On 8/28/2011 2:51 AM, dsi1 wrote:

>
> My informal survey of local folk over the age of 70 shows that about 70%
> of them will have two specific items for breakfast - hot oatmeal cereal
> and papaya. It's a rather surprising observation. This is probably good
> news for papaya growers and oatmeal producers. Anyway, it appears to be
> an example of a spontaneous focus on eating two specific foods. How this
> happens is a mystery.
>


It sounds as though oatmeal and papaya are easy, inexpensive, and tasty.
Older people tend to gravitate toward all three of those qualities.
I will eat oatmeal but am not crazy about it w/o butter and maple syrup
or brown sugar. Hawaiian papaya, however, is delicious and if I could
get good ones, I'd eat it every day, too.

When our older grandson was ~18 months I had introduced him to
cantaloupe and he loved it. We all went to Kauai for a few weeks and
couldn't find good melon. I bought papaya instead and he accepted it
without a fuss. It was delicious.

gloria p

On 8/28/2011 10:53 AM, gloria.p wrote:
> On 8/28/2011 2:51 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>>
>> My informal survey of local folk over the age of 70 shows that about 70%
>> of them will have two specific items for breakfast - hot oatmeal cereal
>> and papaya. It's a rather surprising observation. This is probably good
>> news for papaya growers and oatmeal producers. Anyway, it appears to be
>> an example of a spontaneous focus on eating two specific foods. How this
>> happens is a mystery.
>>
>
>
> It sounds as though oatmeal and papaya are easy, inexpensive, and tasty.
> Older people tend to gravitate toward all three of those qualities.
> I will eat oatmeal but am not crazy about it w/o butter and maple syrup
> or brown sugar. Hawaiian papaya, however, is delicious and if I could
> get good ones, I'd eat it every day, too.
>
> When our older grandson was ~18 months I had introduced him to
> cantaloupe and he loved it. We all went to Kauai for a few weeks and
> couldn't find good melon. I bought papaya instead and he accepted it
> without a fuss. It was delicious.
>
> gloria p
>
>
I'm over the age of 70 and pretty much eat whatever I want for
breakfast. I do like oatmeal and really like papaya. Unfortunately in
Louisiana we don't get much papaya. When we used to vacation in Thailand
every year I would exclusively eat fresh Thai papaya at every meal.

My usual breakfast is eclectic, whatever is on the menu at McDonald's at
0700 when the ROMEO's meet. Retired Old Men Eating Out. If the gubmint
would listen to us we can solve all the problems of not just this
country but the world. Our group runs from about age 55 to 87 years old,
lots of veterans too. I think I'm the only one who went to college but
they old boys are not dummies.

On 8/28/2011 5:53 AM, gloria.p wrote:
> On 8/28/2011 2:51 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>>
>> My informal survey of local folk over the age of 70 shows that about 70%
>> of them will have two specific items for breakfast - hot oatmeal cereal
>> and papaya. It's a rather surprising observation. This is probably good
>> news for papaya growers and oatmeal producers. Anyway, it appears to be
>> an example of a spontaneous focus on eating two specific foods. How this
>> happens is a mystery.
>>
>
>
> It sounds as though oatmeal and papaya are easy, inexpensive, and tasty.
> Older people tend to gravitate toward all three of those qualities.
> I will eat oatmeal but am not crazy about it w/o butter and maple syrup
> or brown sugar. Hawaiian papaya, however, is delicious and if I could
> get good ones, I'd eat it every day, too.

Old folks seem to prefer blander, less salty, sweeter foods. My
mother-in-law will eat half a papaya every morning. My wife gets it for
her because it something that she'll eat without fuss. I don't eat
papaya myself, but if I ever get a craving for it, I'll know that I'm
pretty much really over the hill. :-)

>
> When our older grandson was ~18 months I had introduced him to
> cantaloupe and he loved it. We all went to Kauai for a few weeks and
> couldn't find good melon. I bought papaya instead and he accepted it
> without a fuss. It was delicious.
>
> gloria p
>
>

On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:07:42 -1000, dsi1 > wrote:

> I don't eat papaya myself

I never developed a taste for it either. Mango, yes. Papaya, no.


--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

On 8/28/2011 2:22 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:07:42 -1000, > wrote:
>
>> I don't eat papaya myself
>
> I never developed a taste for it either. Mango, yes. Papaya, no.
>
>
I'm probably as old as some of the oldsters referred to but I dislike
oatmeal (porridge) and mostly eat cold cereal. I've only had papaya for
breakfast once or twice in Hawaii. I find its subacid taste a little
bland. I much prefer mango but I regard that as more suitable for
dessert. As breakfast fruits, I really only eat melon (cantaloupe or
honeydew) or red grapefruit.

--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

On 8/28/2011 8:22 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:07:42 -1000, > wrote:
>
>> I don't eat papaya myself
>
> I never developed a taste for it either. Mango, yes. Papaya, no.
>
>

Mangos are great. My wife can't touch the fruit skin as it will give her
a pretty bad allergic reaction.

I suspect that our bodies are able to adjust our tastes so that we crave
those foods that are best suited for our particular nutrition needs.
Papaya has some pretty specific health benefits and is an aid to
digestion. At least that's my guess at why oldsters will tend towards
foods not attractive to different age groups. OTOH, when my wife was
pregnant, she couldn't stop eating cough drops.

On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:22:01 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

>On 8/28/2011 2:22 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:07:42 -1000, > wrote:
>>
>>> I don't eat papaya myself
>>
>> I never developed a taste for it either. Mango, yes. Papaya, no.
>>
>>
>I'm probably as old as some of the oldsters referred to but I dislike
>oatmeal (porridge) and mostly eat cold cereal.

I don't like hot or cold cereal but I know I'm in the minority. I'll
eat chex mix and granola and other things made with cereal but not in
a bowl with milk. I loved it as a kid but not now.

Lou