How to Select

If you want to eat them within a day of purchase, choose papayas that have reddishorange skin and are slightly soft to the touch. Those that have patches of yellow color will take a few more days to ripen.Papayas that are totally green or overly hard should not be purchased, unless you are planning on cooking them, or unless you want to use green papayas in a cold dish like an Asian salad, as their flesh will not develop its characteristic sweet juicy flavor.