Pawpaw

On Saturday we went to Chicago's Green City Farmer's Market and among other things purchased 2 pawpaw fruits. The pawpaw is the largest edible fruit native to North America and tastes somewhat like a banana/pineapple. More info can be found at the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawpaw. One piece of information from the site is too good not to pass along: "Pollinated by scavenging carrion flies and beetles, the flowers emit a weak scent which attracts few pollinators, thus limiting fruit production. Larger growers sometimes locate rotting meat near the trees at bloom time to increase the number of blowflies."

Lena was a big fan.