Hillbilly Banana? How to open a PAWPAW & Taste Test -- Fruity Fruits

[@gavinistheawesomest]

Years ago, my grandfather told me about Pawpaw fruits and said that when he was a kid in MS he would find them in the woods, growing native. It took me a while, but I finally tracked them down and bought several varieties. He said he hasn’t had one since he was a kid, and I’m hoping my trees bare fruit before he goes. I just had to watch because this is a sentimental fruit to me.

[@hollerinannes7780]

Ridgetop Rabbitry yep! I'm in neshoba county in southeast Mississippi, they are everywhere here!

[@indigenouspotliquor3546]

I pray that your pawpaw gets to eat the fruit

[@stapuft]

@@indigenouspotliquor3546 holy shitake mushrooms Batman....I thought I was the only person that called his pawpaw his pawpaw!

[@indigenouspotliquor3546]

@@stapuft it's a southern thing! Shiitake mushrooms yum!

[@hannakinn]

What a lovely story, I hope the trees fruit quickly or that you track down some locally sooner rather than later.

[@joeywall4657]

I simply cannot stay in a bad mood listening to your videos. I'm a truck driver. I only go home about four days a month. These videos significantly brighten and shorten my days :-)

[@jhod555]

She might be the most charming and gracious human on the planet. Possibly. Dang close.

[@squishynoot]

Joey Wall safe travels to you sir! My days are greatly brightened by Emmy’s content as well. It’s always a joy.

[@get-fucxkxd-utoob]

Roll on driver

[@heathercbc7287]

Thanks for being on the road for us every day. Stay safe friend, hope you are well.

[@ಶುಗರ್ಡ್ಯಾಡಿ]

How you doing brotha?!

[@JD-gr2wg]

Emmy, you're the Bob Ross of food videos. I pretty much binge on your videos because they're so relaxing. Love, love your channel.

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

@BlackDawg I agree! She's a pleasure to watch.

[@michelleleefrederick2212]

Awesome comparison!!

[@rosellimars803]

She totally is!

[@tiffanyhamilton5208]

She literally puts me to sleep at night. Her voice is like warm milk.

[@brianhill4153]

Great analogy.

[@vallhund2901]

When I was a kid, my grandmother would harvest pawpaws every year. She would keep them wrapped up in an apron to preserve them. I got to taste them a few times but I believe she was saving them for herself. I always thought that they tasted like wild pears. I don't recall her ever making anything out of them. She was always making cobblers, mostly blackberry, so you would think that she would have made a pawpaw cobbler but she didn't. My guess is that pawpaws didn't hold up well to the cooking process. I miss my grandmother, she was the kindest person I've known in all my 68 years.

[@ruthdederick7754]

Vallhund, what a lovely story. Thank you for taking the time to share it.

[@user-pi5xz5je4y]

You can cook them when they're unripe.

[@debbiesparks471]

Sounds like my grandmother, I miss her too.

[@tanyawales5445]

Pawpaw ice cream, pawpaw cream pie and pawpaw curd (think lemon curd) are probably the sort of things a fruit with a custardy texture would be good for.

[@razorransom1795]

@@user-pi5xz5je4y interesting.

[@simplebastard6805]

Planted a pair of Pawpaw trees in about eight years ago, and this year they've finally got mature fruit on them. Looking forward to sampling it in about a week or two.

[@unruffledduck]

How did they turn out?

[@fjdbd66]

How did they turn out?

[@greenleafgarden6886]

How did they turned out?

[@aGiantChimpmunk]

Guys, I think he might've been deathly allergic...

[@simplebastard6805]

Pretty small, but still tasty. Very mild, sweet flavor, kind of like a custard or a sorbet. I've since learned that PawPaws aren't pollinated by bees, but flies, so leaving some meat or fish to rot at the base of the trunk to attract flies can help improve fruit yield on less established trees. Also bought another tree of a slightly different variety to help expand the PawPaw patch.

[@DarceyAnne]

Pawpaw Cake Recipe Cake ingredients: ¼ cup applesauce 1 cup sugar 1¼ cup sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup mashed pawpaw pulp 1 beaten egg 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla Frosting: 1 8 ounce brick of softened cream cheese 1 cup mashed pawpaw pulp 2 tablespoons of milk Cream applesauce and sugar. Add well beaten egg and 1 cup of the mashed pawpaw. Sift together flour, soda, and salt. Stir into the creamed mixture. Add vanilla, mixing well and pour into two round cake pans lined with parchment paper. Bake at 375°F for 50 minutes. Mix the frosting together while the cakes bake. Once the cakes are cool, put the layers on a cake plate one layer at a time. Frost the cake. Enjoy!! Happy eating!! :-)

[@drvance2]

Sounds amazing!

[@louieandrea4494]

Darcey Anne I hope she tries baking it 🙏🏼

[@stanervin6108]

My granny used to make cake from them, too! Deeeeelish!

[@poppysdaddi]

Darcey Anne Emmy this is a must try!!!

[@lovegames007]

Wow! @emmymadeinjapan has to do one now! :D

[@0Hillbilly]

We used the tree as well. It's a soft wood that makes awesome light weight baskets. The bark peels off in long strips. Very versatile plant.

[@stopstalkingmegoogl]

Emmy have you ever tried cloudberries? I believe they're also referred to as bakeapple in some parts of Canada and the US. I've heard they're like orange raspberries and make a wonderful jam.

[@emmymade]

No, not yet. They have a wonderful name.

[@hannakinn]

Oh boy something new for me to seekout and try! Cloudberries.

