Tiny Desk Kitchen: What The Heck Is A Pawpaw?

[kutonga]

I seen these before, just never ate any because I didn't know what it was. If I didn't know what something was in the wild, I usually considered it poisonous just to be safe.

[MrEtowahArts]

Lots of info on growing and why the pawpaw hasn't been commercially viable at the University of KY PawPaw website. The pawpaw is a very fast growing tree, able to bear fruit in just 18 months. It is also the largest indigenous fruit in North America.

[paulinotou]

picking up paw paws put it in your pocket.

[1Deejay7]

wow, off to find it now. think ill try a asian store. they got everything there

[Slecker95]

So from this video I could get was that the pawpaw tastes like 5 different things: a peach, pudding, bannana, creamy mange, straberry. I'm just waiting until someone says it tastes like a cheeseburger then I'm sold.

[JayePowell]

PawPaw's are pretty common in Australia.

[SeungParkin]

I want a pawpaw :<

[Dvdog007]

The south Rules !

[davidsquall351]

Cool I want to try one now.

[janellek21]

Perhaps Juan Williams was fired because he refused to hike out into the forest and pick pawpaws for all the lily white NPR execs???

[Ben1596]

I can't stand pawpaws, cool video

[VickyTGAW]

Awesome! Thanks for highlighting the pawpaw. My husband and I have an annual tradition of going out looking for pawpaws. This year we were able to take our 11 week old son with us! : )

I love how your harvesting technique (aka shaking the tree) is identical to ours! :)

[TheUltraDude]

Paw-paws are super common here in Trinidad!

I hate em though :P

[theundergroundshadow]

@TheUltraDude But what they call Paw-paw is different to what we call Paw-paw (don't like them either)

[PR0H0LDEM]

I want one too:)

[rex8000]

I want one

[huntpivot2]

Cool!