Re: Litchis

Right on, Judy. One of our most coveted dishes is black bean and mango salad, with scallions, minced jalapenos, wild tomatos, and cilantro in a lime juice, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil dressing. It's my favorite way to eat mangos.


On Monday, June 14, 2004, at 06:15 PM, Judy L Browning wrote:

Man, I wish I could just drop in down there for a week. I love mangos, but
didn't know why I so seldom got a good one here. The Thai restaurant served
sticky rice with mangos when they first opened. Heavenly. Never saw it
again, unfortunately. When we visited the California kids one spring we
bought mangos & strawberries. There's another great combination.
----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Litchis


That's usually the way they are here, too, Cathy. Keep your car locked
when unattended or you'll end up with a back seat full of mangos.

On Monday, June 14, 2004, at 10:33 AM, cathy carpenter wrote:

Ah mangos!
I remember mango season in Hawai'i. They were like zucchinis...you
couldn't give them away! DH had to peel them for me as I am sensitive
to poison ivy, and there is cross reactivity to the oils in mango >
skin. 
Cathy
On Sunday, June 13, 2004, at 05:41 PM, james singer wrote:

My litchi tree produced very few fruit this year and the ones it did
produce were confiscated by birds. So I drove to Pine Island
yesterday and bought a couple of pounds of "Mauritius" litchis and a
few "Nam Doc Mai" mangos. We are having a bad year for mangos in
Florida; dunno why. Also bought a Mamey Sapote, which is an
interesting but not very exciting tropical fruit [tastes something
like a sweet potato, which is improved with lime juice].

A word about mangos. Most of those in the supermarket are "Tommy
Atkins" variety mangos [PLU
Codes of 4959 or 4051]. And they are not very good.

Island Jim
Southwest Florida
Zone 10
27.0 N, 82.4 W

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