# Have you ever eaten pawpaw? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 23, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455 "2023-05-23T04:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455/41 "2023-05-24T20:55:43Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > > > Have you ever eaten pawpaw? > > No, but I bet mawmaw has. Be careful picking it, lest you prick a raw paw. Next time, beware. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455/42 "2023-05-26T05:21:20Z")
@Dorabella I’m reading a book set partly in Jamaica (C.S. Forester’s _Lieutenant Hornblower_), which refers to pawpaws. They must be papayas and not American pawpaws, since they’re in the tropics where papayas are very common. As for commercial growing of fruits in the Annona family, it’s happening in the tropics and subtropics. I have a can of guanabana (soursop) “nectar” that might be from Puerto Rico, since the label says Goya of Puerto Rico but isn’t specific as to where the fruit was grown. And I’ve seen cartons of soursop shake from Thailand. ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455/43 "2023-05-27T06:32:24Z")
I planted three pawpaw trees about 15 years ago, and they became mature enough to start producing fruit three years ago. Last fall, I used a banana bread recipe, swapping out the bananas for pawpaw pulp, and it turned out really good. I was amused to discover that the yellow pawpaw pulp turned pink once it was cooked. > **[IMG20220911120220 hosted at ImgBB](https://ibb.co/Mf3qNQ4)** > > Image IMG20220911120220 in Retzbu\_Tox's images album > **[IMG-20220918-110240 hosted at ImgBB](https://ibb.co/0yCrvcN)** > > Image IMG-20220918-110240 in Retzbu\_Tox's images album > **[IMG-20220921-200056 hosted at ImgBB](https://ibb.co/kHkqNZB)** > > Image IMG-20220921-200056 in Retzbu\_Tox's images album > **[IMG20220921202203 hosted at ImgBB](https://ibb.co/hBj4JmL)** > > Image IMG20220921202203 in Retzbu\_Tox's images album ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455/44 "2023-05-27T15:06:10Z")
Nice pix! ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455/45 "2023-05-29T01:21:08Z")
This pawpaw pudding recipe looks pawlicious. > **[Pawpaw Pudding Recipe](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016961-pawpaw-pudding)** > > When it comes to pawpaw, accept no substitutes Trust us; we tried We went to a bunch of experts — scholars who specialize in fruit, plus chefs and cookbook authors who know all about the proud culinary history of Appalachia — and we asked them, “If a... ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455/46 "2023-06-07T22:16:33Z")
Paw paw purveyor provides products, pulp! Perfection! > **[Integration Acres: Pawpaws for Sale, Cheese, Milk, Berries, Albany, Ohio](https://integrationacres.com/)** > > Since 1996, Integration Acres has been producing some of the best food Ohio has to offer. Pawpaws, Berries, Pulp, Milk & Cheese are just a few items for sale. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455/47 "2023-06-08T18:39:20Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Probably one of those uberfringe things like Saskatoon berries, spruce beer, dulce or brewis. The city of Toronto uses serviceberry/saskatoon berry trees for landscaping (at least here in North York); they should be ready in a couple of weeks. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455/48 "2023-06-11T02:55:26Z")
There’s a man in my area who gives away pawpaw seeds, and he announces on Facebook a day or two ahead when he will be available for pawpaw tastings, and a fruit giveaway. I tried to grow it back in my homeowner days, but the tree has a very long and extremely fragile taproot and I never could get those things to “take.” I’ve never been to one of these tastings, but I should try to make it some day. I understand that they do not transport well, and that’s why they are seldom commercially available. You don’t even see Brandywine tomatoes at the farmer’s market for the same reason, although they are easy to grow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455.md?page=2)