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

IKEA used to have cloudberry jam. I can't find it when I search on their site, but DuckDuckGo provided: www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90308627/

[@ChaulkFamily]

Bakeapples grow wild here in Newfoundland Canada. They are so delicious. They are ripe in August. Bakeapples make the best Jam. The perfect topping on cheesecakes.

[@hawktalon7890]

The IKEA where I am has Cloudberry jam - bought a jar, but haven't tried it yet.

[@tulipsnation6293]

Grew up in Appalachia with them, we certainly did not eat them with a spoon 🤣🤣🤣 This sincerely almost made me tear up. I miss those days and simple times.

[@sazji]

My mom lives in N. Arkansas and they grow wild there too, but I’ve never gotten one, because the raccoons always get them first!

[@charlieblood1234]

That is one of the nice things living here in West Virginia I've got a field next to me and on the hill right next to my house there are several clusters of them that grow. Raccoons arn't a big problem with them, its the deer.

[@tedditeddi]

How are they eaten? :)

[@marybrowning5657]

Southern West virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Southern Ohio is where my kin come from. Pawpaw grows wild in the woods all over the Appalachia, bluegrass and till plains region

[@razorransom1795]

@@charlieblood1234 time to deer proof special poor mans fence them that oe plant so many the deer and ya can get your shares. 😌 Hey, as my family used to and kinda still does, the wildlife gotta eat too. True I would say but my farmer mcgreggor side says, na, all mine!

[@dreamingofbonsai]

Back in August of this year I bought some paw paws from a local seller who grows them here in Pennsylvania. They are very tasty! The custardy texture is almost like a banana with a slight mango texture. It reminds me of a pina colada!

[@cloudwaveASMRsleepsounds]

My wife's cousins husband is an agronomist and studies them. He sold a bunch of the pulp to Boulevard Brewery in KC. They made a limited edition paw paw ale.

[@Eevee141]

So cool!

[@PoochiePookie12]

My wife’s cousin’s babysitter’s husband nieces’ cousins aunts kids once..

[@terraespiritus4895]

@@PoochiePookie12 lol stop

[@trojanette8345]

If you ever get a chance can you ask your wife's relative if the pawpaw is part of the dragonfruit family of fruits? The inside of the pawpaw looks like another fruit I have seen before. I just can't remember which one.

[@iheartoreos14]

they look like huge pear flavored jelly beans

[@elainemarie9470]

Winnie I instantly thought of Jelly Belly's jelly beans.

[@teridoster5840]

Yes! Pear Jelly Bellys... Yum, my fave flavor 😋

[@tascha11]

winnie i thought the same!

[@poppysdaddi]

that’s EXACTLY what i thought lmaooo. they’re my favorite JB flavor.

[@matthewanderson1916]

Lol those are one of my least favorites

[@Kristen242008]

Since you live in the east, you should germinate and plant some seeds! That way you will have some available every year (once they mature)! I would love to see vlogs about it on your other channel!

[@kikihammond5326]

And the honey bees will love it.

[@M70ACARRY]

@@kikihammond5326 bees don't mess with paw paw flowers. Pollination is by flies.

[@blubot7944]

unfortunately I believe emmy lives in new england (same as me!), which is just a bit too far north for the pawpaw tree to be able to grow :-( it normally won't grow farther north than Pennsylvania if i remember correctly

[@amiegamble1678]

That far north, she could try a cold box?/hot box?/greenhouse? method maybe. I'm in southern Ohio. I've heard of them, but never seen them. I'd love to grow some in my yard.

[@Erewhon2024]

@@kikihammond5326 . Flies and beetles. People sometimes put roadkill in their orchards to get better pollination, though having 2 varieties in the same hole sometimes works with less stench. However the pawpaw genus is the only larval host for the very elegant Zebra Swallowtail (Protographium/Eurytides marcellus) butterfly, so there is some wildlife benefit in or near the tree's native range.

[@florarakes7216]

When I was a little girl my grandmother would fix ice cream, cakes, jellies, jams and syrup from pawpaw's. It was great. Unfortunately, they are not very prominent in Virginia anymore due to time, disease and an uneducated public: a period when people thought they were weeds. I sure do miss them though. They still can be found in some wooded areas and some growers are starting to bring them back!

[@polley015761]

I saw a few in Charles City county last fall but they didn't have any fruits at the time

[@tnails2397]

In James city county they are everywhere in my neighborhood. EVERYWHERE

[@whiterabbit201]

I have a grove of them and can't wait for Oct. to come around! Always plant the seeds in dark almost always shady damp areas in the woods, if you try to grow them out in the open they must be shaded for the first 3-4 yrs of growth.

[@adrianneagoe3652]

Im LIVING for the Fruity Fruits intro. I sing it everytime😂

[@shawnda21pp]

Loopy Adrian omg me to it my favorite lol

[@emmymade]

It's really the perfect song for the series.🎶

[@JadenYukifan28]

@@emmymade Who sings the "Fruity Fruits" song?

[@Jamaicangurl81]

Saaame

[@ivorysteppe-good9224]

Me too!

[@ijojo89]

Emmy!! I've been requesting for you to try the "chocolate pudding" fruit for years! Please like this so she'll see my comment!

[@tracymcculloch8995]

Ooh, chocolate pudding fruit is delicious! I had some two years ago for my birthday and fell in love. I wish I had room for a greenhouse - I live in Canada so there's no other way to grow things like that.

[@hungry8079]

wait so you're telling me that it doesn't just exist in dora??? dreams do come true.

