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Appalachia

theHandpuppet

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4. How many of you folks have eaten paw paws?

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2014, 06:25 PM

Apr 2014

My grandparents always had them and they would make paw paw butter in the fall; some folks, I hear, even make paw paw brandy. Paw paws always reminded me of banana custard. I always figured that the only reason they aren't more popular is that they bruise so easily and don't have much of a shelf life. It's a shame they're so hard to find now.

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Old-timey foods that I miss [View all] theHandpuppet Apr 2014 OP

Thimble berries off the vine JimDandy Apr 2014 #1

Bake Bread Like A Pioneer In Appalachia ... With No Yeast theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #2

I miss hand-cranked ice cream, cornbread made in the special cast iron pans shaped like Tanuki Apr 2014 #3

Do you like pole beans? theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #5

Yes, but then I am fairly promiscuous in my appreciation of beans. Tanuki Apr 2014 #6

How many of you folks have eaten paw paws? theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #4

If you don't know beans, you don't know Appalachia theHandpuppet May 2014 #7