On Fri, 28 May 2021 16:01:49 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 27 May 2021 16:53:23 -0400, 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.
>
>They're always not ripe enough to eat as a nibbling fruit or too
>ripe to use in Asian salads ("Green Papaya"). Unless you go to an
>Asian supermarket, then they're all green and unripe - they never
>sell ripe ones.
>
>The "ripe" ones I've had have been mushy mixed with deposits of
>fibrous. I'll pass at $.99/lb.
>
>-sw
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