Originally Posted by
seedsbelize
Though I wasn't a big fan either, when I lived north. The Central American papaya is a different animal than the Hawaiian version. Mangoes, somewhat, too. Maybe it's just a matter of eating them fresh. The ones we get are way better than the big ones grown for shipping. Like bananas. The local ones are much more tasty than the commercial ones.
Don't they grow in South Florida? That's were I was exposed. And it didn't seem like they always came from the grocery store, either.