[@dannytonnessen6896]

What is it...?? Because I DEFINITELY want to know much more about it! lol 😝

[@Nananaboat]

Also known as Black Sapote

[@sliiimeyuck]

Send her one

[@mozorellastick2583]

Pawpaw ointment is super popular in new zealand and australia as a lip balm. Im not 100% how its made, but all I know is that it only consists of fermented pawpaw. Its wonderful for burns and cuts, and is antibacterial and anti fungal, and its really really wonderful to use as a lipbalm

[@SettOfTheBrightSky]

Luca's Paw Paw is life

[@EvelynRobinson22]

not all of them are pure paw paw, some contain petrolium jelly

[@BgnrMdl1]

In the antipodes pawpaw is papaya, this is not papaya

[@fartcake]

that’s actually a papaya

[@mozorellastick2583]

@@fartcake sorry! She said paw paw in the title so I assumed that's what it was

[@leethompson211]

I've stumbled across a couple of trees on my neighbor's property when I've been fishing and tried and wasn't impressed. After talking with the owners, I heard I was a couple o' weeks early and never got to come back by. Now I wished ida had a job that I could've had some vacation time from. Now John's not the owner and the new managers don't give permission to people. If you get a chance, and they're where you are, better take advantage cause you may never get another chance. Thank you for putting this little guy out there in it's proper time to get the real taste. I'm glad you did.

[@vivalanina]

I am SO happy I found the channel. It's educational, fascinating, food related and emmy is so eloquent and genuine with her descriptions. The reactions are honest and realistic unlike so many youtubers that like to overreact or uplay things for the camera. So relaxing!

[@zbdb1399]

I remember a children's song about pawpaws but have never had one. "Way down younder in the pawpaw patch." Thank you for bringing back found memories.

[@JustSomeGirl87]

Ha! That's awesome, I have that memory too. When I was in kindergarten, we learned that song and the teacher brought these for us to try.

[@lynrooks1971]

I remember a little rhyme we use to sing in kindergarten about a paw paw patch lol I never thought they were real so neat to know

[@ThickKaramel82]

lyn rooks I remember it too never thought it was a real fruit

[@zbdb1399]

Jump down turn around put em in the basket.😝

[@americaneclectic]

Where, O where is dear little Mary? Way down yonder in the paw-paw patch.

[@williamsnyder4338]

Whatever you do, don't "put them in your pocket." I have three trees in my yard and was picking some to take to my co-workers one morning. I thought I had taken all of them out of my jacket pockets before I got into the car. Whoops.

[@lynrooks1971]

William Snyder 😂😂

[@KooblyK]

Oh wow, cool! I grew up in KY, and my dad had pawpaw spots he knew about, and we’d go pick them during the season when we could. Had to fight the possoms for them xD Man, I miss those, they were always such a treat

[@marlyce]

Pickin' up pawpaws, Put 'em in your pocket Pickin' up pawpaws Put 'em in your pocket Pickin' up pawpaws Put 'em in your pocket Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch! Why hasn't anyone acknowledged this song from my youth?!?!

[@maemaem.9569]

I was going to!My mother used to sing it to me when I was little

[@Kind-hearted0000]

I know this! My Grandma taught it to me. ❤🤗😊

[@dontdiscriminatehateeveryo9263]

Ok when I heard it I thought of The Jungle Book when Baloo is singing bare necessities. "When you pick a pawpaw or a prickly pear and you pick a raw paw then next time beware." Love that movie and especially that song.

[@Zyn_Shi]

@@dontdiscriminatehateeveryo9263 I completely forgot about this...

[@katherinewright9750]

I remember this song from elementary school.

[@MaiCohWolf]

I learned about pawpaws years ago, and just remembered hearing from a naturalist friend about how yummy they were. I had to come hear for Emmy's exquisite descriptions to imagine exactly what they would taste like! Thank you for your beautiful selection of adjectives!

[@tsoegarza2748]

We have MANY pawpaw groves around where I live in Southern Illinois. I love them and actually have some in my freezer at the moment 😊

[@redoctober6521]

Two words: Pawpaw ice cream /okay, maybe more than two...

[@rich1051414]

It's quite popular at pawpaw harvest events.

[@DavidEFarner]

Red October65 Mmmmmm!!!

[@anthonyhayslip4347]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@HosCreates]

I love pawpaw ice cream!

[@codybarrett4672]

pawpaw beeeeeeer!

[@markdixon3943]

While I have heard of the pawpaw patch, until now I never knew they actually existed! Sounds like they might even be as sweet as Ms Emmy!

[@jdl.1234]

Banana, Mango and Custard is exploding in your mouth BAM....Just picked a bunch and made 3 cheesecakes....Ate one, gave 2 away...We hunt for them every fall....Thanks for the video.

[@adulatemygrind]

THIS IS WHAT BALOO WAS TALKING ABOUT ON THE JUNGLE BOOK 😩💀❤️

[@Bananarenana]

adulatemygrind isn’t the Jungle Book set in India?

[@bellabomination]

It is set in India, but there are plenty of inaccuracies in the movie... Like the orangutan, lol. The book had no orangutan and no mention of pawpaw fruit. Disney added those.

[@Animegypsy]

You are correct

[@dougrogillio2223]

Bears get around.......

[@clod8]

Bellabomination Orangutan escaped from the zoo.

[@ChefCarter]

BTW... they grow in Indiana too! I was tearing up watching you eat them. We had a tree on our street and the neighbor cut it down. I miss paw paw.

[@SewardWriter]

Stupid neighbor.

[@Animegypsy]

plant some, super easy to grow it you shade them the first two years

[@heathertaylor8904]

@@Animegypsy thanks, the first thought I had was to try to grow em in Florida. Any tip helps!

[@Animegypsy]

@@heathertaylor8904 Go get a could of grafted ones from www.petersonpawpaws.com/ they will be ready to pop out paw-paws next summer.

