On Fri, 28 May 2021 01:22:06 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
> wrote:

>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.
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