As we all know, mangoes are out of season. It doesn’t stop the craving for one though and sometimes a supermarket mango will just have to do. Try and buy one that is slightly giving when gently pressed. Slice and add to a fruit salad, or try griddling slices and add a drop of rum to flambe.
May
28
Habib Beye, (now I know nothing about football so, bare with me here), footballer for Newcastle, has a passion for Senegalese Mangoes. In fact, he talks about setting up a trading company called Mangoes for Goalposts in this article with the Independent. I want to explore Senegalese Mangoes. If anyone has any information about these and where they can be bought, please say. Perhaps, Habib, if you are reading this, can you tell us about your mangoes please…
May
26
Today I went up the Stratford Road to see what was there in terms of the fruit and of course, mangoes especially. Watermelons seem to have just arrived but I think it is still to early and they won’t yet be sweet enough. There have been a type of mango fairly new to these parts called Badami mangoes. They are quite large and a beautiful orange colour with a few ‘freckles’ and they have a great scent. Pakistani Honey mangoes are out as well and these looked good too, as always. I resisted buying these today as wanted to go to my usual place on Showell Green Lane to see what they had. They had 3 types today. Badami, Kesar and Alphonso. I was tempted with the Badami and the Kesar but I needed my mango fix to be just right and wasn’t in the mood to experiment or potentially be disappointed so I went for a box of a dozen delectable Alphonsos again, more often than not, my first choice. These will be out of season soon so may I suggest you get them now if you are going to. One out of the dozen is perfectly ripe and I have placed it in the fridge to be enjoyed at breakfast. The others are stored in their box, in the kitchen where they will slowly ripen to perfection over the next few days (if we can wait that long!).
It seems that this blog has excied quite a few of my friends. More and more people are coming out and declaring their love of mangoes to me. I look forward to hearing more…
May
23
Had a bit of a lazy day today but I did manage to go up Showell Green Lane, Sparkhill. This is my usual place for buying the delectable Alphonso mangoes at this time of the year. Sadly, I was a bit late getting there and all the best ones had been taken already. I will need to go back on Tuesday after the bank hols to see the new stock. Apparently, according to my dad (another mango freak, like myself), there wasn’t a great mango crop this year in India. Not sure how accurate that is but something worth keeping in mind. Prices have been higher this year but that could be due to the current economic climate as well, although you’d think things would be a bit cheaper because of it!
I posted a link onto my FB this evening and already people have shown some interest. I have posted a challenge on my mate Asif’s FB for a an Indo-Pak mango taste-off. We always disagreed on which were the best but I didn’t see him arguing when he was eating the Indian mango. I will hold judgement for now though.
May
22
Welcome to my world of mangoes. Yes, you did read that correctly. This is a passion I share with probably billions of others. I have loved mangoes ever since I can remember my first taste of them. A box of Alphonsos delivered to us all those years ago, were a real treat, and still are. These were not what you buy in your local supermarket. These were freighted from India, the best, juiciest, tastiest mangoes in the world. I was hooked from my very first taste and come May each year, I start seeking out the best. This is a blog about my passion for this fruit. I will be including ‘taste-offs’, recipes, mango adventures, intellectual debate around mangoes, mangodotes (mango-anecdotes) and much more. So, if you share the same passion, have a mild curiosity or would like to learn more, watch this space.
This blog was thought up whilst learning about social media and i realised that the big blog shaped gap that has been in my life recently needed filling. Some of my friends were already bloggers and had wedding blogs, travel blogs etc. I have decided to go with my passion for mangoes. I hope to entertain people, be entertained, learn things I never knew before about mangoes and generally have fun talking the mango talk and walking the mango walk.
