I respect your decision Arge, haha.
I love Caimito but I never tried it with condensed milk and ice cubes! I’ll try it next time.
Ay I promise Peachy, masarap siya 🙂
I love caimito too! We used to pick caimito from my grandparents’ backyard when we were still young! Missing those days!