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- Title:
- Central American Culinary Migrant
- Description:
- Papaya (Carica papaya) was introduced to Europe from the West Indies but its birthplace seems to be southern Mexico. Papaya is another fruit mentioned by Morga as eaten in the Philippines from 1595 to 1603 that was not noted by Antonio Pigafetta in 1521. Neither were kilitis, pineapple, pomegranate, grape and atis indicating they may have arrived after 1565 when Miguel Lopez de Legaspi began colonisation. Often there are no documents specifying when the first of a new botanical was carried into a new environment. One must make a rationale deduction after studying many records in chronological sequence. When a botanical indigenises people around it find ways to use it. In the Philippines unripe papaya fruit is used as a vegetable and pickled. In Manado, the capital of Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, papaya flowers are stir-fried with smoked tuna. They are first boiled to remove bitterness. ctto Photograph by Melbourne.
- Subjects:
- Papaya
- Exhibition:
- Antonio Morga 30
- Source:
- PAPAYA FLOWER by Petty P. Elliott (2009) can be purchased online from THE KITCHEN BOOKSTORE.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Central American Culinary Migrant", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll073.html