papaya

[Angie]

I just found out my potassium levels are critically low. I need to eat more potassium rich foods. I saw that papayas are very high in potassium. I've never had it before. What's it taste like and how do you eat them?????

Thanks!

[Miniman]

I love papaya. It is a tree fruit but you eat it as you would a melon. Chop it up into a fruit salad. Eat it on it's own - cut into half, remove the seeds, squeeze some lemon juice over and tuck in - delicious.

We used to eat something similar in Africa called pawpaw. Both are really great fresh fruits.

[sirena]

Papaya is delicious. It's probably my favorite melon. It has the texture of say, a ripe peach. Great on it's own like melon, or in a fruit salad. Add bananas, which are also high in potassium, to your fruit salad. Lime juice is also fabulous on papaya.

[Angie]

Do you eat the skin?

[sirena]

No, just the flesh. Like cantaloupe or avocado. You'll see when you buy one. Make sure it's ripe. Ask the produce manager to help you chose one if you're not sure.

[Angie]

Thanks!

[phreak]

I have 3 papaya trees that should fruit next season and I can't wait. Papaya is also a natural meat tenderizer. But be careful it will make mush out of a steak if too much is used and for too long. Try a little papaya juice or mashed up fruit as the "sweet" ingredient in a meat marinade when you want fast tenderizing results, you won't be disappointed.

[recipes4me]

"i have a papaya tree in my place they are very useful to me, i can eat them even they are not ripe or even they are green. So many ways to eat papaya you can eat them with rice or make it as a soup, you can eat them also for dessert they are very flexible to eat and very healthy.." recipes4me