Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Day of the Mangoes


It’s mango season in Trinidad and I’ve been pigging out. Yesterday was total mango overload. Started out with a visit to the market in Chanaguas where Dilly (left) was selling green mangoes that had been sliced, drizzled with lime and sprinkled with salt and hot peppers. A bagful (30 cents) was breakfast.

Bought a bag of Julie mangoes, the sweetest of the sweet, from another vendor in the market (10 for $1.) Snacked on a couple of them on the ride up the coast, then stopped at a roadside stand where the vendor was selling all kinds of sliced and prepared mangoes—peppermint mangoes, mangoes preserved with molasses, spicy mangoes. Bought some of everything.

Later in the afternoon, I stopped at yet another stand where I picked up a bag of Zadaki mangoes, which are even sweeter than the Julies, plus some tiny little mangoes that no one knew the name of. I felt kinda sorry for them, so I bought them, too. They are a tad stringy but I don't hold that against them.

I’ve got all my mangoes sitting on the window sill of my hotel room. I’ll be flying home tomorrow and can’t bring them with me. So I am writing a little, then stopping to eat some mango, then writing some more. I am a happy man ...

6 comments:

Richard Cooper said...

Man go eat mangoes, man goes home mangoless.

A tragic love story.

Anonymous said...

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMangoes, yum! I have a great recipe for Mango crumb cake if anyone is interested!

Bob Morris said...

Richard -- Man also smuggles mangoes. I can't bear to leave good mangoes behind. I'll wrap them in towels and put them in the bottom of my carry-on bag, along with the two bottles of Cuban rum I bought.

Just in case things go south -- can I count on you for bail money?

And Jimmy G -- hell yes, give up that recipe...

Rum Runner -- My skin has turned a strange shade of yellow from the mango diet. But I ain't seeking rehab...

Anonymous said...

Bob,
Good luck on the smuggle job. I was busted coming in with one singe Cuban cigar. I'll drop that recipie in your mail box. If you do get busted we'll take up a collection.

Bob Morris said...

Fuzzy -- The secret to avoiding da bad belly, follow each mango with a shot of rum laced with Angostura bitters. Even if you get da bad belly you don't really care...

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