Gooseberry, Anyone?
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
Philippines
July 5, 2019 11:41pm CST
Another fresh in my backyard. Gooseberry. We call it karamay.
Its yellow in color when the fruit is ripe, when at early stage the fruit is green. It taste sour when green and when ripen it is sweet and sour.
Its good to consume with the vinegar to suppress the sourness. Even better when you pickle them for a few days.
This is harvested last week of June, the last of it this season. My kids love to munch them.
I planted few trees of gooseberry in the backyard but found out most of them are males or don't bear fruit. Its good some are females.
I hope you already tasted this fruit.
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7 responses
@Starkinds (32703)
• India
6 Jul 19
I used Gooseberry powder to drink its benefit me in losing my weight or to keep fit my digestive system
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
Oh really, for losing weight, wow. Now there's more reason to consume them.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Jul 19
We call it layuan here in Bicol . my mother used to make t into like kiamoy and it is so delicious. we also put it raw in a bowl , put some salt and cover it with a platter and shake it. After that, you can eat it and it's delicious.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Jul 19
@ilocosboy That way the gooseberry gets soft and penetrated with salt. The sourness and the saltiness blends and it become delicious.
I salivate at the thought of it. 
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Jul 19
My kids do that too, putting it in a bowl and shake it with salt.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
I miss karamay. we have two trees of karamay in our backyard but I don't know if they have fruits right now.
@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
8 Jul 19
@ilocosboy they are females. hihihi they used to bear fruits but I think my parents had cut or trimmed the trees.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Jul 19
Oh nice, you must have eaten the fruits already.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Jul 19
Hope its not male
The females bear the fruits.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Jul 19
It taste sour but its good when pickled or just added with vinegar and salt.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Jul 19
It taste sour but its good with a little bit of salt and vinegar.
