Meet Mr. Mango Man. He is dancing a jig for you.
I saw this beautiful mango - grown right here in California apparently! - at a grocery store yesterday, staring up at me with it's tropical glory, and I couldn't resist.
Snoopy is balancing a giant mango on his nose!
I peeled the mango with a paring knife, and cut off the sides. This awesome mango was exactly perfectly ripe, AND it had a tiny little pit. That's pretty much mango perfection, as far as I'm concerned.
All sliced up and ready to eat. I know you can put mangos in smoothies and muffins or whatever, but when a fruit is perfectly ripe, it's already heavenly all on its own. You know?
Here I am, relaxing in a state of post-mango bliss.
I love mangoes, but I'm with you we usually buy what's at the FarMar.
ReplyDeleteWhen we were in Jamaica, we napped in a mango grove. A woman approached us with a big stick, and I got a little worried, but she was just after a few mangoes out of reach, not our bums.
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I want to sleep in a mango grove. It sounds like heaven on earth. Except for the lady with the giant stick!
DeleteGetting fancy with the illustrations! I love the photo/cartoon combo ... a whole new medium.
ReplyDeleteyes! so fancy!
DeleteI am with you--mangos are SO worth the non-local/seasonal splurge. I have the same goal--gorging on mangos fresh from the tree sounds like heaven!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I'm not the hugest mango fan but I think that's only because the ones we can get here are nowhere near local or seasonal. If I'm ever somewhere I can get a lovely fresh mango I'm gonna be all over it!
ReplyDeleteI love this post!!! :)
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DeleteThat is a perfectly perfect mango. YES--we get so fancy-pants sometimes that we can forget to appreciate a food on its own, I think you made a wise decision. xx
ReplyDelete:) sometimes keepin' it easy is the way to go.
DeleteI have been to such a place. It's just as good as it you think it's going to be... I ate a truck-ton of mangoes. I thought I'd get bored of all those fresh-as-a-daisy mangoes. You know what? I just wanted MOAR!
ReplyDeleteoh joey, I am drooling!!!! It sounds like paradise... someday!
DeleteGo, Snoopy! What a skilled puppy! What's next? Yummers juggling broccoli florets? :D
ReplyDeletegreat idea River!!! Yummers hasn't made much of an appearance this mofo season (in doodle form) . Shame on me.
Deleteomg yes i loooove mangos! i remember the first time i ever had one i was in the bahamas on a disney cruise and there was a little stand on the beat selling halved mangos all cut up ready to eat. i cant even remember how many times i made my dad go make and buy me more. then finally he came back and told me i ate the last mango on the island! ever since then i was mango hooked!
ReplyDeleteha ha - you ate all the mangoes in all of the Bahamas! Well done!
DeleteMangoes!!! I love 'em too and so does one of my cats. In summer I buy trays of them and we share one almost every day. You should come visit, mangoes have been in stores here for at least a month :D
ReplyDeleteI adore mangoes! Unfortunately, I'm very allergic to their skin so I only eat them when I can sweet-talk someone into peeling them for me.
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