Had My First Taste of Paw Paw

[Nyboy]

Thank you @journey11 for sending me the paw paw. They arrived in great shape even though I didn't open box right away. I had planted 3 paw paw trees and never tasted the fruit. I planted them because I think it is cool,they are native fruit. The Paw Paw is delicious it really does taste like both mango and banana. Timing was prefect yesterday I had a tooth pulled and bone graft started, I hadn't eaten anything in 24 hours because of pain. i was just able to swallow the paw paw I ate the whole box journey sent in one sitting

 

[Smart Red]

Yea!

Good friends, good food -- that's all that matter in the end.

 

[bobm]

NYboy it just might be a good idea to stay REAL close to an outhouse.

 

[so lucky]

Nyboy, how are you doing since your oral surgery? Now is a good time to drink milk shakes. Perfect excuse. Unless using a straw hurts. Then just slurp them.

 

[journey11]

Paw paws are super nutritious too. Glad you enjoyed them! Takes like 8 years for the trees to bear. How long have you had yours?

I found a recipe for paw paw ice cream I'm going to try. I make "banana" bread with them or we eat them plain mostly. This was a good year for them. Last year I found none. Late freeze got them, I think.

@baymule , I saved a bunch of seeds for you if you still need them. PM me your new address.

 

[baymule]

@journey11 PM is on the way! Thank you!

 

[Nyboy]

Bob that is good news I tend to have problems in other direction getting tired of prune juice. Lucky thanks for asking I did the shakes lol. Feeling better strange thing my Dr put me on penicillin 4x a day seems so old fashion with antibiotics now once a day. Journey my trees very small I could not find any in local nursery had to get them from ebay. I saved the seeds from yours going to look up how the plant.

 

[Nyboy]

Dam I left seeds out all night to dry

 

[journey11]

Ugh, I did the same with those I saved for Bay. They've been drying for a week now. But luckily I have more! I hadn't composted yet some that got too past their prime.

I doubt I'd find anymore in the woods now. The deer are quick to gobble them up as soon as they fall, nor do they keep long. I should have looked sooner for info on how to plant. Usually the deer do that job, eating them seeds and all, then dispersing them as they roam.

He said 20 minutes...that's not much of a grace period. I wonder if it would help to soak them?

 

[Nyboy]

The paper towel I had them in was still moist. I am going to try anyway. Have nothing to lose.