On Friday, May 28, 2021 at 5:03:14 AM UTC-4, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 7:03:20 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> > 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. 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.
> > >
> > >
> > 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.
> If you have to sprinkle it with lime juice, it's not worth it. I'd rather
> eat the lime.

Strange, I guess. I've never eaten uncooked papaya.