Papaya is wonderful if you squeeze lime juice on it. That's the way they
eat it in Guatemala.
Tina
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> It turns out that you are confusing the tropical Carica papaya (papaya)
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya>
> with the eastern US Asimina triloba (pawpaw or paw paw).
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba>
>
> I knew the name since the city of Paw Paw, Michigan
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paw_Paw,_Michigan>
> is not far from Battle Creek, Michigan where I was born and raised until
> age 15. But I never realized it was a tree with edible fruit and have
> never seen one that I recall. While Paw Paw, Michigan was named after
> the tree in 1837 it's at the extreme northern range of the tree. So I
> suppose that it's not unusual that I was not familiar with it.
>
> I don't like papaya either. I hope pawpaw tastes better. Maybe Rick
> can tell use since he's growing them. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 12/6/2012 1:06 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> > Its proper name is papaya, Chuck. My mother used to give it to me
> > for breakfast when I was young, and I hated the texture of the
> > flesh.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 6 Dec 2012, at 02:11, Chuck Norcutt
> > <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Nice. Should have pulled it out earlier. And I have no idea what
> >> a pawpaw fruit is although I've heard of it.
> >
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