On Thu, 27 May 2021 18:19:34 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>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.* I was on my way to the check out line and saw* 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?** 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
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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