[@kc8ueu]

They also called it the Indiana Banana!

[@troymattingly3071]

Pawpaw trees grow on my parents property. We tried a cake made with pawpaws. It was a heavy cake and tasted good. I grew up in Southern Indiana about 60 miles West of Louisville, KY. I enjoyed your description of the fruit. As always, good job Emmy!

[@emmymade]

Thank you!

[@marisarogers6444]

I live in Indiana and have never heard of them! Now I want a paw paw plant

[@troymattingly3071]

They are actually a tree. They typically get taller than a house, yet not very big.

[@1Emari]

Troy Mattingly Where do you live in Indiana?

[@troymattingly3071]

I live in English, Indiana. The pawpaw trees I referred to are in a little river town called Alton, Indiana. I expect they would grow in any part of Indiana, Illinois, or Kentucky.

[@davidmay465]

Being from Kentucky, I’m so excited to see you try Paw Paw fruit. It’s very much a regional thing due to its short shelf life. I live in Louisville and they are very hard to find, but are easy to find in less urban areas.

[@ShadowsDragoon]

I live in the South Eastern part of Kentucky and I haven't seen a Paw Paw tree in many years. I use to know where some were on our property but they've since either died out or something.

[@beccastonecipher6681]

@@ShadowsDragoon I saw someone get them from a farmers market in whitesburg possibly? Not too long ago. But the cold might have done them in.

[@KellyAdams96]

Becca Stonecipher It is so odd to see someone mention Whitesburg on KZbin! As I sit here, in whitesburg, typing this. 😅

[@beccastonecipher6681]

@@KellyAdams96 I'm in somerset! But I've got friends there or are from there.

[@tsastsastss]

Where could I possiblt find these to buy in Kentucky? Would Whole Foods sell them as seasonal produce, maybe? I really want to try this fruit!

[@pland]

I learned about this fruit last September on my first trip to JAPAN! My wife an I tasted it on a little street market in Takayama. We loved the exotic flavor so much, that we kept the seeds hoping we could grow them by ourselves (in Israel). I then found out, that this fruit is of American origin which was really surprising, considering the exotic flavor. I found it really funny now, that you - a native Japanese living in America - just had a very similar experience! I wish you many more enjoyable Pawpaws!

[@7531monkey]

Did you ever figure out she is not Japanese?

[@cathys949]

There is a town in West Virginia named Paw Paw, near the eastern panhandle. Paw paw bushes grow wild near the C & O Canal. Deer, bear, and other wildlife love them. They are an understory shrub, and like moist soil near streams. There are now a few nursery growers who sell plants. Most varieties require another variety planted nearby for pollination. I get a few from a local farm in Berryville, Virginia every year, but the season is very short and they are not plentiful. Thanks for bringing attention to this excellent native American fruit!

[@raychang8648]

My parents (in Ohio) had a wild pawpaw tree. In the fall of the year, I would walk through the woods on my way home from school and shake the tree. If one were to drop, I would eat it. Ours were more yellow than green. I felt the smell kind of "takes your breath away"--a little "out of breath" feeling. I absolutely loved that! I've lived in Taiwan for the last 22 years. 15 years ago I visited them and it didn't take me long to go look at the pawpaw tree. It was September and too early for fruit. I'll visit next summer for my Mom's 80th birthday and I'll, of course, go find that tree. Ohio is interesting that there are pawpaw trees (nearly tropical) and also my grandpa brought back a larch tree from Canada when he was young and we had that too. That's about as far south as you can grow a larch, I think. Great video, Emmy!!!!!

[@tomi1964]

Ray Chang I’ve recently moved to Ohio! When and where can I find a wild pawpaw tree? Can you point me in the right direction?

[@cathys949]

You're right, they have to drop from the tree to be really ripe. No good if you pick them!

[@ashmarie513]

@@tomi1964 what part of ohio do you live?

[@tomi1964]

Ash Keiffer The Columbus area!

[@Human-san]

Awwww I've never seen a pawpaw in real life and I'm in ohio too..... Btw what's a larch?

[@katiemay139]

I live in a small town next to an even smaller town which is named PAW PAW, West Virginia. They have tons of these there and hardly ANYONE knows about them. How fun that you did a video on these! How FUNNIER that the name hillbilly banana fits the description of the fruit and the town, too! 😂

[@amyposey2842]

Katie Bradley, my extended family is from Harrison county, I was looking to see if anyone told Emmy about Pawpaw, WV. They are the best fruit ever! I eat multiple a day when I can find them!!

[@AngelHoffer97]

God I used to leave near paw paw, I’m sorry for you LOL jk jk

[@kimberlykitzmiller5042]

I'm in Romney! Don't visit Paw Paw much, but glad to see someone so close to me post on this! I have no clue where to find a pawpaw and I've lived here my whole life... For those wondering I'm about 28 miles from Paw Paw. Not much there to see and it's about a 45 minute drive.... LOL

[@katiemay139]

Nothing but Cumberland, meth houses, cow fields, old barns, sheetz, dollar generals and McDonald’s, lol. If you go through the woods a while looking you’ll find them. I’m in Cumberland btw, from Oldtown though. 😁

[@nutlessdeez]

We have Paw Paw Michigan too.

[@flowingleaf1677]

I used to eat them a lot as a kid. My grandma used to have a tree by her house. Fun fact, some people call their grandfathers, pawpaw around Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee. I always thought the name for the fruit came from that. Like someone was like got get the fruit from Pawpaw's tree, and it just sort of stuck.

