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EAT THIS IMMEDIATELY: Pawpaws

POSTED: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 7:34 PM

Filed Under: Eat This Immediately

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Sit. Good boy. Gimme your pawpaw.

This is a pawpaw. Looks like something Angelo would have ~~made love to~~ purchased at the Singaporean market in this weeks Top Chef, no? Though its appearance, tropical flavor and family tree (cherimoya, soursop, ylang-ylang) suggests far-flung origins, this fruit grows right in our backyard. A blend of smoky banana, mango and passion fruit, is how Ian Brendle, who grows pawpaws on his familys Green Meadow Farm in Gap, Pa., describes the fruits evocative flavor. The taste is really unbelievable. To open, slice along the oblong fruits prime meridian, exposing the custard-y, peach-colored interior crossed with onyx, lima-bean-shaped seeds. The flesh is full of natural pectin, says Brendle, making pawpaws perfect for ice creams and jams. A delivery of Green Meadow pawpaws lands on Thursday at Fair Food Farmstand (Reading Terminal Market, 12th and Arch streets), where theyre running about $5 per pound. Be vigilant: They sell out in a day or two, according to product manager Emily Gunther. While theyre in season (through September), you can also try foraging for pawpaws yourself. Gunther came upon a grove while foraging in the Susquehanna River Valley just last Wednesday. I dont remember exactly where, she says. A likely story, but we cant player hate. Having tasted this exotic indigenous crop, wed also keep the coordinates confidential.

danya

Posted 2010-09-15 08:47:12

Ate my first pawpaws this season. Truly an original flavor, unlike other fruits I have tasted. Great texture, silkier than a banana but not stringy like a mango.

WDIW: Pawpaws « Green Aisle Grocery

Posted 2010-09-30 15:11:08

[...] seasonal window on pawpaws, those exotic-tasting North American oddities, is closing fast. So you pick up a set of these seeded studs–and then what? For virgins, the [...]

Ed Levine profiles Glenn Brendle, Green Meadow « Green Aisle Grocery

Posted 2010-09-30 15:11:23

[...] kaffir lime leaves, candy-sweet red cipollini (currently in stock) and the pawpaws we’ve been talking about all month. A great article on a great farmer who keeps us stocked with local goodness [...]

Ticket Stubs: Meal Ticket Weekly Recap, Sept. 13-17 :: Meal Ticket :: Food Blog :: Philadelphia City Paper

Posted 2010-09-20 08:01:49

[...] What the hell is a pawpaw? Read on to learn why you should eat them immediately. [...]

Farmer Ben

Posted 2010-09-15 12:42:22

The paw paw is the only tree fruit species that is indigenous to the the continental US

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