"Thanks for this addition, Ethan....something to watch out for. Can you pretty well rule out any of the other ingredients in the bread? Something I will really be logging into my noggin' with some new paw paw trees on the property. Thanks!"
Yes John we are confident that we can definitely rule out the other simple ingredients. We are always very careful what goes into our bodies, and we pay attention to how the food affects the way we feel. This was a distinct reaction that we had not experienced before from any of the other ingredients.
I planted the trees at a time when I was really into permaculture concepts and I was planting our new property with a food forest to the best of my abilities. After much research on native plants and food forests, I came across pawpaws and was very intrigued. I had had them only once before planting, and I used what was given to me to bake a custard pie with the fruit. I only had small amounts to eat at that time (maybe 1 or 2 small pieces) and I remember liking it....but actually feeling kind of funny afterwards, to be honest. In retrospect I may have been feeling a milder version of what I experienced yesterday, but I wrote it off at the time to being unfamiliar with the fruit.
Having eaten tons of the raw ones with no negative effects, I had never even considered the fact that they could make us feel ill..
After my experience last night (getting sick from them,) I got online and searched the "getting sick from pawpaws" and ended up here. I always read but never post to forums, but I thought that if it could be helpful to someone to post this story on this board, then it was worth it. For the record, after getting them out of my system I felt immediately better and had a HUGE delicious dinner and felt great...so thankfully there were no lasting problems.
I am not the kind of person to overreact or to suggest the sky is falling... I coordinate operations at an 8 acre farm as part of a school that I work for. I have brought pawpaws in for staff and students, suggested them and offered them to everyone that showed interest, grew them from seed and sold baby trees them at farm stands. I will continue to do so, for sure. I will however explain what happened to me after eating the cooked ones so that folks are informed.
Thanks for the info everyone, and I hope this helps:)
