On Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 6:19:42 PM UTC-4, 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.

Papaya should be topped powdered vanilla or cinnamon or cloves baked and then buttered and sugared right before serving, shouldn't it? That's how I had it a few times back in the 70's.