I bought a papaya for the first time in my life. I've already figured out that you cut it in half and use a spoon to scoop out the middle, and I've sliced it and eaten it (good) and put it with bananas, milk, yogurt, and ice in a smoothie (less than good, not quite "bad"). What are other ways to prepare papaya?
One papaya is kind of a lot for one person, by the way.
Posted by arevoj (Member # 7347) on :
Sorry, no advice on papaya preparation, but I just had to say... excellent thread title.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
You can bake them with marshmellows. And slice them into salads.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Alliteration. Intended? Or serendipity?
In Sri Lanka, papaya (as well as mango and pineapple) are sometimes eaten with sweetened condensed milk poured overtop.
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
Serendipity, largely. I might not have posted about it were it not for the alliteration, though.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Burn it. Oh, and burn the farm where they grow too.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I take it you don't like papayas.
*high fives* Me neither!
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Me neither!
We can be anti-papaya buddies.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Oooh! We can have cool uniforms and go around rescuing people from papayas!
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Grammar Communist doctrine is neutral on the subject of papayas. Party members may eat them, or not, as they choose. However, "papaya's" is an abomination to be resisted with every fiber of our being. Just a friendly word of warning - you don't want to be sent to Siberia over such a trivial issue.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Oooh! What color uniforms?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
What about "Papaya's"? As in, a possessive short for the famous stands in New York?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote: Oooh! What color uniforms?
Well, certainly not papaya colored!
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Right! We should make them... purple!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Okay! I look good in purple. Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Me too. And it's my favorite color!
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Yay!!! I'm on it too! The H.A.C.P.W.L.P!! (Hatrackers Against Crazy People Who Like Papayas) Or something, we could think of a better acromynm.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
I honestly cannot tell whether I had papaya before or not.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
You can't join. Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
Papayas are pretty good, but I prefer mangos. They are both very nutritious and good for breakfast. Papayas are easier to serve and eat.
I have a Japanese friend who makes green papaya salad that's tasty, and many people here use green papayas as poultice after an insect bite.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
I love mangoes!
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Why the heck can't I? I was the first one to say that papayas should come back from whichever hell hole they came from in the first place! I know I'm on it. In fact, I'm a VIP member.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
When I had them for breakfast in Mexico every morning, they'd serve them sliced and drizzled with lime juice. Mmm - boy! Actually, just about everything in Mexico is served sliced and drizzled with lime juice, but when is that not an improvement?
And, yes, I concede that mangoes are better. But what are mangoes not better than?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Altáriël, I think she was talking to Kama. You are so in. But we don't want any computer programs who have never eaten papayas. Besides, computer programs can't fly.
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
That's called the Greengrocer's Apostrophe, KoM. I concur that it is not acceptable.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I love papayas, and adore mangoes. Luckily, I have a couple Manila mangoes (the really mellow vanilla-y yellow ones) ready to eat . . . and I think now is when I shall eat them! Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I love papaya with sweeted condensed milk, and with lime, but not at the same time.
You can also mash it and mix in something acidic, and use it as a marinaide for meat. It's a main ingredient in meat tenderizers. Yum.
[ May 05, 2005, 12:04 AM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
And it makes a darn good contact lens cleaner and clothes stain remover.
Not to mention helping if you had a tad too much to eat.
Papain is wonderful stuff. Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
quote: Why the heck can't I? I was the first one to say that papayas should come back from whichever hell hole they came from in the first place! [Frown] I know I'm on it. In fact, I'm a VIP member.
I was talking to Kama, dear. Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Dried papayas are good. As are dried pineapples, dried mangoes, dried apples...I love dried fruit.
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