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The do’s and definite don’ts of pawpaw, Pennsylvania’s ‘secret tropical fruit’
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Editor’s note: This interview first appeared in Spotlight PA’s PA Local newsletter on Sept. 9, 2022.
Pennsylvania’s fleeting pawpaw season has arrived, and for the next few weeks the commonwealth’s native tropical fruit — nicknamed the “hillbilly mango” — is ripe for the picking, assuming you can find one.
We talked to Ohio chef, culinary educator, and author Sara Bir about The Pocket Pawpaw Cookbook, which includes an introduction by forager Alexis Nikole Nelson and recipes for everything from pawpaw cornbread to pawpaw ketchup.
Our conversation — touching on the do’s and definite don’ts of the fruit and why Bir says she’s yet to meet a bad person who likes them — has been edited for clarity and length.
Spotlight PA: Can you describe the taste of a pawpaw for anyone who hasn’t tried one?
Sara Bir: I like to say that it is most like a mango and a banana and yet something completely unfamiliar laughs>. It has a lot of tropical flavors. It is in the custard apple family. It’s the most northerly member of that fruit family. Its relatives are all down in the tropics.
What about texture?
When pawpaws are ripe they are very soft. They’re like baby food.
What’s your favorite pawpaw recipe? I thought your pawpaw lassi idea was genius.
That is my favorite. I use buttermilk instead of yogurt, but you could certainly use yogurt. And I garnish it with a little nutmeg or cumin on top, which is really the only authentic part of this lassi. (Find the full recipe in Columbus Monthly.)
What can’t a pawpaw do?
They don’t do well when heated. It has a lot of volatile flavor compounds that are destroyed when you heat them, leaving a bit of a funky aftertaste.
Got it. So best served cold. What about dried pawpaw?
Oh, Colin, that’s an excellent question. It does not work. When you dehydrate a pawpaw or cook it down enough, it will concentrate a naturally occurring compound that is the same thing that is found in ipecac syrup, which is used to induce vomiting.
So pawpaw lassi for my friends and fruit leather for my enemies. On that note: You once said, “I have yet to meet a person who is drawn to pawpaws who is not a good person.” What did you mean by that?
Sure. I think anybody who even hears about pawpaws is somebody who has their feelers out for something that’s outside of their daily existence. They’re people who are open-minded.
Does the pawpaw have a type?
When I go to the Ohio Pawpaw Festival you see people with all kinds of backgrounds — religious backgrounds, political beliefs, lifestyles — but the thing they have in common is this affinity for an atypical fruit. (Editor’s note: York County, Pennsylvania has a pawpaw festival happening in September too.)
Is the pawpaw countercultural? Or is that going too far?
I don’t think it’s going too far. It’s both countercultural and very, very traditional. It’s a seasonal thing that was passed down through generations by the people who settled in these areas. I’d almost say it’s an underground thing. This whole slow-burning pawpaw phenomenon has been from the ground up, and it had to be because you can’t get them in stores.
Will that change?
There is pawpaw ice cream, gelato, and beer. But the reason you don’t see the fresh fruit in stores is because the fruits ripen at different times on the same tree. You can’t just pick them and have them ripen off the tree. If you bring a hard pawpaw home, it’s gonna stay hard.
It would take years and years of [selective] breeding, and while plant people have been working on it, nobody’s been throwing money behind it.
What’s the best way to find them fresh then?
I mean this sounds ridiculous, but once you are identified as a pawpaw-curious person, there is somebody who’s eventually going to come up to you in person or on social media and be like, ‘Oh, hey, there’s a pawpaw tree growing on blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.’
And that’s what’s so cool about the whole thing: This has happened not because some marketer thought it was a great idea. It’s not because an influencer is really into pawpaws and making smoothies that make your hair and skin beautiful. It’s just people talking to people about stuff they think is cool.
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Pennsylvania high school football scores – Week 1
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from our friends at EasternPAFootball.com
August 23
Avon Grove 12, Warwick 3
Bedford 28, Westmont Hilltop 7
Bellefonte 18, Central (6) 7
Bellwood-Antis 51, Penns Valley 12
Bensalem 41, Lower Merion 28
Berlin-Brothersvalley 42, Claysburg-Kimmel 14
Bethel Park 50, Seneca Valley 14
Bethlehem Catholic 28, East Pennsboro 14
Bethlehem Liberty 40, Pennridge 14
Biglerville 39, Annville-Cleona 36
Bishop McCort 28, Central Cambria 27
Blackhawk 56, Beaver Falls 0
Boiling Springs 35, Littlestown 7
Bristol 19, Harriton 0
Cambria Heights 28, River Valley 12
Canton Area 42, Northwest Area 6
Cedar Cliff 50, Red Land 30
Cedar Crest 45, Lower Dauphin 16
Central Bucks South 35, Archbishop Wood 0
Central Bucks West 21, Easton Area 12
Central Columbia 41, Midd-West 0
Central York 47, Central Dauphin 0
Chambersburg 24, Gettysburg 17
Chester 19, Perkiomen Valley 14
Clearfield Area 46, Tyrone 20
Cocalico 28, Elizabethtown Area 14
Conemaugh Township 42, West Shamokin 0
Conestoga Valley 35, Penn Manor 0
Conrad Weiser 21, Abington 7
Dallastown 28, Hempfield (3) 9
Danville 45, Bloomsburg 7
Dover Area 42, Northeastern 7
Downingtown West 23, Abraham Lincoln 6
East Stroudsburg South 33, Abington Heights 14
Eastern York 42, Columbia 6
Everett 42, West Branch 0
Exeter Township 36, Daniel Boone 0
Fleetwood 48, Kutztown 12
Forest Hills 38, Greater Johnstown 26
Fort Cherry 39, Northgate 0
Freedom 7, Quaker Valley 0
Garnet Valley 34, Coatesville 19
Glendale 14, Windber 7
Governor Mifflin 35, Pleasant Valley 0
Great Valley 34, Oxford Area 22
Hampton 22, University Prep 18
Harry S. Truman 42, Kensington 0
Haverford High 42, South Philadelphia 0
Hershey 28, Milton Hershey 0
Hollidaysburg 27, Altoona Area 14
Honesdale 33, East Stroudsburg North 16
James Buchanan 15, York County School of Technology 13
Jeannette 28, Mount Pleasant Area 27
Jefferson-Morgan 35, Chartiers-Houston 6
Jersey Shore 28, Dallas 21
Kennard-Dale 38, Hanover (3) 7
Kiski Area 42, Knoch 7
Lackawanna Trail 41, Tunkhannock 7
Lake-Lehman 13, Berwick Area 7
Lakeland 40, Carbondale Area 18
Lampeter-Strasburg 35, Solanco 9
Lancaster Catholic 42, Camp Hill 41
Leechburg 19, Apollo-Ridge 14
Lewisburg 26, Line Mountain 23
Loyalsock Township 28, Mifflinburg 27
Manheim Central 24, West Philadelphia 8
Manheim Township 42, Cumberland Valley 14
Marion Center 21, Portage Area 0
Marple-Newtown 28, Hatboro-Horsham 0
Martin Luther King 26, Pottstown Area 7
Mechanicsburg 34, Carlisle 6
Methacton 7, Pottsgrove 2
Mid Valley 32, Pittston Area 0
Middletown Area 31, Donegal 24
Mifflin County 42, Central Mountain 6
Milton Area 20, Shikellamy 17
Montoursville 47, Wellsboro 7
Morrisville 28, New Hope Solebury 6
Mount Union Area 28, Tussey Mountain 14
Muhlenberg 29, Schuylkill Valley 20
Nazareth Area 42, Hazleton Area 7
Neshaminy 20, Emmaus 17
New Brighton 9, Shenango 7
New Oxford 28, Bermudian Springs 13
Norristown 28, Penn Wood 24
North Allegheny 22, St. Frances Academy Regional (MD) 20
North Penn 28, Downingtown East 25
North Pocono 46, Greater Nanticoke 7
North Star 18, Moshannon Valley 0
Northern Bedford 36, Southern Huntingdon 16
Northern Cambria 34, Purchase Line 6
Northern Lebanon 10, Pine Grove Area 0
Norwin 26, Penn-Trafford 14
Octorara Area 30, Hamburg 7
Old Forge 28, West Scranton 27
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 12, Rochester 6
Owen J. Roberts 49, Conestoga 14
Palmyra 40, Lebanon 6
Penn Cambria 22, Richland 8
Penncrest 33, Sun Valley/Northley 20
Penns Manor 52, Conemaugh Valley 0
Pequea Valley 49, Renaissance Academy Charter 0
Philipsburg-Osceola 30, Huntingdon Area 17
Phoenixville 41, Reading 16
Plymouth-Whitemarsh 49, Upper Merion 14
Radnor 26, Chichester 8
Ridley 20, Central Bucks East 7
Riverside (2) 16, Dunmore 3
Riverside (7) 38, Hopewell 25
Scranton Prep 33, Valley View 0
Selinsgrove 14, Juniata 6
Shaler Area 20, Butler 14
Shamokin 27, Pottsville Area 13
Shippensburg Area 28, Big Spring 7
South Fayette 26, Chartiers Valley 0
South Park 30, East Allegheny 16
South Western 36, York Suburban 6
South Williamsport 26, Athens 13
Southern Lehigh 31, Quakertown Community 13
Spring Grove 31, Northern York 14
Spring-Ford 31, Souderton Area 14
State College Area 49, Gateway 14
Strath Haven 49, Interboro 6
Stroudsburg 30, Wallenpaupack 10
Susquehannock 26, Delone Catholic 10
Thomas Jefferson 63, Baldwin 12
Towanda 24, Cowanesque Valley 6
Tri-Valley 36, York Catholic 16
Troy Area 84, Sayre 13
Twin Valley 42, Berks Catholic 16
United Valley 46, Homer-Center 13
Upper Dublin 38, Wissahickon 21
Upper Moreland 35, Council Rock North 7
Upper Perkiomen 31, Boyertown 21
Warrior Run 28, Muncy 21
Waynesboro 30, Greencastle-Antrim 27
Waynesburg Central 42, West Greene 7
West Chester East 20, Academy Park 0
West Chester Rustin 44, Unionville 7
West Mifflin 17, Elizabeth-Forward 16
West Perry 58, Susquenita 0
Wilkes-Barre 27, Whitehall 10
Williams Valley 21, Upper Dauphin 6
Williamsport 33, Wyoming Valley West 0
Wyalusing Area 37, North Penn-Mansfield 12
Wyoming Area 28, Crestwood 21
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Pennsylvania high school football scores for August 23, 2024
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — The opening week of high school football is here in Pennsylvania.
With plenty of big storylines for teams throughout Western Pennsylvania, it’s going to be an exciting season.
After the games, you can find all the latest scores and highlights from around the state right here!
SEARCH FOR YOUR TEAM’S SCORE:
Allderdice 14, Fox Chapel 6
Allentown Central Catholic 18, Camp Hill Trinity 0
Allentown Dieruff 46, Pocono Mountain East 21
Archbishop Carroll 25, Tennent 8
Armstrong 38, Highlands 37
Avon Grove 12, Warwick 3
Avonworth 24, Burrell 7
Bayard Rustin High School 44, Unionville 7
Bedford 28, Westmont Hilltop 7
Bellefonte 18, Central Martinsburg 7
Bellwood-Antis 51, Penns Valley 12
Bensalem 41, Lower Merion 28
Bentworth 48, Brownsville 0
Berlin-Brothersvalley 42, Claysburg-Kimmel 14
Bethel Park 50, Seneca Valley 14
Bethlehem Catholic 28, East Pennsboro 14
Bethlehem Freedom 17, Torrey Pines, Calif. 14
Bethlehem Liberty 40, Pennridge 14
Biglerville 39, Annville-Cleona 36
Bishop McCort 28, Central Cambria 27
Blue Mountain 19, Schuylkill Haven 14
Boiling Springs 35, Littlestown 7
Bristol 19, Harriton 0
Brockway 48, Cameron County 7
Brookville 48, Bradford 21
California 62, Serra Catholic 26
Cambria Heights 28, River Valley 12
Canton 42, Northwest 6
Carlynton 33, Carrick 18
Catasauqua 47, Mahanoy 34
Cathedral Preparatory School 18, Erie 6
Cedar Cliff 50, Red Land 30
Cedar Crest 45, Lower Dauphin 16
Central Bucks South 35, Archbishop Wood Catholic High School 0
Central Bucks West 21, Easton 12
Central Columbia 41, Midd-West 0
Central York 47, Central Dauphin 0
Chambersburg 24, Gettysburg 17
Chester 19, Perkiomen Valley 14
Clarion 66, DuBois 14
Clearfield 46, Tyrone 20
Cocalico 28, Elizabethtown 14
Conemaugh Township 42, West Shamokin 0
Conestoga Valley 35, Penn Manor 0
Conneaut 61, Warren 0
Conrad Weiser 21, Abington 7
Corry 28, Titusville 22
Dallastown 28, Hempfield 9
Danville 45, Bloomsburg 7
Deer Lakes 28, Keystone Oaks 7
Dover 42, Northeastern 7
Downingtown West High School 23, Lincoln 6
