There was a crab salad, deliciously cold, and papaya ice.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
For the same purpose they sometimes boil the meat in water containing a few leaves or pieces of the green fruit; some even go to the length of saying that it is only necessary to hang a piece of meat in a papaya tree for a time in order to soften it.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
In some countries they wrap meat in papaya leaves for several hours before eating in order to soften it.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera