The dough blade on a food processor-who would have thought of that. Pure genius! I just processed 1 gallon of paw paw pulp in about 2 hours. I don’t even want to think about how long it would have taken me to deseed all those fruits by hand. Don’t you just love UA-cam?! Thanks Gabriel.
For storage, I like to fill quart freezer bags (instead of ice cubes). This way they sit flat in the freezer (don't overfill them) taking up less space and it's less work, and you can easily break off the amount that you want.
I have ben a pawpaw fan for years. Some years the hunt for fruit is arduous (at least it involves a nice walk along the local rivers or creeks in the late summer). This year, in Central Indiana, the pawpaws are producing like I have never seen in 15 years (I am guessing this was a good summer for the pollinators). I have been used to finding only a few each year (just enough for a loaf of bread or to impress my employees with my knowledge of local foraging opportunities. But I appreciate Mr. Miller's advice in this video. I plan to freeze several pounds of pulp (and eat till I can't stand it anymore). Thanks for the advice.
Hello from Indiana also!! I have been finding many paw paw fruits and I think that more people have been going to manually pollinate the flowers as I have done this year as well! Love these native fruits and love visiting the paw paw marsh in the Hoosier National Forest
GREAT VIDEO . I am in central Virginia & this morning am about to separate LOTS of PawPaws from their seeds. We have a lot of the trees native, here on our property . We threw a lot of seeds in the compost one year & had hundreds of little PawPaw trees the next Spring ! Interesting thing about them is, we have several of them growing in our chicken lot . A lot of the fruit fall to the ground , but the chickens will not touch them . Usually they will eat ANYTHING !
thanks! i am going to try this today. i have spent years taking the seeds off the hard way! i was "shaking" trees yesterday and got a small bunch. i also live by a creek and will plant the seeds with my grands.
Loved your video. So helpful. A friend gave me a big bag of pawpaws and I had no clue what to do with them. First attempts were a crazy hopeless mess. Your video was exactly what I needed. Thanks!
Thank you for your video.I only today find this fruit-tree in my parents village yard .your video was very helpful for me what to do with this fruit :)
Thanks for the ideas. I planted two pawpaw trees a few years ago, not knowing much about them. I'm loving them but cleaning out the seeds from the flesh is a pain. I can't wait to try your method.
Thank you so much. My trees finally started producing, when health failure made me lose 8 years of harvest. Tried a few a couple years ago. Seeds were an issue and flavor was a bit off. (I guess I shouldn't have picked the fruit.) For toys, I used my kitchen Aid with the regular paddle at about 4 for speed. Used a deep fry basket for screen.
Thanks for the info!😊I just harvested the first crop from trees I planted 8 years ago. It's been a long wait, but considering I am in Central Wisconsin, well worth it. I love the flavor, texture, and healthy fruit we now have growing in our yard, and am looking forward to more, and hopefully larger, harvests in the next years. Are the off shoots from the roots trans plantable? These are cultivar plants.
This would've helped me so much last year! I'll try and repost after I use this method (I'm a little scared about the seeds getting chopped, but yours looked great). Also helpful info about freezing them in ie cube trays, I put mine in a big bag last year, and it was soooo tedious whenever I wanted just a bit of pawpaw. Thanks so much :)
This was great! I live in Maryland and finally paid attention to finding Pawpaw fruit along our mountain lane during what I have been told is a very short season for Pawpaw (early September for about a week...is this correct?). Watching this video helped me with the learning curve on processing Pawpaws and probably saved me a lot of time and frustration! I love the idea of freezing it too! Thank you!
Living in Europe pawpaw (the US version) I have only ever heard of as saving the lives of the Lewis and Clarke Expedition as they discovered them when they had run out of food and it was September - they are notorious for their short fruiting season and as yet I haven't found any frozen or canned pawpaw pulp to try.
You won't. Commercial production has been tried. The plant is very fickle about where it will grow, and the harvest is very small and unpredictable. You get about ten days of harvest, but you just have to be in the woulds around the plant to know when they're ripe.
Thanks for the videos. I just found your videos and love them! I haven’t eaten pawpaw since I was a little girl about 45 plus years ago. Lol. I used to eat them from a neighbors tree in Oh. I loved the fruit but haven’t seen them since. How do I get them?
It's a clever idea but I wouldn't for a couple of reasons. 1) it will mix in seed fragments with the pulp 2) the seed sacks can have bitter flavors, and only add about 5% to the pulp weight. Hence I remove them along with the skin.
So excited for Paw Paw searching here in IL! Do you know if the skin is edible? Also, I tried to find its nutrition analysis..but no luck for accuracy. Sugar content per 100 g estimate? I believe it’s going to be problematic as bananas are too high in sugar content for me..thoughts?