[@YaGirlSyber]

Yes I'm from Georgia where PawPaw is Grandpa and MeeMaw is Grandma

[@ReshiLuna]

@@YaGirlSyber it's that way in NC too.

[@KAPIsDeath]

We say pawpaw and mawmaw her in VA :)

[@lulu5803]

We have a lot of Pawpaws in Alabama too, but we're about as southern as it gets.

[@_PinkiePie.]

Automatically thought it was called that because of grandfathers... family uses the name here in tx

[@Patriot41776]

I absolutely love pawpaws! They had a tree outside my daughters preschool. 😅instantly obsessed with this. After, every hike through the trails around Charlottesville, I kept one eye on the trees in search. Got lucky more than a few times. Never even heard of this tree until her teacher gave me one and I lived in VA for ~40years. I recommend everyone go out of their way to try it. Worth it!

[@benth162]

My other half's aunt make a very delicious SourSop drink with sweetened condensed milk and ice. Wow is that ever delicious. I can't wait to try a PawPaw. My mother was born and raised in the south and I don't remember her ever saying anything about them. But for some reason, I do remember the phrase; "Down in the PawPaw patch".

[@katerinakiaha6925]

I'm from the south and the phrase I recall was "Way down yonder in the paw paw patch". I believe it came from a folksy ditty as I hear it in my head as being sung. There is a holistic store here in OKC called The Paw Paw Patch.

[@benth162]

@@katerinakiaha6925 I think you are correct, as that sounds like I remember it now that you have laid out the whole phrase. Thaks !

[@katerinakiaha6925]

@@benth162 I just looked it up on utube. Paw Paw Patch~Burl ives

[@maximcypher3109]

I've heard of this fruit (east coaster), never ate one...These need to be given more exposure as a native fruit to US!!

[@spiritualspinster165]

I planted 2 of these (you need 2 for fruit) early this year. They are native to my area but are becoming scarce due to urbanization. They don't transplant well once they are over a foot tall and need shade until they get bigger. FYI for those that want to try growing them. If mine make it through this winter they should be fine. Here's hoping......

[@jollyjokress3852]

This is so sad.

[@elvisneedsboatsbennett2455]

I recently found maypops on my property. I had never heard of them in my life. I did some research and when they seemed ripe, I picked them and tasted them. They were nice, tart with a sweet grape smell, similar to scuppernongs. I want to try to cultivate them now that I know what they are. I would love to send you some if I ever find them again.

[@emmymade]

I've never heard of a maypop, but if it's anything like a scuppernong, I'm game.

[@elvisneedsboatsbennett2455]

@@emmymade it is in the passionfruit family. An egg shaped fruit with yellow skin the texture of a pomegranate and like pomegranates, full of kernels of fruit surrounding each individual seed.

[@jethro4453]

Maypop and scuppernong sound like something Willy Wonka would name a candy bar after 🤣

[@cocobutter3175]

That's what I thought this was and I'm always trying to find videos about them. I found a patch of maypops in the woods across the road and tried them. Keep trying to figure out other names for them since hardly no one has heard about them, guess I got confused and thought they were also called pawpaw's.

[@DodiTov]

Maypops are also called passion flowers. If you live in the area where they grow wild, you might live near a grocery called Publix. In the spring, they have assorted cultivated container plants...and I've seen passion flower vines in that assortment. Since they only bloom in the spring, you might keep your eyes out for these when that grocery puts out their spring ornamentals. Look for them around the same time as tomato offerings.

[@chelleyroberts]

I used to work at a tractor dealership. Once one of our regulars came in and had some of these he had picked on his property. I’d never had one or even heard of them. He gave me one for my lunch and I fell in love. I thought it tasted like bananas dipped in caramel. Sadly, because of their perishability and short season, you have trouble finding them even here where they’re native.

[@lorennash882]

You are so articulate. It makes your videos a joy to watch

[@devonboyles2871]

😲YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!?!?!! I'm born and raised on the east coast and NEVER heard anything like this.... And your description makes me want to try one so bad😠😭

[@LydiaApril]

They grow well here in Georgia, not sure how they do if your up north more :)

[@hiro1001]

I live in Appalachia (Southern Ohio in my case) and have never heard of them either. I'm curious about locating one now!

[@drvance2]

They are amazing!

[@dvaiscool3435]

Corey are you gonna get fallout 4?

[@poppysdaddi]

KIMCHI GODDESS TN here and have never seen or even heard of them! Emmy finds all the cool stuff.

[@babs1083]

Now when you pick a pawpaw Or a prickly pear And you prick a raw paw Well next time beware Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw When you pick a pear Try to use the claw But you don't need to use the claw When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw Have I given you a clue? The bare necessities of life will come to you! =P

[@padrehousecat]

Glad I wasn’t the only one thinking this

[@PinkiiDoesStuff]

THIS JUST GAVE ME LIFE. Thanks for bringing back my childhood. One of my favorite childhood movies and one of my favorite Disney songs!

[@wandawalker3491]

started singing :)

[@helloits_morgan]

This song is what came to my mind when I saw the title

[@jabaonelsn5771]

Nice

[@moonreaderx]

So it smells like flowers, pears, bananas, pineapple, melon and mango xD

[@Gfron11]

actually...yes. That's exactly what they smell like.

[@mealex303]

It's flowers can smell of rotten meat just so you know if you want to grow them

[@invisiblemanMD]

Haha

[@chaznonya4]

Yes, and they truly are just that delicious.

[@monkeyslap]

Durian smells similar, like flowers, pears, bananas, pineapple, melon, mango, and last week's trash.

