I just ate a Papaya for the first time before. Fresh papaya, not a Candied papaya like I usually eat. Firstly, I gotta say that Papaya Seeds look disgustingly uncomfortably "packaged" in their seed capsul. XD But oddly the seed capsul looks slimy but is dry and rubbery until you pop it. NOW for the fruit part of it? I... I can only discribe the flavor as "uncomfortable" and I do not know why that is what I am considering the flavor. They are soft like Honeydew. I have decided I only like candied Papayas. i don't like fresh ones.