Maradol papaya

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annab1158

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I bought a huge papaya Friday. They were marked down to 68? a pound
and I couldn't pass that up. But since I didn't know what to do
with them I just got one; one of the smaller ones at about 3 pounds.
I split it today, gutted it, then sliced and peeled the halves and
then cut he slices into chunks. There is not as much waste as I
expected because the peel is thin. It tastes good but a little
bland. I froze all the chunks and am planning to use them to make
smoothies.

I tasted one of the seeds. It started out not really having any
flavor, then had a peppery aftertaste. It was interesting, but
didn't seem very useful so I threw them out.

Now wondering what to add to the frozen papaya to perk it up a bit
when I make the smoothies. I have some tamarind paste in the fridge
that is just tamarind and water; no salt or preservatives. Maybe a
spoonful of that. Or use orange juice instead of water. Or just
add some canned peaches...

I need to go back to the store and see if they still have any at
that price and buy one or two extra-huge ones.

-Bob
 
On 4/3/2011 11:10 PM, zxcvbob wrote:

I always squeeze a little lemon or lime juice on papaya as I eat it.

Threw out a bunch of seed in the compost heap several years ago and had
about a dozen papaya shrubs come up. Kept one in a pot for three years
in the green house but finally threw it out too.

Lemon juice definitely, brings out the high lights of the fruit.

All we get in the way of papaya down here are those little puny things.
Once we got the Miradol papaya and wife and I ate most of them in the
store as no one else liked them. We learned to love papaya on vacations
to Thailand whilst we were working in the Middle East. Mangoes I can do
without, never learned to like them.
 
zxcvbob wrote:

Papaya is used differently depending on ripeness; green it can be
shredded and used for slaw, as it ripens it softens and becomes sweet,
very ripe it is used for ice cream. I had a few payaya trees in
Belize, a favorite hangout for giant iguanas and macaws. When the
heavy fruit began to come in the branches would touch the ground, very
prolific, couldn't give them away, everyone put them out for trash
pick up. I never did like papaya very much.
http://www.oregonlive.com/foodday/index.ssf/2009/04/maradol_papayas_prove_good_dow.html
 
On 4/3/2011 10:10 PM, zxcvbob wrote:



I've had wonderful, sweet papaya in Hawaii and Panama. The large ones
I've bought in the market from Mexico really didn't have any flavor so I
stopped buying them. Occasionally our Sunflower has smaller Hawaiian
ones and I buy if they look ripe.

I've had much better luck with mangoes. I've noticed this winter that
the mangoes we've been getting are sweeter and way less stringy than I
remember. It must be a different variety. Then there are the ataulfo
(champagne or honey mangoes), the smaller yellow ones. Oh my, they are
good!

gloria p
 
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