East Stroudsburg South 33, Abington Heights 14
Eastern York 42, Columbia 6
Ellwood CIty 14, Laurel 7, OT
Elwood City Riverside 38, Hopewell 25
Everett 42, West Branch 0
Exeter 36, Boone 0
Fairview 35, Slippery Rock 0
Fleetwood 42, Kutztown 6
Forest Hills 38, Greater Johnstown High School 26
Fort Cherry 39, Northgate 0
Franklin 26, Overbrook 16
Franklin Regional 42, Plum 7
Freedom 7, Quaker Valley 0
Freeport 30, Indiana 7
Garnet Valley 34, Coatesville 19
Glendale 14, Windber 7
Governor Mifflin 35, Pleasant Valley 0
Greensburg Salem 28, Albert Gallatin 6
Grove City 21, North East 0
Hampton 22, USO 18
Harbor Creek 13, Oil City 6
Haverford 42, South Philadelphia 0
Hershey 28, Milton Hershey 0
Hollidaysburg 27, Altoona 14
Honesdale 33, East Stroudsburg North 16
Imhotep 38, Clarkson, Ontario 20
Iroquois 40, Cochranton 6
Jeannette 28, Mount Pleasant 27
Jefferson-Morgan 35, Chartiers-Houston 6
Jenkintown 16, KIPP Dubois 0
Jersey Shore 28, Dallas 21
Jim Thorpe 38, Palmerton 15
Karns City 59, Moniteau 0
Kennard-Dale 38, Hanover 7
Kiski 42, Knoch 7
Lackawanna Trail 41, Tunkhannock 7
Lake-Lehman 13, Berwick 7
Lakeland 40, Carbondale 18
Lakeview 32, Northwestern 26
Lampeter-Strasburg 35, Solanco 9
Lancaster Catholic 42, Camp Hill 41, 2OT
Latrobe 41, Connellsville 0
Laurel Highlands 45, Uniontown 20
Leechburg 19, Apollo-Ridge 14
Lewisburg 26, Line Mountain 23
Ligonier Valley 20, Derry 7
Lower Moreland 20, Vaux Big Picture 16
Loyalsock 28, Mifflinburg 27
MLK 26, Pottstown 7
Manheim Central 24, West Philadelphia 8
Manheim Township 42, Cumberland Valley 14
Mapletown 20, Avella 6
Maplewood 21, Union City 0
Marian Catholic High School 35, Hanover Area 0
Marion Center 21, Portage Area 0
Marple Newtown 28, Hatboro-Horsham 0
Meadville 41, Fort LeBoeuf 27
Mechanicsburg 34, Carlisle 6
Meyersdale 34, Curwensville 6
Mid Valley 32, Pittston 0
Middletown 31, Donegal 24, OT
Mifflin County 42, Central Mountain 6
Milton 20, Shikellamy 17, OT
Minersville 39, Halifax 0
Monessen 59, Charleroi 12
Montour 24, Central Valley 14
Montoursville 47, Wellsboro 7
Moon 21, Trinity 0
Morrisville 28, New Hope-Solebury High School 6
Mt Union 28, Tussey Mountain 14
Muhlenberg 29, Schuylkill Valley 20
Nazareth Area 42, Hazleton 7
Neshaminy 20, Emmaus 17, OT
Neshannock 42, Mohawk 37
New Brighton 9, Shenango 7
New Castle 49, General McLane 47
New Oxford 28, Bermudian Springs 13
Norristown 28, Penn Wood 24
North Allegheny 22, St. Frances Academy Regional, Md. 20
North Hills 22, Hempfield Area 0
North Penn 28, Downingtown East High School 25
North Pocono 46, Greater Nanticoke Area High School 7
North Schuylkill 37, Mt Carmel 30
North Star 18, Moshannon Valley 0
Northampton 24, Pennsbury 2
Northern Bedford 36, Southern Huntingdon 16
Northern Cambria 34, Purchase Line 6
Northern Lebanon 10, Pine Grove 0
Northern Lehigh 15, Lehighton 14
Northwestern Lehigh 47, Wilson 0
Norwin 26, Penn-Trafford 14
Notre Dame (Green Pond) 71, Garden Spot 64
Octorara 30, Hamburg 7
Old Forge 28, West Scranton 27
Otto-Eldred 50, Coudersport 28
Our Lady Of Sacred Heart 12, Rochester 6
Oxford 34, Great Valley 22
Palmyra 43, Lebanon 8
Palumbo 22, Fels 8
Parkland 62, Washington 12
Penn Cambria 22, Richland 8
Penncrest 33, Sun Valley 20
Pennington, N.J. 20, Germantown Academy 0
Penns Manor 52, Conemaugh Valley 0
Pequea Valley 49, Renaissance 0
Peters Township 42, Canon-McMillan 17
Philadelphia Central 21, Edison 6
Philipsburg-Osceola 30, Huntingdon 17
Phoenixville 41, Reading 16
Pine-Richland 35, Hilliard Davidson, Ohio 24
Plymouth-Whitemarsh 49, Upper Merion 14
Port Allegany 35, Keystone 18
Pottsgrove 27, Methacton 7
Pottsville Nativity 52, Holy Redeemer 0
Punxsutawney 30, St. Marys 13
Radnor 26, Chichester 8
