Re: Litchis

Now I'm even more envious.
----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> Zone 10
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