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i have always wanted to try one but have never had the opportunity.
earlier this summer i found one but it was way too early for it to be ripe. maybe someday they will be domesticated to the point they'll actually be raised commercially?
Yes. Papayas are sweet and creamy inside.
One of the good things about living here is having hispanic neighbors who share their food culture with me, and me share mine with them occasionally. They seem to eat alot of fresh things in their natural state, being more healthy for you, of course.
I probably would not have tried/bought them otherwise.
Yes. Papayas are sweet and creamy inside.
One of the good things about living here is having hispanic neighbors who share their food culture with me, and me share mine with them occasionally. They seem to eat alot of fresh things in their natural state, being more healthy for you, of course.
I probably would not have tried/bought them otherwise.
sorry for the confusion, i meant American pawpaws, like these:
The farm I grew up on had some wild Paw Paw bushes or trees. To me they looked more like a bush than a tree. The fruit was sweet and the time span that it was ripe was very short.
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I always wanted to, but apparently they are too delicate to be shipped, and ripen too fast as Teach said.
I've read that there are frozen paw-paws, or maybe it was the mush or the juice that's frozen, but only the fresh fruit is supposed to be like some kind of ambrosial mix of ...... oh, let me just drag in the wiki article like I always do:
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........ Pawpaw fruits have a sweet flavor somewhat similar to banana, mango, and cantaloupe,[2][16] varying significantly by source or cultivar,[2] with more protein than most fruits.[2] Nineteenth-century American agronomist E. Lewis Sturtevant described pawpaws as
... a natural custard, too luscious for the relish of most people"[10]
Ohio botanist William B. Werthner noted that
The fruit has a sweet custardish wild-wood flavor peculiarly its own. It is sweet, yet rather cloying to the taste and a wee bit puckery—only a boy can eat more than one at a time.......... Asimina triloba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not only have I eaten a paw paw, I've been in Paw Paw.
(Small town in Michigan. Probably best known for their wine festival.)
i have also been in pawpaw, MI. i was crushed by the utter lack of pawpaws i found there. same situation in pawpaw, WV
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Never eaten one....
supposedly they are like a mang0-banana kind of sweetness....you go ahead and try the first one and let us know if you survive unscathed....
if we don't hear back, well then, we will know what happened to you.
i've heard they're pretty good, with a texture like an avocado, really thick and creamy.
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I always wanted to, but apparently they are too delicate to be shipped, and ripen too fast as Teach said.
I've read that there are frozen paw-paws, or maybe it was the mush or the juice that's frozen, but only the fresh fruit is supposed to be like some kind of ambrosial mix of ...... oh, let me just drag in the wiki article like I always do:
thanks for the article, woof. 'only a boy can eat more than one at a time,' eh?
well just see about that
My dad grew up in the 20's & 30's. he lived on his Uncles farm. Lots of acreage, no runniing water...had to walk out to the out house...He told me stories how they had many paw-paw's over the years. He & his Uncle loved them. They do ripen & don't last long at all.
Anyone ever have a persimmon. My Dad & Uncle had a lot of persimmon trees. Just don't eat one that isn't ripe. It will make your lips/mouth pucker like crazy. not good. The birds always told them when they were ripe. LOL...
Wonder if the birds got puckered beaks if they weren't ripe.LOL...
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