On 2021-05-27 6:19 p.m., 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.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.Â* 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.Â* The peeled and cut up aspect means you didn't have to deal with
> all the seeds.Â* It does taste similar to cantaloupe.Â* I have no idea if
> you got to taste a really fresh papaya if it would make a difference.
>
>

Thanks. I guess it wasn't just me. My wife said she had it once in
Tobago and found it bland but cloyingly sweet and someone suggested
sprinkling a little lime juice on it to cut the sweetness.