I hate it! Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Good one, although I can't agree with the hating part. It's just so good.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
No, you are WRONG. It is NASTY. Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Oh, it's on.
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!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I will douse your papayas with my Ketchup of Righteousness! Beware, foul fruits!
Posted by tern (Member # 7429) on :
Mmmmmmm...the soap fruit. It's an acquired taste, but it's fine once you get used to it.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
(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...)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
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!
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I am partial to Star Fruit myself. I never was a big fan of Papaya though.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Papaya smells funny.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Star fruit isn't bad.
And yes. Papaya stinketh like the depths of Hell!
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
No such thing as a "papaya." It's called "frutabomba." Get it right.
-o-
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.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
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.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
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.
Beware...beware...
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*smites ersomniac with the Ketchup of Righteousness*
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
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.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*high-fives SR*
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
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.)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
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*
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
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).
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
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.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
But Papaya still wins.
<3 Artemisia
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
That may well be an issue.
(I make baked mac n cheese with a bechamel sauce with added fresh parmesan. Yum. )
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*dumps milk on ersomniac's papaya* Enjoy, then.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:*dumps milk on ersomniac's papaya* Enjoy, then.
Rub it in, just rub it in why don't you.
Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :
I thought this was going to be about paypal.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I like the papaya. It smells weird, but not as weird as the durian, and I like that, too. I like all my fruits and vegetables.
And I like macaroni and cheese.
Fie on the picky eaters!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
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!). Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Provolone cheese smells more like feet than feet do.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:I thought this was going to be about paypal.
That was the point.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
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.
I love papaya!
Posted by tern (Member # 7429) on :
Papaya smells nothing like durian - comparatively, it doesn't even smell.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Compared to durian, nothing smells.
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
Apparently we're going to have roasted papaya and burnt ketchup from this flame war...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Papaya! And mango! and durian! and starfruit! and cherimoya!
*drools*
Good mac'n'cheese is nice, but it compares not to luscious fresh fruit.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
You like BBQ sauce, though, too, don't you.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
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.
Posted by tern (Member # 7429) on :
quote:Compared to durian, nothing smells.
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?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: You like BBQ sauce, though, too, don't you.
Most kinds, yes.
Not a huge fan of ketchup either, as you know.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*looks at rivka suspiciously*
Is your hair your own?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Some of it. Not the stuff in boxes. Well, I mean it is, but it isn't.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
My hair is my own. I finished making all the payments. Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Apparantly, smaller papayas are better than bigger ones.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Have you tasted those beautiful glossy black seeds? They are all spicy and peppery. They are nice in your salad.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
About that frutabomba, Icarus, ask your more slang-hip friends what a papaya is in Cuba.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
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).
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
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. Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
I'll stay classic with a nice red apple.
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
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
Posted by jennabean (Member # 8590) on :
You can eat papaya with a SPOON. A fruit that can be eaten with a spoon deserves some respect. Try eating an apple with a spoon! (mm, I love papayas.)
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
aspectre, point taken. So there is such a thing as a papaya . . . but it is definitely not a fruit! The fruit is called frutabomba!
-o-
When my cousin first came from Cuba, ketchup was an absolute revelation to him. He was always asking for la salsita roja! I think he pretty much felt that was America's premier contribution to civilization. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:However, anyone who enjoys ketchup enough to proclaim herself queen frightens me just a tad
You should be afraid. I put it on my cheesecake now and then.
quote:You can eat papaya with a SPOON. A fruit that can be eaten with a spoon deserves some respect. Try eating an apple with a spoon!
This is no test of the nobility of a fruit. Only it's looseness. You can eat some very good fruits-- pineapple, cherimoya, mango-- with a spoon, and some not-so-good/evil ones as well-- kiwi, papaya.
quote:I think he pretty much felt that was America's premier contribution to civilization.
What an intelligent man! Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
<shudder> I just thought of putting ketchup on the greatest of all deserts, cheesecake (especially when combined with the #2 desert, Pumpkin Pie..... mmmmm.... pumpkin pie cheesecake......) I would consider starting a holy war with the Ketchup Queen, if my wife wouldn't smack me. She eats ketchup on nearly everything, and Ranch Dressing on everything else. Once I got tired of being smacked, I stopped making fun of her asking for ketchup with her steak (or more correctly, making ME ask so she wouldn't feel awkward)
Posted by jennabean (Member # 8590) on :
What is a cherimoya? YOU DON'T LIKE KIWI EITHER? Ohhh, as a lover of all things fruity, this breaks my heart.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
quote: *high-fives SR*
What is this high-five to which you refer?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Kiwi is all right. But not one I'd prefer to eat on a regular basis. Cherimoya is a wonderful, wonderful fruit. Mark Twain said it was "deliciousness itself."
And I like ketchup and sour cream on my steak.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Who's steak would you put ketchup and sour cream on if not your own, might I ask?
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
OK, the thought of Sour Cream makes me nauseaous, the real thing actually tears me up. I think I'm going to go eat a peice of pumpkin pie, and forget all this craziness....
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Her husband's. After all, she has to put something on the food that she mooches.
Kiwi is a great fruit. I used to take about 4 or 5 off the mess decks on my way to the office when I was on the ship.
*Getting hungry again and just had dinner.*
KQ: Ketchup on cheesecake ... ok, I'm just not going to go there. I'm generally not a picky eater, but that made my stomach turn just a little bit.
