On Fri, 28 May 2021 02:03:11 -0700 (PDT), 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.
>
>Cindy Hamilton
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