Review on the Papaya

I actually don't remember ever eating a fresh papaya so it was weird to find a papaya in the fridge a couple of days ago.  This morning when I woke up I found it all nice and freshly cut on the kitchen table by my dearest mother, who I think is the only one in our family that has had fresh papaya before.

So anyway... I see the papaya and it looks OK.  I have to say that the first bite was definitely not what I expected.  It was kind of stinky and had a bit of a taste like another familiar fruit I've tasted before [though I couldn't recall at the time].  It was definitely not what I expected even though I've had papaya milk and things like that before.  The flavours are much more concentrated when they are fresh. 

After that first piece I had another and decided that it was time for official breakfast [I had cold noodles and lots of cucumber that my mum sliced extremely thin (julienned).  Those were good  ]  I finished my noodles and decided to give the papaya another try.  This time I found a softer piece.  I have to say that I quite liked the texture and the after taste is much better than the initial flavours.  It's pretty fleshy but there are a few spindly, threadlike fibers in there.  It took a couple more pieces to figure out what that familiar fruit taste was.  Turns out papaya has an undertone of a certain type of succulent peach only stinkier [maybe an old peach?.] 

The red one reminds me of the prickly pear I've had before...wasn't great