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
Right there with ya, Stan
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
kq- Do you have a special recipe for Ketchup Cheesecake?
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
Oh man - I mean, I know kq has to be wise, with so many posts, but surely she will step in and end the ketchup cheesecake madness!!
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
I love papaya!! Of course I must admit that some are much better than others. The ones I've picked ripe of trees in the Hawaiian islands have been far, far better than any I've ever gotten at grocery stores. I think that some of the "soap" taste and "foot" smell developes when they are picked green and ripened afterwards.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
I'm sure you know that ketchup can be made from papaya's.
quote:Originally posted by jennabean: Try eating an apple with a spoon!
Applesauce! Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Beans, beans, the musical fruit...
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
The more you eat the more.....oh looks that dog is so cute! Posted by jennabean (Member # 8590) on :
Tante, I meant fresh apples! Tough crowd, you Hatrackers. I suppose what I meant to say is that I love eating papayas 'cause I can eat them with a spoon!
Beans, beans, they're good for your heart...
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Jelly beans? I once planted some and grew a jelly bush.
Posted by jennabean (Member # 8590) on :
Can't say I've planted a Jenna bean! But perhaps George and Laura Bush have...
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
That remark was completely inappropriate...
You'll fit in just fine around here.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
yumm yumm
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:kq- Do you have a special recipe for Ketchup Cheesecake?
No. But I have one for Ketchup Apple Pie. I made it for a RS potluck once. Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
quote:kq- Do you have a special recipe for Ketchup Cheesecake?
No. But I have one for Ketchup Apple Pie. I made it for a RS potluck once.
You should submit a picture of it to the website.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quote:Originally posted by Teshi: Apparantly, smaller papayas are better than bigger ones.
Not here. The smaller ones we had tasted like cardboard. The big ones - much, much bigger than a football - tasted divine!
But then, here, papaya trees are almost everywhere. There's one across the street on an empty, unclaimed piece of land. Which makes me wonder who steals the papayas from it. The lizards on my roof, I bet.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Tante, custom?
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
*stepping around the ketchup controversy*
This is weird, I thought I just saw myself post. But I never have.
Like your name, jennabean. Posted by jennabean (Member # 8590) on :
And I love yours, JennaDean! Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
*blinks* Wow.
Welcome to HatCrack, JennaDean.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Well, this site is actually how I found out about That Other Forum, but I haven't had the motivation to jump into the fray here until I thought I saw myself. OSC is my favorite living author. And, not to get off track, I do like papaya.
As for ketchup, my three year old calls every sauce ketchup. There's red ketchup, and white ketchup (ranch dressing), and brown ketchup (barbecue sauce). You won't catch me defiling my cheesecake, though.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Here, ketchup, or catsup as the purist called ketchupqueen calls it, is called tomato sauce, and it might be hot, and it might have ginger and garlic in it. And yeah, sometimes, Heinz is available. Posted by jennabean (Member # 8590) on :
Hatcrack! No kidding... it is actually my first day too, Jdean.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
What's the odds of that?
And there is only one True Ketchup. Blasphemers.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Yeah yeah.
No, no, please don't hit me. Put that down. *ducks and flees for life*
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
You know, I've been ignoring this thread because I thought any post titled "Papaya!" would be extolling its virtues, and I cannot relate. But when I saw it had extended to two pages, I got curious, and must weigh in: I agree w/ the papaya haters!!
But I'm willing to concede that I've never tried it recently picked in a tropical country. I figure it must taste better *somewhere* than it does here! And papaya juice? Oh, puh-leez!!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Papaya juice is fantabulous! But yeah, we get ours - juice and fruit - fresh. Like, really really fresh. Not less than five minutes off the tree cuz we don't have a papaya tree, but within a few hours or so, yeah. Yum. Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :
Papaya juice is one of my all-time favorites! YUM. As is the fruit itself.
And can y'all who claim that papayas smell bad be talking about the same fruit as me?? Jackfruit reeks. Papaya does not. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I don't think it smells (other than like papaya.) I just loathe it.
And quid, I am willing to concede that there are other catsups. But the catsup in itself is inherently evil, so...
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Jackfruit in a curry, however, is perfectly fine. Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :
I love how jackfruit tastes, though I've only had it fresh or pickled/canned and not cooked in any way. But the skin/husk/whatever of the fruit has a definite fragrance that isn't pretty! Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Tante, custom?
Uh, wha?
Help me out a little. That was awfully cryptic.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: My hair is my own. I finished making all the payments.
Does that help? Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Semi-custom. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Or semi-trucks? Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
The smell of a papaya, if you disregard the heavenly taste, has a little resemblance to the smell a wee baby has if she is only being nourished by her mothers milk. It may be surprising at first, but not unpleasant. Get past that and taste the fruit. But, again, get a good big one. (And squeeze lots of fresh lime on top.)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by quidscribis: Or semi-trucks?
Nah, customs are more expensive. But they take up less space.
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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!). ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Well, this site is actually how I found out about That Other Forum, but I haven't had the motivation to jump into the fray here until I thought I saw myself. OSC is my favorite living author. And, not to get off track, I do like papaya. ![[ROFL]](graemlins/rofl.gif)
Here, ketchup, or catsup as the purist called ketchupqueen calls it, is called tomato sauce, and it might be hot, and it might have ginger and garlic in it. ![[Taunt]](graemlins/taunt.gif)