Hi, Gabriel! So what pawpaw festival do you go to? I'm in your area, and I'd love to mark my calendar for next year, hopefully. Also, have you actually seen someone selling them locally? Ahhhh, so that's what stratifying is. Thanks for the simple explanation.
I've known about pawpaws for years but just discovered where (and when) to find them in my area. They are delicious, although some of them have a bitter aftertaste that we've noticed. I thought it might be because they were underripe, but even ones that have almost turned black still have it. Has anyone else noticed this? Is there a way to avoid it, maybe when processing? I skinned ours and used a food mill to separate the seeds and flesh (very tedious!).
“If you’re going to buy pawpaw...” Where? Where can I do this? They’re native to the Ozarks and no one has them! I didn’t even know about them until I was working as a receptionist at a tractor dealership and a sweet little old man who was a regular customer brought me one he’d picked out of his woods. I remember it tasted like bananas and caramel but have never been able to find them in any store or farmer’s market since.
This method ain't getting that ectoplastique membrane off 'em though. I never have enough of em to need to go to this extent. Cool though, nonetheless.
The dough blade on a food processor-who would have thought of that. Pure genius! I just processed 1 gallon of paw paw pulp in about 2 hours. I don’t even want to think about how long it would have taken me to deseed all those fruits by hand. Don’t you just love UA-cam?! Thanks Gabriel.
I love the freezer idea to get pawpaw all year round! I get to enjoy them for such a short season. I'll try it this year 😋
I’d rank this is the top five mostly helpful UA-cam videos I’ve ever watched.
I make pawpaw pecan bread every year in the fall and also freeze back pulp to make pawpaw ice cream in the next summer. Love it!
For storage, I like to fill quart freezer bags (instead of ice cubes). This way they sit flat in the freezer (don't overfill them) taking up less space and it's less work, and you can easily break off the amount that you want.
I have ben a pawpaw fan for years. Some years the hunt for fruit is arduous (at least it involves a nice walk along the local rivers or creeks in the late summer). This year, in Central Indiana, the pawpaws are producing like I have never seen in 15 years (I am guessing this was a good summer for the pollinators). I have been used to finding only a few each year (just enough for a loaf of bread or to impress my employees with my knowledge of local foraging opportunities. But I appreciate Mr. Miller's advice in this video. I plan to freeze several pounds of pulp (and eat till I can't stand it anymore). Thanks for the advice.
Hello from Indiana also!! I have been finding many paw paw fruits and I think that more people have been going to manually pollinate the flowers as I have done this year as well! Love these native fruits and love visiting the paw paw marsh in the Hoosier National Forest
GREAT VIDEO . I am in central Virginia & this morning am about to separate LOTS of PawPaws from their seeds. We have a lot of the trees native, here on our property . We threw a lot of seeds in the compost one year & had hundreds of little PawPaw trees the next Spring ! Interesting thing about them is, we have several of them growing in our chicken lot . A lot of the fruit fall to the ground , but the chickens will not touch them . Usually they will eat ANYTHING !
thanks! i am going to try this today. i have spent years taking the seeds off the hard way! i was "shaking" trees yesterday and got a small bunch. i also live by a creek and will plant the seeds with my grands.
Loved your video. So helpful. A friend gave me a big bag of pawpaws and I had no clue what to do with them. First attempts were a crazy hopeless mess. Your video was exactly what I needed. Thanks!
this guy was pretty helpful , I have three big paw paw trees now I know how to save the good pulp .
This is great. I have a couple dozen paw paws to process now. Thanks.
Thank you for your video.I only today find this fruit-tree in my parents village yard .your video was very helpful for me what to do with this fruit :)
Thank you! I have the trees and no idea how to remove the seeds! Great video!
Thanks for the ideas. I planted two pawpaw trees a few years ago, not knowing much about them. I'm loving them but cleaning out the seeds from the flesh is a pain. I can't wait to try your method.
Great to see videos from fellow pawpaw lovers 😁 thanks for the great content, new sub here!!
Does anyone have a pie recipe for the Paw Paw's?
I saw one here on UA-cam yesterday
Thank you so much. My trees finally started producing, when health failure made me lose 8 years of harvest. Tried a few a couple years ago. Seeds were an issue and flavor was a bit off. (I guess I shouldn't have picked the fruit.)
For toys, I used my kitchen Aid with the regular paddle at about 4 for speed. Used a deep fry basket for screen.