Redbank Valley 49, Allegheny-Clarion Valley 13
Reynolds 15, Eisenhower 0
Ridgway 14, Kane Area 0
Ridley 20, Central Bucks East 7
Riverside 16, Dunmore 3
Roberts 49, Conestoga 14
Roxborough 22, Olney 20
Salisbury 28, Panther Valley 6
Saucon Valley 16, Bangor 7
Scranton 14, Pocono Mountain West 7
Scranton Prep 33, Valley View 0
Selinsgrove 14, Juniata 6
Seneca 35, Saegertown 7
Seton-LaSalle 23, Pittsburgh North Catholic 12
Shaler 20, Butler 14
Shamokin 27, Pottsville 13
Sharon 55, Mercyhurst 6
Sharpsville 32, Girard 23
Shippensburg 28, Big Spring 7
South Allegheny 28, Ringgold 14
South Fayette 26, Chartiers Valley 0
South Park 30, East Allegheny 16
South Side 44, Sto-Rox 8
South Western 36, York Suburban 6
South Williamsport 26, Athens 13
Southern Lehigh 31, Quakertown 13
Southmoreland 45, Valley 20
Spring Grove 31, Northern York 14
Spring-Ford 31, Souderton 14
Springfield 28, Cardinal O’Hara 7
State College 49, Gateway 14
Strath Haven 49, Interboro 6
Stroudsburg 30, Wallenpaupack 10
Susquehannock 26, Delone Catholic High School 10
The King’s Academy 44, Conway Christian School, S.C. 20
The Roman Catholic High School of Philadelphia 45, Neumann-Goretti 12
Thomas Jefferson 63, Baldwin 12
Towanda 24, Cowanesque Valley 6
Tri-Valley 36, York Catholic 16
Truman 42, Kensington 0
Twin Valley 42, Berks Catholic 16
Uniontown Lake, Ohio 36, McKeesport 35
United Valley 46, Homer-Center 13
Upper Darby 20, West Chester Henderson 13
Upper Dublin 38, Wissahickon 21
Upper Moreland 35, Council Rock North 7
Upper Perkiomen 31, Boyertown 21
Upper St Clair 42, Mt Lebanon 22
Warrior Run 28, Muncy 21
Washington 14, McGuffey 7
Waynesboro 30, Greencastle Antrim 27
Waynesburg Central 42, West Greene 7
West Chester East 20, Academy Park 0
West Mifflin 17, Elizabeth-Forward 16
West Perry 58, Susquenita 0
Wilkes-Barre 27, Whitehall 10
Williamsport 33, Wyoming Valley West 0
Wilmington 28, Greenville 7
Wyalusing 37, North Penn-Mansfield 12
Wyoming 28, Crestwood 21
Yough 40, Brentwood 0
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Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to sexual assaulting 3 children, posting explicit footage online
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Brian Harris, 29, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three children between the ages of 2-12, and posting child sex abuse material online.
BRISTOL, Pa. – A Pennsylvania man will spend years behind bars after prosecutors say he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting three children and sharing some of the abuse online.
Brian Harris, 29, was arrested at his home in Bristol last November when authorities say he shared child sex abuse material on Snapchat.
Investigators say they found hundreds of similar explicit images on cell phones and other electronic devices seized from his home.
Some of the videos show Harris inappropriately touching three victims who ranged in age from 2-12, according to authorities.
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The victims – two boys and one girl – were between the ages of 2-12 at the time of the abuse, investigators said.
Harris was accused of sharing child sex abuse material on social media under multiple names.
“Sexual assault is every parent’s worst fear,” one of the victim’s mothers said. “It’s usually a news story about an anonymous child in the community; however, Mr. Harris has made it a reality for my child and my community.”
Harris was sentenced to 18-42 years in prison. He must also serve three years of probation and was ordered to undergo sex offender treatment and a mental health evaluation.
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