# Papaya recipes, anyone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papaya-recipes-anyone/197284>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 24, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papaya-recipes-anyone/197284 "2003-08-24T05:27:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papaya-recipes-anyone/197284/1 "2003-08-24T05:27:30Z")

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Picked up a huge one a few days ago, and now I don’t know what to do with it. If it were perfectly ripe I’d eat it raw little by little, but it won’t reach that perfect dark-salmon colour. Any recipes using slightly underripe papaya? (keep in mind I can only drink so many smoothies…)

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**Author:** ![Brown\_Jenkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Brown\_Jenkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Jenkin)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papaya-recipes-anyone/197284/2 "2003-08-24T12:30:33Z")

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[http://www.northernthailand.com/cm/recipes/thai-recipes/som-tam.htm](http://www.northernthailand.com/cm/recipes/thai-recipes/som-tam.htm) Som tam. This recipe is really for green (unripe) papaya. It also works with green mango.

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papaya-recipes-anyone/197284/3 "2003-08-24T13:32:22Z")

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Mmm, papaya salad

😃