I'm sounding the call to arms. Papaya lovers around the world, hearken: a great evil has shown its face. Behold the Ketchup Queen, whose slanderous speech regarding the most perfect of perfect fruits resonates like Dashboard Confessional music through the otherwise peaceful equilibrium of our lives. Gather your loved ones and papayas and meet me in the chapel square, for we shall rain down delicious vengeance upon her!
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(Oh, and how can you call it perfect? Have you ever had a cherimoya? Sooo much better. And then there's the pluot. And the cantaloupe. And the mango. And...)
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My dad's been trying to "get me used to it" since I was three. I hate it. Hate it with a passion that will not be quenched!
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No such thing as a "papaya." It's called "frutabomba." Get it right.
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Oh, and it's wonderful in shakes. If anybody doesn't believe me, I personally offer to make you a frutabomba shake when you come to Central Florida.
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Kiwi has always been a favorite too. Or that one melon. I can't even think of what it is called. Its tan and round. What is that? Oh....this will bug me all day.
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Your Ketchup of Righteousness has nothing, NOTHING, on my Supreme Papaya of Destruction.
Imagine, if you will, a Papaya so beautiful that the very sight of it causes men and women (not unlike ourselves) to weep. Its skin is like freshly whipped cream (with a splash of color), its seeds like rare gemstones, its taste like a first passionate kiss.
But most of all, it EXPLODES and RAINS DOWN PAPAYA AWESOMENESS ON ALL THINGS KETCHUPY.
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I like ketchup very much thank you. I used to put it on Macaroni and Cheese. Now I ask you, can you put Papaya on Macaroni and Cheese and it improve the taste? Surely, one would think not.
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Oh boy, Macaroni & Cheese? Don't even get me started.
Too late.
I'd never eaten macaroni & cheese until I was 19 and really, really, really hungry in college. We were out of instant saimin. My collection of hot pockets in the freezer was gone. The only thing resembling a meal (other than beer) in the room was a lone packet of instant macaroni & cheese under my roommate's bed.
I confess, I stole it. If you read this, Davin, let me know and maybe I'll feel bad enough to mail you a check for the $0.49. But probably not.
I didn't understand what I was seeing: little elbow macaroni and a packet of yellowy powder. I followed the preparation directions and was still confused - and also holding a tupperware with some noodles, water, and some yellowy powder floating on top.
Yum.
I microwaved it and, thankfully, most of the water mixed with said yellowy powder to form a chalky paste that I suppose could be construed as cheese. The macaroni were no longer discernable from the mess in the tupperware. I wanted to run, to hide, to be anywhere but in that dorm room in upstate new york, but I was hungry, and when you're hungry a lot of stupid things seem to make sense.
About 30 seconds later I was throwing up in the hall bathroom.
Never again. I hate you, macaroni and cheese. If you and ketchup would like to team up against the Power of Papaya, be my guest: Saddam & Bin Laden teaming up wouldn't make America hate them any less, would it? All it does is encourage us to pre-emptively invade your country. Bring it on, o ye evil conglomeration of foodstuffs. Papaya will win. Papaya will always win.
(The great irony of this being that I really, really, really, REALLY love ketchup - I get the costco twin pack and go through it in a matter of weeks. We're talkin a cup of ketchup per meal.)
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EEEEW! That's not how you make mac and cheese! You boil, drain, and then add butter and milk and the cheese!
And I do the same thing with ketchup-- well, did until I got pregnant and had to reduce my ultra-high sodium intake to a normal intake. *sigh*
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Papaya fresh, with fresh limes squeezed over it. There simply is no better breakfast when it's hot out side. But, you have to have a good Papaya. I have never seen one this side of the Reo Bravo. They need to be at least the size of a football (american).
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quote:EEEEW! That's not how you make mac and cheese! You boil, drain, and then add butter and milk and the cheese!
I'm beginning to see that I might not be enjoying mac & cheese so much because, well, I'm allergic to milk.
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One of my mission companions used to call papaya "the feet fruit." I have to admit, the aroma does have an uncanny resemblance to...feet. I don't mind papaya, it's actually rather tasteless and boring IMO. So lame compared to zippy fruits like maracuja, acerola, and carambola (star fruit!). Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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quote:Originally posted by Artemisia Tridentata: Papaya fresh, with fresh limes squeezed over it. There simply is no better breakfast when it's hot out side. But, you have to have a good Papaya. I have never seen one this side of the Reo Bravo. They need to be at least the size of a football (american).
Absolutely. And we get that kind of papaya here. Strawberry papaya. Huge. Sweet. Delicious.
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I've had papaya before when I was on the USS Ronald Reagan. Haven't had it since. Didn't mind it. However, I'm not going to go out of my way to find it. Mac n cheese... I'm hungry now. An that's all I have in the cupboard now.
Durn clutch. I'm going to the DMV later on to get a NY driver's license. Then I can get a rental. Yay for wheels! Then I can go to a grocery store and get some good food.
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I was once walking along and thought I smelled an open sewer, but it was a pile of durian rinds. How can something that smells so bad taste so okay?
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Have you tasted those beautiful glossy black seeds? They are all spicy and peppery. They are nice in your salad.
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quote:Originally posted by erosomniac: ....its seeds like rare gemstones...
Rare gemstones, my buttocks. I have always looked at them and imagine the warts in my 3rd grade teacher's neck. Ew...*chomps her pomegranate seeds* I'm saved from the imagionary taste of papaya again, (I get it whenever I read the word).
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Not really on topic, but kq, have you ever thought of hosting a Mafia game? You'd be wonderful at writing for Food Fight Mafia. Posts: 5948 | Registered: Jun 2001
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Having never tried papaya, I can earnestly say "I don't like it" :-) However, anyone who enjoys ketchup enough to proclaim herself queen frightens me just a tad
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I don't mind papaya, it's actually rather tasteless and boring IMO. So lame compared to zippy fruits like maracuja, acerola, and carambola (star fruit!). ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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