need help finding a spice

rose

Has any one heard of a spice called papin? It is some kind of meat tenderizer I was told it is a extract of papypa.
Thanks
Rose

The Other Dave

Papain, AKA Adolph's Meat Tenderizer if I'm not mistaken.

Chef Arnoldi

Rose,papain is derived from the papaya fruit and is used in most tenderizers. I would just buy a papaya and use the juices instead.

BlueSmoke

Rose,[p]I can't offer more direct help than the posters below. Depending on how much you want, and how you're going to apply it, you can peel a papaya and eat it: put the underside of the peelings on the meat. You might try Joe Ames, http://www.theingredientstore.com to see if he can refer to you a source.[p]Ken
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BBQfan1

Rose,
Everyone here has already offered a piece of the puzzle, but I will offer this:
- It is the active 'tenderizing' agent in Adolph's. You can go that route if you can find the sodium free version, where you're avoiding getting as much or more salt that papain.
- Use papaya nectar/juice to marinade your meats.
- Papain is available at some (most?) pharmacies in the stomach aids section, as papain (and its pineapple cousin, Bromelain) are used as 'Digestive Aids'... since the papaya and pineapple enzymes break down proteins, which is the reason it makes for a good tenderizer.
I've crushed up the papain pills in a mortar and pestle and rubbed into meat with the rub and it does have a tenderizing action. A good alternative to some other compounds, i.e. msg, for tenderizing meat.
Qfan

RRP

The Other Dave,
you're 100% correct! Adolphs even make a salt free version that has a distintive blue cap. I once drove 65 miles from our city of 110k population to a burg of 2k to buy the salt free. Lesson I learned is when you can't find a product most all companies have a free finder service to tell you what merchant has a particular product.
Recently I was looking for the Uncle Ben's Brown & Wild rice with Mushrooms and a search found it to be available in that same small burg, yet by that time Dr Chicken already had 8 boxes in route to me from Texas where it is made.

Wardster

Rose,
This is a great link for spices...[p]http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/generic_frame.html

The Other Dave

Wardster,[p]This should be easier.

[ul][li]Same site, direct link[/ul]