Re: [nafex] paw paw taste

I think it takes a certain amount of eating pawpaws to lose your taste for them. I've noticed this in other once-pawpaw-enthusiasts also.

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> On Nov 24, 2020, at 5:47 AM, Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net> wrote:
>
> I have only tasted two named varieties Mango and Shenandoah. They were both delicious, sweet, fruity, bright without the taste/smell of overripe banana (tang) that the wild fruits contain.
>
> There was a 6 year gap between tasting them so I cannot compare their tastes directly. I do remember the mango surprised me with its deliciousness.
>
> In my experience, the selected varieties are worth the effort. That is why I keep trying to buy grafted trees and to graft my sprouts.
>
> Elizabeth
>
> On 11/24/2020 5:41 AM, Alan Haigh wrote:
>> I believe that some people can taste the slight toxic tang of paw paws and
>> some can't. Those that can't think they are absolutely delicious and those
>> that can are never big fans. Unfortunately, like Lee, I fall in the latter
>> group.
>>
>> I've never tasted a Peterson variety, though.
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