Comments on: Name this fruit http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/ The musings and ravings of a bloggart family Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Kim Bean http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-1011 Kim Bean Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:26:24 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-1011 Hi! Yes, it is a papaya. Allegedly a very good fruit for cleaning out your digestive system, so eat in small portions. : ) Be careful! Hi! Yes, it is a papaya. Allegedly a very good fruit for cleaning out your digestive system, so eat in small portions. : ) Be careful!

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-694 Cynthia Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:02:36 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-694 I LOVE it.. name that movie AND name that fruit! I LOVE it.. name that movie AND name that fruit!

]]> By: KME http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-491 KME Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:37:47 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-491 I think I just approach most fruits and veggies as if they are going to taste good. I go into the situation (brussel sprouts are the exception but then that's another blog) expecting to like them. I'll have to find some mangos and quavas next! Yum. More fruit to try. What about starfruit? I'm still unclear about how you eat that one. Eliz--oh dear, you and Rebecca seem to agree about food and picky eaters. I love the line about the food becoming an 'old yucky food' instead of a 'new yucky food.' Too funny!!!! I think I just approach most fruits and veggies as if they are going to taste good. I go into the situation (brussel sprouts are the exception but then that’s another blog) expecting to like them.

I’ll have to find some mangos and quavas next! Yum. More fruit to try. What about starfruit? I’m still unclear about how you eat that one.

Eliz–oh dear, you and Rebecca seem to agree about food and picky eaters. I love the line about the food becoming an ‘old yucky food’ instead of a ‘new yucky food.’ Too funny!!!!

]]> By: Rachel B http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-485 Rachel B Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:47:30 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-485 I think mangos and guavas are much more naturally appealing flavors. I didn't care too much for papaya the one time I tried it. But I'm a somewhat picky eater, too. I think mangos and guavas are much more naturally appealing flavors. I didn’t care too much for papaya the one time I tried it. But I’m a somewhat picky eater, too.

]]> By: Debbie in NNY http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-483 Debbie in NNY Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:59:04 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-483 We like Mango, we found some dried with lots of sugar sprinkled on top! But in the PI we tasted it fresh, and it was quite good but like papaya is an aquirred taste and quite strong. Bess We like Mango, we found some dried with lots of sugar sprinkled on top! But in the PI we tasted it fresh, and it was quite good but like papaya is an aquirred taste and quite strong.

Bess

]]> By: Eliz http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-482 Eliz Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:09:37 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-482 Papaya is good food, I think, but I hear that it is definitely an acquired taste. A really ripe one is strong. Some people are seriously allergic to them, too. Papaya is good food, I think, but I hear that it is definitely an acquired taste. A really ripe one is strong. Some people are seriously allergic to them, too.

]]> By: Eliz http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-481 Eliz Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:07:07 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-481 The "keep introducing it until it's not new anymore" does work to make a new thing not new, but it has nothing to do with making it acceptable or liked among picky eaters! Then it becomes an old yucky food instead of a new yucky food. The “keep introducing it until it’s not new anymore” does work to make a new thing not new, but it has nothing to do with making it acceptable or liked among picky eaters! Then it becomes an old yucky food instead of a new yucky food.

]]> By: Tim http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-478 Tim Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:28:40 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-478 Aunt Kate wins the prize, it is indeed a papaya. I know this because of my vast pomological experience, or possibly because Kathy pointed out to me the sticker on the side of the fruit that said, "Papaya". (Yes, I had to look up the word 'pomological' -- I started with 'fruit science', but that didn't sound impressive enough.) It was pretty disconcerting to cut into that fruit and find those fish-egg-like seeds in the middle -- we wondered, "Is this a <i>normal</i> papaya or did something burrow into this one and lay eggs?" A little quick research seems to indicate that ours was somewhat 'normal', at least for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HawaiianPapayas.jpg" rel="nofollow">Hawaiian variety</a>. Aunt Kate wins the prize, it is indeed a papaya. I know this because of my vast pomological experience, or possibly because Kathy pointed out to me the sticker on the side of the fruit that said, “Papaya”. (Yes, I had to look up the word ‘pomological’ — I started with ‘fruit science’, but that didn’t sound impressive enough.)

It was pretty disconcerting to cut into that fruit and find those fish-egg-like seeds in the middle — we wondered, “Is this a normal papaya or did something burrow into this one and lay eggs?” A little quick research seems to indicate that ours was somewhat ‘normal’, at least for the Hawaiian variety.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-476 Rebecca Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:53:35 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-476 Speaking as one of the picky eaters in my family (and, coincidentally, a cantaloupe hater), I would say that the "just keep giving it to them until they accept it" scheme does NOT work. I've been eating greenbeans for as long as I can remember and... well, a green bean is still a green bean no matter how you fix it or how many times you have to eat it. Then again, there are the freak cases when you don't like a food, so you hardly ever eat it, and then one day you try it again and do like it. Speaking as one of the picky eaters in my family (and, coincidentally, a cantaloupe hater), I would say that the “just keep giving it to them until they accept it” scheme does NOT work. I’ve been eating greenbeans for as long as I can remember and… well, a green bean is still a green bean no matter how you fix it or how many times you have to eat it. Then again, there are the freak cases when you don’t like a food, so you hardly ever eat it, and then one day you try it again and do like it.

]]> By: Posie Thomas http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-475 Posie Thomas Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:30:25 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/name-this-fruit/#comment-475 So what is the mysterious fruit with the "caviar" in the middle???? So what is the mysterious fruit with the “caviar” in the middle????

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