[@phoenixspins]

I found one on the ground in the woods while hiking and had no clue what it was but I'm so glad I got to try it. It tasted similar to banana. I tried to save the seeds like advised online but I had no luck getting them to germinate. My grandmother says they used to grow on the bank of the creek beside the property and in the woods here when she was a child but I have searched hard for more pawpaw in the area with no luck.

[@susansmaltz9836]

Pawpaws grow naturally here in Indiana! I grew up picking them in the woods behind my grandpa’s house. The hardest part was getting them picked before the raccoons got to them! The growing season was so short, and a tree didn’t put out too much fruit, so as soon as we suspected they were ripe, we’d start looking for them in order to beat the animals in the woods. All that made the pawpaws seem that much tastier when we finally found one. ❤️

[@Country_Life7]

Love pawpaw fruits, planted seeds this Spring, I have 5 tiny trees now

[@LazyCookPete]

I have never seen this fruit before. In the Caribbean papaya is called paw paw, so I have always associated the name paw paw with papaya. I'm a huge fan of sugar apples (custard apples) and soursop, so I think I would really like these pawpaw fruits.

[@EvelynRobinson22]

I’ve never seen this type of paw paw either (in Australia)

[@HippieMagic]

Pawpaw flowers smell terrible. That’s usually the easiest way to find the trees. They use flies for pollination.

[@kathleenanne7868]

We call papayas pawpaw in Southern Africa.

[@nadineguillaume8301]

I'm from Barbados we have paupau but they are much bigger also as big as a soursop

[@luigi5890]

I have a important suggestion, if you plan to grow Paw Paw's, for good pollination get at least two trees from different suppliers, and the seeds from more than one source.

[@Erewhon2024]

You can use the same supplier, just get different varieties. Also, it helps to plant them close together, since flies aren't as industrious as bees.

[@beachblond1968]

I grew up in WV and these were everywhere. I remember one patch right by my church and we would all pick them when they were ripe. Thank you for a little walk down memory lane. 💕

[@wysteriacarlino1302]

I know you did this several years ago, but let me tell you they are my favorite fruit! I always describe them as a mix of mango & banana. The way you eat them is pop them in half (or cut the top off) & they are like two push ups & that is exactly what you do, push the inside up suck the good stuff off the seeds & either spit them out or pocket them for growing more. In the woods of MO & OH we share half with someone else.

[@natsrome]

pickin up the pawpaws puttin em in your pocket / pickin up the pawpaws puttin em in your pocket / way down yonder in the pawpaw patch

[@williamsnyder4338]

See above. DON'T put them in your pocket.

[@lulu5803]

That's what I was trying to remember! I remembered "way down yonder in the pawpaw patch..." but couldn't remember the rest.

[@natsrome]

there's more- 'where oh where oh where is [somebody]' x3, way down yonder in the pawpaw patch, come on boys let's go find her x3, way down yonder in the pawpaw patch, pickin up pawpaws... etc anyway that's as much of the song as I've got haha

[@ferociousgumby]

So where does this song come from? How did it get to central Canada in the 1950s?

[@Jason-lw2nw]

My mom sings this to my niece and nephew all the time!

[@TarotLadyLissa]

Here in Ohio, my grandma and I would go “paw pickin’” when I was growing up. I haven’t had one in about 10 years! This video brought back some very fond memories for me and I admit I got a little emotional. Thank you for sharing this! Now I need to get my hands on some seeds to grow my own!!

[@101Volts]

I'm surprised they grew in Ohio. I'm in Pennsylvania, and I thought the Pawpaw didn't grow this far north; I thought it was for, say, North and South Carolina.

[@chad3883]

You can buy trees on fastgrowingtrees.com

[@bookwrm4evr]

Those look delicious, more so with your descriptions of the texture and scent. Yum.

[@kenycharles8600]

I checked out the link to Kentucky State University. There are a couple of decent videos about how to grow pawpaw trees and where to find them in the wild. I remember seeing the unusual blooms in the wild one spring while I was foraging for mushrooms. Now I gotta remember which honey hole it was at.

[@ednaarmstrong2425]

Emmy they grow here in Indiana. We call them our Indiana banana. Grew up walking the woods to find our favorite fruits. Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, paw-paws and persimmons. Glad that you enjoyed our Indiana banana.

[@anthonyrobertson7062]

We had pawpaws growing in the woods behind our house growing up (southwest Missouri). I thought about trying them but never knew when they were ripe exactly. I kind of would watch them in the fall some years to look for some change in color to indicate ripeness but never noticed it. I never thought about black spots meaning it was ripe. But I just assumed the taste wasn't that great since no one I knew seemed too interrested in them. People knew they were edible, but didn't pick them. The raccons loved them I'm sure.

[@AnyMotoUSA]

You can tell by the smell of the fruit, typically when the weather starts to get a little cooler they are getting close. Also, if you can shake the tree and they fall to the ground they are ready to bring home.

[@Dengee]

Made me wanna try pawpaw!! Emmy you’re delightful! I learned something new, Thanks!💕

[@carolynharmon7074]

PawPaw's was the fruit that saved Lewis and Clark when they where out of food and only a week of travel away from home.

[@tinkagain]

Thank you for that infomation!

[@Exiria]

Since you mentioned them, must also mention, they were slave owners. i.e human traffickers i.e bad evil people.

[@romannavratilid]

@@Exiria Lol... no.. you dont have to mention that...ret...

[@lawrencescales9864]

@@Exiria it’s unfortunately easy to just say they where “bad” and all enslavers where “bad.” Obviously they are objectively. But I feel like this does the thing where we go “oh but they where ‘bad’ people. None of us GOOD people could be capable of that.” It’s not like they where twirling their mustaches and laughing an evil laugh. The institution of slavery was a mundane part of whites lives, many of whom considered themselves good and upright, and who may have done good things too. That is why it’s so truly insidious

[@NC-mq7bb]

@@Exiria Interesting fact, the first slave owner in the US was Anthony Johnson, a black man. In fact, many blacks owned slaves in the US.

