Behold the pawpaw, the tropical 'alien banana' that grows right here in Canada

BBiraIgnacio about 3 hours ago 2 commentsRead Article on cbc.ca

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BugsJustFindMe•about 2 hours ago

Searched the article for "annonacin", "neurotoxin", and "atypical parkinsonism" and came up short. Warning about skin and seeds being generically toxic kinda buried at the end.

Anyway, I had some recently that showed up at my local co-op. The texture was nice, but the flavor was...fine? Certainly nothing magical.

Nutrition Facts says not to eat them: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-not-eat-pawpaws/

cdurth•about 2 hours ago

The magic is a tropical tasting fruit! I have a tree and it's tough to actually get one of the fruits when they are ripe. This year I got lucky with a few that feel into my fenced garden section and I got them before the critters.