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["Ron Powell, PhD" <Botrytis@fuse.net>]

Lucky,

Many of the stomach distress problems associated with pawpaws happens when 
the fruit is under ripe, over ripe, or bruised with a bacterial or fungal 
infection.  I have had several individuals tell me that it does not matter 
whether the fruit is fresh or used in cooking, the stomach distress can 
occur.

Once you have had a bad pawpaw, most never go back and try them again!

Ron

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Lucky Pittman" <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pawpaw sources and uses


> I know I recounted this tale several years back - 'cause Richard Moyer has
> had the chance to kid me about it on a couple of subsequent occasions. ;>)
>
> I came across a couple of pints of pawpaw pulp that I had frozen back, and
> made a batch of pawpaw cookies.  My daughter ate several, and I took the
> rest to the office to share with coworkers at morning break.
> When I got home that afternoon, the daughter had come home from school 
> with
> vomiting and diarrhea - and a half-dozen or so coworkers became ill within
> 20 minutes to 2 hours after consuming the pawpaw cookies; My boss spent 3
> days at home, and thought he was going to have to go to the hospital.
> Needless to say, NO ONE that I work with will eat anything pawpaw-related,
> and they kid me relentlessly about the pawpaw cookies.
>
> After that deal, I can eat maybe one pawpaw a year - and that's enough to 
> do
> me 'til the next year (or 2 or 3).
> I've never had the occasion to sample any of the named-variety pawpaws -
> only the local natives; don't know if the named selections would appeal to
> my palate more, or not.
>
> Lucky
>
>
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