[@dr-k1667]

I just had one for the first that that was grown in my garden in Atlanta. It's amazing. I'm so glad I've tried it. It's best to grow your own if you have the room. It did ripen indoors but it is best to leave it on the tree. Amazing smell and is a late season gem of a fruit. I hope others will grow it where it can thrive.

[@HadassahHaman]

Love your videos.😊 They are calm, relaxing, informative, entertaining and inspiring. Please keep them coming!❤

[@fantaque3198]

Hi Emmy! If you can, please find sapodilla. it's one of my fave~~

[@beautifulloser75]

Baloo sang about picking a PawPaw in Disney's The Jungle Book. That's how I know about it.

[@wysestone]

Thank the gods I wasn't the only one that this thought occurred to 🤣

[@ev69able]

me too lol first thing on my mind

[@shadow.walker777]

Lol was literally singing the song in my head 😆

[@beautifulloser75]

Yep, song immediately started playing in my head. ☺

[@wysestone]

Yeah I had to pause this video and look up "bear necessities"

[@concernedspectator]

"Smells like mango, pear, banana, pineapple, melon" Whoa just be yourself, little guy! Or not, all of those are delicious.

[@cotswolddroner7714]

I grew up in Paw Creek, North Carolina that got its name from the paw paw trees that grow along the creek that runs through the community. I've seen the trees and heard people talk about eating the fruit but have never tried it. I think next year I'll take a hike down the creek and check them out. Thanks for this video!.

[@bonsaibaby8257]

I tried paw paws for the first time last month! I was searching for them everywhere(in NC)! Found a couple of trees but never any fruit! I started to think the fruit was a myth!😂 We then took a trip to VA and stayed in James river state park cabin. On the way out we stopped at the visitors center and inside on a window we’re 2 paw paws and I got so excited and yelled to my husband across the room, “hubs! Look! Look! Paw Paws!!” 😂 The ranger heard me and came out of his office to talk to us about it. He then asked if we wanted to go search for some because he knows where a patch is. So off we went with the ranger and a couple of other guests that were in the visitors center. He found the patch and gave each one of us a paw paw to try. What an amazing fruit!! Tastes so yummy! 😋 I took about 30 seeds home with me. I have them in the fridge and will plant them this spring. ❤

[@dncviorel]

...and now you're going to have an orchard of pawpaws. 🤗

[@huggledemon32]

Ahhh yes- yet another misunderstanding due to different countries names for things!- here in Australia a Paw Paw is a fruit that is related to a Papaya (same family I believe, but slightly different )

[@elflite8302]

Yes that threw me too - I'm in New Zealand & know it as a mountain pawpaw - it does look similar to a papaya

[@missyt543]

Our pawpaw in Australia is papaya. Same thing/different name.

[@huggledemon32]

Tjana T I've always seen them as slightly different- paw paw is rounder with lighter coloured flesh and papaya is longer and narrower with slightly darker flesh.

[@nanaabdulkadir3114]

In Nigeria too we refer to Papayas as Pawpaws so I was confused for a bit.

[@zouk-uo9dn]

罗瑞安Rae-Anne yes in the Caribbean pawpaw is papaya 🇩🇲🇹🇹

[@kaitlynfellows9630]

A brewing company in Michigan makes paw paw hard cider. It’s delicious!!

[@doctorworm420]

It’s odd how in the Cook Islands and New Zealand Papaya is called Pawpaw. I’ve never seen these American pawpaw before, but my dad had a Papaya tree in his garden in Rarotonga. They’re an orange tropical fruit that taste like a melon with a strong Parmesan cheese aftertaste

[@ethanbystrom5344]

Hmm I miss Raro!!!

[@dallenstewart6371]

in the caribbean we call papaya paw paw as well

[@feyiy483]

Lol I was just telling my BF how we call papayas paw paw in Nigeria and how much I hate the taste.

[@Lil-lc2di]

same in Australia :)

[@marievandoorn73]

Yes in australia the big yellow or red fruited american papaya is what we call pawpaw.

[@haraldholmgang9810]

There are Pawpaws in Southern Illinois too---the land I grew up on has them along the banks of a creek. They are in the Missouri Ozarks too. Ran into a grove in season last year while trout fishing. Two shirt loads to the car was a good break from fishing.

[@anthonyramsey6097]

Great to make pawpaw bread. Made just like banana bread just substitute the pawpaws in place of bananas.

[@diane9247]

Uhf! You've got me drooling😋✨!

[@uniquelyabledfamily9438]

There are so many things u show that I would love to try X and can't help but feel the jungle book vibes x

[@love.wildly.live.fearlessly]

I feel like Emmy could work in those smell labs where the people that work there can smell 20 smells mixed together and pick out each one. I feel like she can explain smells and tastes so well that when I listen to her it’s like I can almost taste it.

[@johannasweet1120]

I have some of these growing wild in my backyard since we moved here (Maryland, near the Patuxent River). We had to rip up the smaller trees because there’s so many! I’ve read in a lot of places that you can’t cook or dry them because they have some naturally occurring toxins, but while fresh it’s not concentrated enough to harm us. I’ve also read that George Washington grew up around here and ate pawpaws during his childhood :)

[@fooshampoo904]

U of Kentucky has a Paw Paw tree breeding program. Different varieties have different dominate flavors.

