Way Down Yonder in the Paw-Paw Patch

I had no idea that Paw-Paws are real, living things. They grow on trees and you can pick and eat them! We were visiting a farm that belongs to some friends of ours and the husband said we were going Paw-Paw picking. I honestly thought he was pulling our legs and was making some kind of practical joke. My Southern Studies repetoir gets improved upon all the time! So, a Paw-Paw looks like a potato and you can peel the skin and eat it. The fruit is yellow and has the consistency of a mango and tastes a bit like a mango/banana hybrid. It has large, brown seeds throughout that look like beans. We brought some Paw-Paws home and made milkshakes!


Above: Jason prepares a Paw-Paw for blending.