To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pawpaw sources and uses
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:37:02 -0600
Amy,
Pawpaws, yuck. I agree with you on this. We did find a grove of pretty
nice ones, rather banana like in texture and pretty good eating. I thought
that was what they were all like till I encountered the selections from the
Ky planting. They were big fat things with a texture like pudding and the
flavor did nothing for me. I brought some home and my husband and I both
had the runs the next day. After I found out that the cancer fighting
compound in them also can cause Parkinsons', I lost all interest. Obviously
few of the people who ate lots of pawpaws ever developed Parkinsons, but it
runs in my family. Donna