A year ago I wrote about the mysterious pineapples that appear on our doorstep from time to time, a gift we eventually traced to a neighbor who lives across the courtyard from us. Yesterday, when returning home, we found a large object wrapped in newspaper sitting on our doorstep, too large to be a pineapple.
What was it? The largest papaya I’ve ever seen. Hopefully, we’re going to have a hoard of fruit eaters descending on us soon because I don’t know how we’ll ever finish so much papaya just by ourselves.
Oddly, left with the payapa was the handle of a shovel. Just the metal handle, not the woden shaft or the blade of the shovel. Strange, huh?
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My mouth is watering with the thought of papaya – it is definitely my favorite fruit…. Wish I was there to help you eat it )
I am not a fan of papaya; don’t find it tasty at all.
I think papaya is stinky but when pulped it can be tasty. My dad would be all over helping you eat that papaya 🙂
I must say Chris you are a lucky man. If we Italians get a fish wrapped up in paper as a gift, basically we know that in a short time they will find our body somewhere at the bottom of a lake
whoa, that is a HUGE papaya! my parents would love it, but i’m actually not a big fan; i have to be in the mood to eat papaya. i’m sure you’ll come up with some creative ways to use it!
I’ve never had papaya. What would you make with it?
Wow! That’s massive! I hope it’s as tasty as it looks =).
I don’t look for papaya but if offered I would eat it. I have never seen one that large – do you have some ideas about how to work with it. Strange gifts
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Lol how odd to be finding it on your doorstep along with a section of a shovel! Haha
Stalked by a fruitarian. Look out, it’ll be kiwis flying through the windows next, and then the monster watermelon!Lovely papaya. It looks like the tropical variety, not the Hawaiian kind.
I think of papaya and I think of dried fruit… We never get good papaya in IN. Even the ones at the store are tasteless. Enjoy! Papaya sherbet?
If you can’t finish it, juice it.
I suggest freezing part of it for later juicing. Dad and I buy large papayas from south of the border and eat a bit of it each day on our fruit plate. They keep well for quite a long time.
strange indeed. i don’t what is a regular size of papaya in thailand, but that’s a regular size for papaya here in indonesia. i can eat all that within a day.
what strange yet nice neighbors!
We would love that kind of neighbor!