Have you ever had food and said, "this the best thing I've ever eaten."
I find myself saying that phrase daily.
Papaya, though, may be the biggest trigger of that thought for me personally. Whether eaten plain or in heaping boats full of sweet and savory goodness, I'm crazy about Papaya. The fact that it may be one of the healthiest fruits aside, the taste is to die for.
I spent a brief amount of time working on a fruit farm in Hawaii, surrounded by Papaya trees, Banana trees, Star fruit and many other tropical fruit you never knew you loved. What's really more accurate is, "tropical fruit is the best thing I've ever eaten."
You're right, I was in heaven. But I was also in hell in a whole other way. Long story short, I ventured to Hawaii to learn how to sustainably farm and all of the intricacies of permaculture. When I arrived, it quickly became clear that I was working for a man who was not "in his right mind," if you will. I ended up working at the family fruit stand 70 hours a week and the only farming consisted of pulling weeds and harvesting sugarcane(which was awesome). I slept in an old abandoned outhouse next to a toilet and watched after 4 crazy toddlers, chopped coconuts, and entertained tourists most of the time, but when I wasn't, I was enjoying fresh tropical fruit.
Have you ever been in a situation that should be paradise, but just doesn't feel right? Yeah, this was one of those. I was eating 30-40 exotic bananas a day, a couple papayas, 6-7 coconuts worth o...