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.

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.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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On 5/28/2021 2:22 AM, 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.
>

Tasty!

On Fri, 28 May 2021 10:30:03 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
> wrote:

>On 5/28/2021 2:22 AM, 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.
>>
>
>Tasty!
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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