Graphic Queen wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:39:47 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
> > wrote:
>
> (Phred), if that's their real name,
wrote:
> >
> >>Fried a slice of rather mature fruit cake in some butter to warm it

> >>through and get it a bit crisp on the outside, and ate that with
> >>custard and some diced fresh pawpaw [papaya].
> >
> >I've never had papaya, but the rest of that has me drooling into my
> >keyboard. Thankfully, I am without fruitcake. Whew!
> >
> >Carol
>
> Except that a Pawpaw fruit is not the same thing as Papaya. Totally
different fruits.

Not so fast...

pawpaw
[PAW-paw]
Another name for both PAPAYA and PAPAW.

=A9 Copyright Barron's Educational Services, Inc. 1995 based on THE FOOD
LOVER'S COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.

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Merriam Webster

pa=B7paw
Function: noun
Etymology: probably modification of Spanish papaya
Date: 1624
1 : p&-'po : PAPAYA
2 : 'p=E4-(")po, 'po- : a No. American tree (Asimina triloba) of the
custard-apple family with purple flowers and an edible fruit; also :
its fruit=20
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