Comments on: Wow! Papaya

By: applec

applec — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:12:15 +0000

Linda: That Mexican Papaya “thing” is interesting. I’m going to have to try one because the ones I’ve had are anything but bad smelling.

By: Linda Silverman

Linda Silverman — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:55:19 +0000

I love the big papayas, but I too don’t like the inside smell of the Mexican ones. I’ve been eating papayas from Belize a Caribbean Red variety which tastes great and has a nice fragrance too.

By: applec

applec — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:11:57 +0000

sheshimmers: I didn’t know D.L had a dessert book! I’ll have to check that out. Love his recipes.
Soma: Thanks for your comment. What a great tree to have in your backyard. Fresh with nothing on it is exactly how my hubby and I enjoyed it this morning.

By: Soma

Soma — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:01:52 +0000

We had trees in our home back in India! Too much to eat, so much that i started detested it.. we always always had papaya in the house:-D .. It is supposed to be extremely healthy. We would just have fresh.. no nothing on it. But my mom would make chutney with the raw ones.. it would be grated, sweet But with Lime/lemon & ginger.. I love that more than anything else.

By: shesimmers

shesimmers — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:21:54 +0000

Oh, as someone who’s originally from Southeast Asia, I live and breathe papaya. A lot of people find the smell off-putting and I can see that. Me? Whenever I see chubby, golden, rip papayas, I pounce on them. I like to eat my papaya fresh mostly, but sometimes I put it in smoothies or make ice cream with it. David Lebovitz also has a really good papaya cake recipe in his Ripe for Desserts book.