I feel lucky I have lower standards for tropical fruit. Even though I know that tropical and sub-tropical fruit I grow here in CA won't get the heat (and sometimes humidity) it needs to develop peak flavor, I'm still excited to be able to grow it.
I'm a member of the CA Rare Fruit Growers and I know some of our members have reported sighting very good imported mangoes but I think you have to really have an eye for the different varieties to spot it. I came to mangoes late in life because the first couple I had must have been unripe and there's little I hate more than that astringency you get from unripe mangoes/bananas/persimmons.
amych, that boobcheer is killing me! Hahaha!
The peanut butter worked! Thank you, P-C! I had forgotten all about that in the face of six-year-old tears.
Three cheers for Encyclopedia Brown!
Kat, I forgot to say how great that big CA Donors Choose donor is! Good times. I was trying to explain DC to a coworker, and she was like, "So, it's like, I want to take my class on this awesome field trip?" I said, "Yeah, some of the time....or they just need books."
The boobcheer is like unto porn poms.
I paced my drinks poorly today. Everything I have is mango. That's a little heavy.
All the local mangoes from someone's tree for a buck are the best part about being here.
Mango butter? I only say that because I have peach butter (thanks Jess!) in the slow cooker as I type.
ETA: And that's only true because my amazing super actually went into my apt to turn the slow cooker on because I forgot to.
You could chunk and freeze the mango for use later in smoothies. (Cup full of frozen fruit, cup of milk, blend, drink. I love using frozen fruit because it means I don't need to mess about with ice.)
The Wait Wait blog reviews the new Denny's sandwich, which is a grilled cheese stuffed with fried mozarella sticks.
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