Papaya

[fitfool]

To cheer me up, someone sent over a fruit basket with exotic fruits. Thanks for a delicious breakfast!

Yes I had to look online to learn how to eat a papaya. I've eaten it before, just never cut one up myself. I didn't know whether or not the seeds were edible. Didn't matter though, even after learning they're to be discarded, I tried one. Don't. It's not edible.

Slice the papaya in half, scoop out the seeds with a spoon and discard, then scoop out the fruity flesh with a spoon. The upside of looking up how to eat a papaya was that I saw one suggestion to sprinkle with sugar and lemon juice and that tasted good.

Thread at picturing_food

Comments

[snarkactual.livejournal.com]

Let's see, this weekend I'll have to make your Pommes de Terre des Dangeurs. Then I'm going to have to make some Sauce Bolognese (Ragu). If I could find a papaya I'd need to make a papaya bread from the other half of the papaya. I've a hankering for a Lilikoi (passion fruit) chiffon pie topped with meringue and chopped macadamias.
Now, if I can only find the ingredients in uncivilized middle America where they think that Brats and cheddar are high cuisine, then remember the camera instead of my stomach.

I don't know how you do it. Cook then photograph before digging into the food and ruining the presentation. You're more disciplined than I.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

well I retain a fondness for Brats and cheddar too so it's not a complete loss there. I think I can still take photos since I'm usually nibbling at the food while it's cooking too so by the time the finished product is there, I've already sampled a little (you know...the pieces that aren't photogenic).

[snarkactual.livejournal.com]

LOL! I usually taste as I cook too. But unlike you it seems to whet my appetite for more. When it's finished I can't wait to dig in. The good thing about all that tasting is that I feel full pretty quickly but leftovers aren't photogenic.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

heh...sometimes I can't taste as I go and then Michael would wait patiently while I snapped a few photos but if I didn't like what I'd gotten and kept trying to find another angle or something for a better picture he'd get impatient and ask, "Can we PLEASE eat this now? Or are you going to wait until we have to reheat this in the microwave?"

[snarkactual.livejournal.com]

I knew there was a reason I thought he was a likeable person. :-)

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

oh wow...first you mention papaya bread, then razz also mentions it with a picture. Must try this out!
http://community.livejournal.com/picturing_food/2295254.html?thread=18035414#t18035414