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Luck me, too, since a papaya has two halves, and one of them, appropriately heaped with white pineapple tidbits, is at my place at the table, along with a mug of Kaua'i coffee every morning.

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Lucky me to have you!

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Thank you, Greg for the tutorial.

I just found "Honeyglow" pineapples at Super 1 in Whitefish on the mainland. No such luck with pineapples at Farmer's Markets here, that is for sure. This fruit says it is Costa Rican grown by Del Monte. It sure is the sweetest I've ever tasted and no indigestion symptoms. About $6. However, the papaya I bought was absolutely terrible; very, very and almost metallic tasting. I'll have to try that combo when I can get a guaranteed good papaya. I remember the pineapple and papaya breakfast from my 12th summer in the islands. I really preferred mango, though. The Kauai Sheraton used to have a papaya seed salad dressing on their menu.

On the BI the mongooses used to go after all the critters that were dining on the papaya trees. I thought they might have been sneaking off with a few fruits, themselves.

Thanks for the tidbits!

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Howdy, Skeeter. You totally scored on the $6 pineapple. The cheapest local pineapple is around $4 in Kaua’i. And that’s at Costco. You’ll have to come to Hawai’i for papaya. I usually buy 6 in varying stages of ripeness so that I’ll have a ripe one everyday. Prices at farmers markets are 2 or 3 for $5 depending on size.

Great to hear from you.

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i love today's issue. i love pineapple. and i love your stories.

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Aloha, Marlena. And thank you!

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Your breakfast sounds wonderful. It’s 23 degrees in The Bitterroot this morning, only going to get colder. Since I have the day off I’ll be baking some bread for friends. Have a wonderful day🤗

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Have fun baking bread. I’m doing it almost daily in Kauai. Next newsletter is on sourdough.

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Mangia bene, Julia!

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