Never seen a thread on these. This should be the right time of year for them to be ripe as I remember. Anyone here use them?

Snubby will be along soon as he is the repository of all things paw paw.

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You beat me to it. Popped in my head the second I read the thread.

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I useta. They were native to Md but must have been really susceptible to ag spray runoff. They mostly disappeared from the edges.. Darn deer were eating 'em up before they were ripe most of the time. My FIL and I planted them in our little piece of woods back east along with American Chestnuts and filberts. He never got to eat any as he passed away before they bore fruit. I like 'em,,my wife doesn't. She does like the chestnuts and filberts though...but ya have to beat the skwerls off'n the filberts to get any. Deer do like the paw paws. I put a fence around 2 paw paw trees/bushes. They were not large. PPs taste somewhat like bananas Another nut I do like is the beech nuts when the beech trees bear fruit. So do deer

I like deer, fried.

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Yes!! I discovered a huge grove of pawpaw trees along the banks of the Big Walnut Creek near our house. Every year at this time my wife and I put on boots, cross the creek with a 5gal bucket to shake a few trees. They must be soft because unlike some fruit, pawpaws won't ripen off the tree. They usually turn black. You peel them with your teeth, take a bite of the soft fruit and spit out the large brown seeds. I personally like the taste, but some don't like the consistency.

I've tried making pies, pudding, and bread, but eating them right off the tree is best. Each year in southern Ohio people attend the pawpaw festival which features pawpaw beer.

Trees are difficult to propagate because they spread from a larger tree and do not have a deep root system. I bought several seedlings from a nursery and planted them in my yard.

This year is the first in many years we missed the harvest because of my leaky heart valve, afib, and feeling generally weak. Maybe next year!! Heart surgery in December.
Dave

I have alway liked Paws-squared ok.
But I really like wild persimmons.

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I heard it as, a three legged dog walks into a bar and says "has anybody seen my paw???"

I thought paw paw was something that the guy on that swamp people show says all the time????

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Sorry in advance.

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GREAT!!!!!!!!!!

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Me too. Steaks or burger..no roasts. LOL!

My memory is wild persimons are one of the tartest fruits available until the frost hits them. That was the case where I grew up in Indiana.

Yep, after the first frost folks would line up for persimmon puddin.

Another fruit that needs doctoring is the kumquat.

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Nobody's mentioned Zebra Swallowtails. Their butterfly that prefer PawPaw trees. Not really like the yellow or black ones. The Zebra seem to the less wide but longer. I spent years in my youth trying to catch one with a butterfly net. Only later did I discover they needed the Paw Paw trees. Guess there were none where I grew up. Dang.

I did catch one bedraggled specimen. It was pretty worn and near the end of its days. For me it was still a prize. Funny how hobbies like bugs stay with you over the years. I still look at the critters buzzing and fluttering around. Especially on vacations. Too late this year. Those who live around the trees should look next summer. White critters with black striping on the wings.

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Ain't nothin but a lie without a pic---I ain't never seen one.
Blessings

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That's on account of you never had my Cranberry-Orange-Guinness slow braised venison top sirloin.

I guess you got me there. Whats a Guinness??..oh wait a minute...is that some kinda furrin beer?? Got to admit..I just dug me some taters yesterday...and cut some late broccoli. Dat's makin me hungry. An I got plenty of them deers. I could plunk one with my ol 45. I am a little annoyed at 'em anyway. They been digging my taters and ate the last of my sweet corn up too. An them persimmons sound good too.

I know nothing about paw paws, but my sister in Louisville is a bit of an authority. She is a plant scientist, and works for a paw paw project at KSU in Frankfort, managing their web site.

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I love them. Eat them every year. We substitute paw-paw for
zucchini in bread recipe. Wife cuts them up and makes kind of
Waldorf Salad with them. Lady over at Augusta,WVa. Use to
make Paw-Paw pie, similar to pumpkin pie. Wish I would have
got her recipe. We even made Paw-Paw butter on year. People
around here call them West Virginia Bannanas. Went Squirrel
hunting the other night, Paw-Paw patch was full of yellow jackets
did manage to snag a few. Buddy of mine wants to try making
Paw-Paw wine.

o/' Picking up paw paws, put 'em in a basket o/'

o/' Picking up paw paws, put 'em in a basket o/'


I've heard the song, but I never knew what the hell a 'paw paw' was.


PS Looking at the map, we are slightly out of paw paw range. So it makes sense that I haven't seen one.

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Members of the Paw Paw militia-hunting Jayhawkers-I see them out in the Ozark jungle at night-when its really dark.

I have never seen them in South Louisiana probably too wet for them. Most kids around here do have a Paw Paw, or two, though.
Steve W

Since someone asked, if you look toward the top of the photo you can see paw paws.

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This thread must be a Yankee thing.

When I was a kid in Brooklyn we sang that song in school. I don't think anyone knew what a paw paw was.

Fast forward, Tehran, Iran. Had a persimmon tree in the garden. Our Australian friends wanted to make some pasta sauce. They mistook the persimmons for tomatoes and wondered why it tasted so bad.

We have them here and they grow in the mountains of Virginia where I have a cabin...it is said that the Paw Paw is a "companion plant" for ginseng. They have a sweet "tropical fruit" like smell if you break or cut one open, but I always found the fruit itself to taste pretty bland. Deer, bears and raccoons love them, and for the most part they are digested by one of the above before they ever get really ripe. It is funny how in my necks of the woods they are everywhere, but very few people know what they are today.

There is a small town in far eastern West Virginia named Paw Paw. My mother used to make Paw Paw pies every so often. Have never seen any in Texas.

There's a leather lovin' Injun with a wrecked truck in Paw Paw, W. Va. we all hear from every once't in a while.

I resemble that remark.
We tried them. Found 'em kinda bland.

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Snub, did I spell that right?

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T H A T looks right to me.

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Oh yes. Paw Paw WVa. Been there many times and yep..there be paw paws in them thar hills. Used to see 'em when up that way grouse hunting.

I still ain't seen no dang picture so I am still calling ya'll liars.
Blessings

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If Thomas Jefferson knew about them that's good enough for me.

The Pawpaw: Foraging For America's Forgotten Fruit : The Salt : NPR

For about three years, I lived on the Maryland side of the Potomac River about 25 miles from Paw Paw (which was on the other side of the river). A beautiful area, but for some reason, I didn't particularly like living there and was happy to move away.

You didn't happen to live near Little Orleans did ya?

25 miles? Sounds like Cumberland.

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Yep - was working at ABL.