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It's like a banana (custardy) and is probably similar to figs in that they don't store long. Figs are double annoying as they have to be picked when ripe and th
by 7thaccount 4y ago
It's like a banana (custardy) and is probably similar to figs in that they don't store long. Figs are double annoying as they have to be picked when ripe and then are only good for like a day. The ones at a grocery store are picked too early and thus nasty. Like a flavorless peach. Pawpaws also are supposedly carcinogenic and require 2 trees to fruit iirc.
If it's hard to buy, there's a reason such as: 1.) Not good to eat, 2.) Can't be grown economically due to slow growth or expensive inputs, 3.) Can't be stored for long, 4.) Superior substitutes exist (possibly mango or banana), 5.) Illegal nature...etc.
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After reading, it confirms the inability to store and need to pick on the tree (similar to figs). I have a feeling that the recently coveted nature of the pawpaw is just that people want to try it once and not a sustained need like apples. I didn't see any mentioning of them being carcinogenic though. Maybe I remembered that wrong? I do see that it has annonacin which is also pretty bad if consumed regularly (hard to do with pawpaw) and something that pregnant women should probably avoid.
- sidewndr46 4y agoYeah, I saw that frequent consumption could lead to atypical Parkinson's and noped right out.
- zokier 4y agoFigs work excellently as dried fruit, and afaik you can dry pretty much any fruit. So is that the simple solution here for pawpaws too?
- 7thaccount 4y agoGood point, but I think it's a no. You can't dry a mango right? I guess a better question is if you can just freeze pawpaw. An interesting little semi off-topic point, but dried figs somehow taste very differently than fresh figs. This was a shock to me. Fresh figs are close to peaches in a way.
- ChoGGi 4y agoI like munching on dried mangos?
- Fatnino 4y agoWhere do you get that you can't dry mango? There are multiple ways to dry mango and the end results are different. You can get any kind in a normal grocery or even in bulk at Costco.
- 7thaccount 4y agoOh, easy one. I was just very wrong apparently lol.
- irrational 4y agoUh… we buy bags full of dried mangos from Costco all the time. You can definitely dry mangos.
- al2o3cr 4y agoYou can indeed freeze the pulp, that's what one of bigger places that sells pawpaws does: https://integrationacres.com https://integrationacres.com The product page also supplies an additional hint why the fruit hasn't been commercialized: cooking with it can sometimes make people sick.