On 5/28/2021 8:30 AM, bruce bowser wrote:
> 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.
>

Fresh is good, tamarind from the pod is even better.