Last year was not a great year for mangoes. I love mangoes. I especially love Hayden mangoes. My uncle and aunt have two huge trees and they are so wonderful about sharing some with us. They say it's extremely expensive to keep them trimmed and I have a feeling they may one day have to chop it down.
Sigh....
Lately, I'm noticing that the mango trees around the island are all blooming abundantly.
Everywhere you go, you can see trees sprouting these flowering spikes.
I'm so excited!
Each one of these stalks or whatever you call them are full of baby mangoes.
My mouth is watering just thinking about them.
I can hardly wait.
Sigh....
Lately, I'm noticing that the mango trees around the island are all blooming abundantly.
Everywhere you go, you can see trees sprouting these flowering spikes.
I'm so excited!
Each one of these stalks or whatever you call them are full of baby mangoes.
My mouth is watering just thinking about them.
I can hardly wait.
Now you have done it. I will be thinking mangoes all day with no chance of tasting one that wasn't frozen first. Sounds like a bumper crop is coming. I heard mangoes are the perfect fruit nutrition wise.
ReplyDeleteI love your window on the world! I have discovered mangoes only in the past couple of years and especially if they are cold!
ReplyDeleteI like the taste of mango juice mixed with other juices but honesty don't believe I have ever tasted mango fruit.
ReplyDeleteI remember when I lived in Puerto Rico that vendors would sell mangoes that had been peeled and stuck on a stick. They they made big slices in them, dipped them in sugar mixed with chili powder (it sounds awful but was really good) and we would eat those like popsicles. Thanks for the memory, Kay! :-)
ReplyDeleteoh Kay I am sooo jealous....just wonderful news!
ReplyDeleteI would love to have my own pineapple tree, but there's no way they can grow around here in SC.
ReplyDeleteActually pineapples don't grow on trees. I wasn't sure if you were joking. I did a post about it a while ago:
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There are quite a number of tourists that come to Hawaii expecting to see pineapples on big trees though. :-)
Now my mouth is watering too. When we get them here, in Montana, they become very expensive being so far away from the source. They are really an expensive treat when we have mangoes. Lucky you.
ReplyDeleteI have not eaten a mango in years. Would love to have a Hayden now. And how about yummy mango bread?
ReplyDeleteI did bake some mango bread last year with over ripe Pirie mangos. My favorite is Haydens though.
DeleteMangoes used to be so exotic -- the most exotic fruit in a New England grocery. Now we see all kinds of truly exotic fruits, some of which i have to wonder who was brave enough to first bite into them.
ReplyDeleteWow!!! It's a bumper crop!!!!! Is there any way to preserve them?
ReplyDeletePeople make mango preserves, pickles and jellies. However, they don't last long enough at our house. We just eat them right away. Yum.
DeleteMy cousin makes mango chutney.
DeleteYou are lucky. It's too rainy here for mangoes to grow well. We get Oahu mangoes, but they are very expensive.
ReplyDeleteThat's what Art told me. He says that relatives used to send them to Honokaa from Honolulu when he was growing up.
DeleteNever knew how mangoes bloomed. The ones we ate in Hawaii were the best!
ReplyDeleteYore doin' the mango tango! Incidentally, regarding yesterday's posting, it's hard to imagine you with a sneer on your face
ReplyDeleteYou should see my military ID. Not good at all!
DeleteI've crossed paths with a mango very few times in my life, but as I remember, they were good. I forget about them. They're not in my fruit psyche for some reason. Keep us posted on their progress. Don't drool on your keyboard when you're writing about them.
ReplyDeleteAnd never eat a mango while wearing your best clothes. They won't be your best clothes any longer. Much too juicy!
DeleteIt is wonderful seeing them from flowers to fruit!
ReplyDeleteCheers from Cottage Country!
It's fun to see how these "exotic" fruits grow. I have eaten very few mangoes. As someone else said, I forget about them. You have to search out mangoes here.
ReplyDeleteMy husband's the mango crazy person in our household. I could live without eating another mango but mango bread I don't mind.
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Thanks for these pictures. I have never seen mangoes growing. I think most of Israel's 4,200 acres of mango orchards are in the north. Oi, hope the locusts don't go north and eat them in one day.
ReplyDeleteOh me too! Keep those locusts away!
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