This is a trick that my husband showed me back in Texas, when i erroneously bought a papaya... waited for it to ripen... and cut it up to eat.
He wasfreaking out amazed that i hadn't scored the outside of the skin, and let the "milk" drain out.
He was
What?!?
I'd never heard of such a thing. I had no idea that papayas had milk - just those pretty seeds in the middle.
My husband asked me if i tasted the bitter aftertaste? I said, "I guess so."
He went and bought another one, and showed me how to score the skin, after washing it.
My husband asked me if i tasted the bitter aftertaste? I said, "I guess so."
He went and bought another one, and showed me how to score the skin, after washing it.
Who knew that you are supposed to wash the outside of a papaya??
The taste was much better!!
I tried it on my own, the next time.
Fail.
Apparently, you don't want to cut into the meat: just lightly - emphasis on lightly - score the skin, and then leave it to ooze. That would be the "milk" oozing its way out of the fruit. If you cut too deeply, a fair amount could just be reabsorbed into the meat.
It is bitter: bitter, bitter, bitter.
Once it is dried, you will see that there are now white lines along the papaya, where the milk has dried and sealed the skin again. The outside will be sticky. Wash the remaining stickiness off of the fruit, and dig in.
It makes all the difference in the world.
I tried it on my own, the next time.
Fail.
Apparently, you don't want to cut into the meat: just lightly - emphasis on lightly - score the skin, and then leave it to ooze. That would be the "milk" oozing its way out of the fruit. If you cut too deeply, a fair amount could just be reabsorbed into the meat.
It is bitter: bitter, bitter, bitter.
Once it is dried, you will see that there are now white lines along the papaya, where the milk has dried and sealed the skin again. The outside will be sticky. Wash the remaining stickiness off of the fruit, and dig in.
It makes all the difference in the world.
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