On 5/27/2021 4:53 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> I had my first taste of papaya today and it left me wondering what I as
> missing.Â* I was on my way to the check out line and sawÂ* it in tubes all
> peeled and cut up and ready to eat, it was cheap enough so I thought I
> would give it a try. The pieces had some yellow and some orange. The
> texture was like a melon. The taste?Â*Â* Like a combination of cantaloup
> and water but with most of the flavour sucked out. I must be missing
> something.

I've never been impressed with papaya, either, and I tasted it fully
ripe (reddish-orange flesh) fresh off a tree we had in our yard when we
lived in Bangkok. The papaya you bought had to be trucked in from who
knows where, likely before it was ripe enough in the hopes it might
ripen. The peeled and cut up aspect means you didn't have to deal with
all the seeds. It does taste similar to cantaloupe. I have no idea if
you got to taste a really fresh papaya if it would make a difference.

Jill