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Stinky The Clown (48,719 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 09:54 PM
Last Saturday we bought a box of Mangoes at Costco. They have gotten better each day. Tonight . . .
. . . . . they were orgasmic.
Really.
So good they could bring tears.
Sweet. Rich. Juicy.
For the first time ever, I ate the skin as I peeled them. Even the skin was good.
We have two left. They will be eaten tomorrow night.
noamnety (18,163 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 10:44 PM
1. oh wow
I'd be scared to eat the skin.
Stinky The Clown (48,719 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 10:48 PM
2. Why?
noamnety (18,163 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 10:55 PM
4. The skin's related to poison ivy and can cause reactions in some people even if they can eat the fruit just fine.
Stinky The Clown (48,719 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 11:16 PM
7. Uh oh! I am badly allergic to poison ivy. I ate the skin of two of them tonight.
noamnety (18,163 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 11:18 PM
8. I'm guessing you are doing fine!
If I ate some and was okay, I'd eat the rest too. I'm just scared of that first bite.
Stinky The Clown (48,719 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 11:40 PM
10. They say the allergy is rare.
In 2010 only 12 cases were reported. That said, I have eaten mango forever, to no ill effects, but this is the first time I've eaten the skin.
Festivito (11,790 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 10:48 PM
3. I suggest eating them in the shower.
It's the only way.
Warpy (65,945 posts) Thu Dec 6, 2012, 04:16 PM
14. If you peel them correctly, they can be eaten out of hand with minimal mess.
Slice down the mango on either side of the large, flat pit. Hold the piece of mango, skin side down, in your hand while you make crosshatched cuts in the fruit. Turn the skin from convex to concave and the pieces of mango pop right up, perfect for nibbling off the skin.
I also peel them this way when I'm making chunky mango salsa: mango, jalapeno, serrano, lime juice and cilantro. The combination of super sweet with super hot is sublime with fish, chicken or pork.
^^the smelly old skank who needs no introduction.
Festivito (11,790 posts) Thu Dec 6, 2012, 09:19 PM
15. That works well for package-perfect modern mangoes.
But, for orgasmic mangoes, real mangoes, one wishes to eat every bit that is not seed or skin. It even seems to get better nearer those extremes. It trickles down the face then neck, jumping from surface to surface as it dawns on you that I'm glad I'm waist deep in a stream somewhere in the middle of some Fijian island whose name escapes you. But, I digress. A bath works just fine.
And, the chutney sounds delicious.
elleng (36,502 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 11:03 PM
5. Were they all green and thus, according to my Pakistani friend, from Brazil???
Stinky The Clown (48,719 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 11:14 PM
6. No, they were Mexican
Red and green, not all green.
LiberalLoner (4,780 posts) Thu Dec 6, 2012, 10:47 AM
13. Oh that sounds so good! I like pomegranates this time of year too, don't know why, they are kind of tart and not really sweet but I think I just like them because the seeds look like little rubies and are fun to eat.
Stinky The Clown (48,719 posts) Thu Dec 6, 2012, 09:39 PM
16. Fun to eat!
Yes they are!
Hey, have you ever had a persimmon that's really nice and ripe?
Le Taz Hot (13,316 posts) Fri Dec 7, 2012, 04:14 AM
17. The Espoused One is crazy about mangos. I made mango jelly last year and entered it into our County Fair. It won second place in a VERY competitive category (I'm in a farming community and EVERYBODY cooks). I'm thinking about doing a mango chutney for next year's fair.
You know, I dunno if anybody else has ever noticed, but the sparkling old dude's usually up late at night, sometimes as late as when it's 1:00 a.m. out here in the Sandhills, meaning it's 2:00 there.
That's not good for someone his age and health, staying up so late.
One wonders if his wife knows about it.