Thanks for the info!😊I just harvested the first crop from trees I planted 8 years ago. It's been a long wait, but considering I am in Central Wisconsin, well worth it. I love the flavor, texture, and healthy fruit we now have growing in our yard, and am looking forward to more, and hopefully larger, harvests in the next years. Are the off shoots from the roots trans plantable? These are cultivar plants.
This would've helped me so much last year! I'll try and repost after I use this method (I'm a little scared about the seeds getting chopped, but yours looked great). Also helpful info about freezing them in ie cube trays, I put mine in a big bag last year, and it was soooo tedious whenever I wanted just a bit of pawpaw. Thanks so much :)
This was great! I live in Maryland and finally paid attention to finding Pawpaw fruit along our mountain lane during what I have been told is a very short season for Pawpaw (early September for about a week...is this correct?). Watching this video helped me with the learning curve on processing Pawpaws and probably saved me a lot of time and frustration! I love the idea of freezing it too! Thank you!
Living in Europe pawpaw (the US version) I have only ever heard of as saving the lives of the Lewis and Clarke Expedition as they discovered them when they had run out of food and it was September - they are notorious for their short fruiting season and as yet I haven't found any frozen or canned pawpaw pulp to try.
You won't. Commercial production has been tried. The plant is very fickle about where it will grow, and the harvest is very small and unpredictable. You get about ten days of harvest, but you just have to be in the woulds around the plant to know when they're ripe.
THAT is brilliant!
Thank you so much!
LOL +thedogsmaid Great handle
Great info. Thank you!
My first year knowing about these found them on my property it mus be the first crop off of these young trees I never had seen them before
Great Idea, thanks for sharing!
Did you wash the fruit first? If so, how thoroughly?
What model ninja is that processor you’re using?
Thanks for the videos. I just found your videos and love them! I haven’t eaten pawpaw since I was a little girl about 45 plus years ago. Lol. I used to eat them from a neighbors tree in Oh. I loved the fruit but haven’t seen them since. How do I get them?
I have heard that if the seeds are planted in contact with the spent skins, germination will be greatly improved.
It's a clever idea but I wouldn't for a couple of reasons. 1) it will mix in seed fragments with the pulp 2) the seed sacks can have bitter flavors, and only add about 5% to the pulp weight. Hence I remove them along with the skin.
Do you have to worry about the pawpaws squishing themselves in bags of 40 lbs?
So excited for Paw Paw searching here in IL! Do you know if the skin is edible? Also, I tried to find its nutrition analysis..but no luck for accuracy. Sugar content per 100 g estimate? I believe it’s going to be problematic as bananas are too high in sugar content for me..thoughts?
They skin is pretty bitter, so I would not recommend eating it. I would imagine the nutritional info is very similar to banana or mango.
When I lived in NY I heard of them, wish I had known more then! I wonder if they'll grow in the Scottish Borders? I want to try it someday!
They should, I know a few people who are growing them that way!
40-50 lbs? holy shit. you must know a super secret paw paw patch to forage.
thanks for saying I love ya. that's super sweet.
Paw paw is not the only North American native fruit, but it’s the largest NA native fruit.
Hi, Gabriel! So what pawpaw festival do you go to? I'm in your area, and I'd love to mark my calendar for next year, hopefully. Also, have you actually seen someone selling them locally?
Ahhhh, so that's what stratifying is. Thanks for the simple explanation.
Hey if u have the seeds I would love that please let me know thanks
I may have some stratified seeds available in the spring.
Aren't persimmons wild native fruits?
There are many native fruits including persimmons. Paw paw is the largest NA native fruit.
I've known about pawpaws for years but just discovered where (and when) to find them in my area. They are delicious, although some of them have a bitter aftertaste that we've noticed. I thought it might be because they were underripe, but even ones that have almost turned black still have it. Has anyone else noticed this? Is there a way to avoid it, maybe when processing? I skinned ours and used a food mill to separate the seeds and flesh (very tedious!).
From what I understand the aftertaste depends on the patch. Some patches are sweeter. Some patches are more funky.
“If you’re going to buy pawpaw...”
Where? Where can I do this? They’re native to the Ozarks and no one has them! I didn’t even know about them until I was working as a receptionist at a tractor dealership and a sweet little old man who was a regular customer brought me one he’d picked out of his woods. I remember it tasted like bananas and caramel but have never been able to find them in any store or farmer’s market since.
This method ain't getting that ectoplastique membrane off 'em though. I never have enough of em to need to go to this extent. Cool though, nonetheless.
Not the only native fruit
For some reason, I had to sub again. So I did.
Oh no! THanks for checking that!
Genius
Never heard of this fruit
It is my favorite!
I want to try it!!! I live in California maybe I can plant it at my mom's house.
sounds like one peice devil fruit
Are you vegan