[@TheSarahLindy]

Yessssss... I remember my great grandmother making fruit cakes with paw paws. I never wanted to eat these when I was little, I thought they looked slimy, but boy I laid into those little cakes! Love, love love these little guys. Never thought to try to grow them, though... maybe that’s something I’ll try in the spring 🤗

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

You should grow it. It has the most gorgeous tri lobed flowers.

[@Animegypsy]

they smell like rotted meat and are pollinated by flies

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

@@Animegypsy still look gorgeous.

[@MsKDennaetheDiva]

You need to be on TV. You have the perfect little personality for your own show. You could rival Andrew Zimmern. 🤗

[@terraespiritus4895]

Yess!!!!!!! She's a treasure!!!

[@diane9247]

The cookong channel only has ridiculous contests and Guy Fieri, now. Nothing informative or how-to.

[@peterlittlehorse]

i’d watch it!

[@brotherLee340]

This is basically TV lol Plus you can make your own money and do it your way.

[@dekuscrub7423]

I've had paw paws on my property all my life, and never knew until last month. Never tasted one until last month! So wild you show up with this video not long after I've discovered them. They really are so delicious. I saved the seeds and plan on growing more.

[@katieabercrombie6014]

Please please send me one! Or send me seeds!!

[@dncviorel]

@@katieabercrombie6014 She didn't send you anything, she kept all the seeds for her future orchard, didn't she? 😄

[@spiritualspinster165]

I planted 2 of these in my yard 2 years ago. Not fruiting yet. These have to be planted when small {about 1 ft.} They don't transplant well once they are bigger. Mine are now about 3 ft tall. I am looking forward to the fruit once they begin bearing. These trees are not pollinated by bees but instead by beetles and other woodland insects. They prefer shade when little because their native habitat is understory forest. I just removed the shading from them this year. So far so good.

[@pamelaarias5586]

The paw paw reminds me of the episode of Beverly Hill Billies, when Laffe Creek brought granny a paw paw tree from back home.

[@adriennethompson7303]

Remember Granny's pickled paw paws that Ellie Mae's critter kept eating? lol!!

[@mrscoffeebeanqueen]

I'm looking into this immediately! I think I found the next addition to my farm ❤❤

[@tinkagain]

Be sure to plant some American persimmons, too :-)

[@mrscoffeebeanqueen]

@@tinkagain I have 2 persimmon trees in my front yard! Also some wild persimmons growing along my fence.

[@MaxOakland]

I really want to try pawpaw. You’re so lucky!!!

[@robertcole7874]

I have been going out and eating those for years. So good if you can get by the texture. I live in West KY and they grow every where in the woods around here. So glad to see you putting these out here for others to learn about

[@saxon1014]

This is a bucket list this for me! My grandpa grew up in Arkansas (born in 1917, left when he was 16), and he told me all about PawPaws. I’ve always wanted to try one!

[@SherioCheers]

Pawpaws are native to where I was born and we had a few trees on my college campus near the riverbed. I'd sneak down there in the fall and harvest pawpaws and have them for breakfast for a week or so every year XD

[@onetwocue]

Send her some

[@ClaudiaSketches]

This Jared doesn't happen to be the same Jared from the Weird (Fruit) Explorer videos, does he?

[@78deathface]

Claudia Sketches Jared from Subway

[@hannahtucker4694]

@@78deathface LOL

[@kdalessandro9895]

@@78deathface 😂😂😂

[@landtsmith584]

Mogli?

[@erinzheng7352]

Please let it be

[@katetheflake220]

George Washington used to eat ice cream made from paw paws

[@Animegypsy]

and simple chilled pawpaw

[@Gearhead-en8dz]

Many foods from our past have been fazed out in favor if processed garbage. Very sad!

[@ThatQatPerson]

My granny loved these. They grow all over where she was from in West Virginia and here in Ohio. Most people don't know about them because they aren't commercially grown. My granny usually made paw paw butter. I remember we would go to WVa during the season and pick a lot of them and then she would harvest them and make her paw paw butter. Mmmm paw paws

[@demagchevy]

Your description is spot on! Best fruit I ever ate. I live in Connecticut and have only eaten them on 2 occasions. It's not as easy as you think, to go take a stroll in the woods and find a paw paw patch, lol! Haven't had any in 2 years! I tried planting them, no success, but I'll try again

[@sc2toplay]

Also known as "Hillbilly Mangos" in the South :)

[@TheCsel]

I prefer Indiana Bananas just because it rhymes :)

[@bolton7961]

Or poor mans banana

[@rosemarie20]

I'm from southern Virginia and I never heard them called Hillbilly anything--banana, mango, nothing.

[@dadshoe7607]

There are so many pawpaw trees that grow around my house, they taste so amazing!

[@matildabishops9196]

What state you live in?

[@rosemarie20]

You lucky duck!

[@tinkagain]

When are they ripe?

[@Xucalfer]

Plantoids in space watching Emmy gutting a plant are freaking out and planning an imminent invasion as we speak.

[@sharonmclain4158]

Nope. They know that those Earthlings will eat anything. And even their young know how to use those deadly knives and spoons.

[@dougcruz779]

These are SOOOOOO GOOOD!!!! If you live or can get to Lafayette IN, there are a few places to buy em in season (lucky devils!!) if you’re in an area w a full winter absolutely grow these beautiful fruits!!!!

[@hatake1990]

I'm genuinely curious as to who "dislikes" Emmy's videos? Like...what's not to like about this fabulous human? In my opinion, we need more people like her on this planet. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@ShinyBubbbbles]

What the heck. I’ve been on this earth for decades and this is my first time hearing/seeing this cute huge jelly belly looking fruit.