Loooong summer of mangos. First my trees, then the neighbor (who is in Montana -- those are the green machetes), then one of the bait guys dropped off
a nice bag of the big red Kens.
Months of breakfasts and gucci blender drinks coming up. I looove jello with mango slices in it. Coolest breakfast ever.
MitchMan - 8-1-2011 at 02:10 PM
Just started harvesting the mangos off my tree in La Paz. The best mangos in the world. I did a count this morning; I have 62 mangos on the tree.
It's a relatively small tree. But the mangos are unbelievable. Makes the best mango margaritas in the world. By the time the tree stops fruiting for
the year, I usually have a freezer full of mango meat that lasts all the rest of the year.
I call Mango season harvesting and mango eating, "Mango Madness".Ken Bondy - 8-1-2011 at 02:11 PM
Muy bonito Jorge!! Y muy sabrosos tambien. Aren't they also supposed to be really good for you?
[Edited on 8-1-2011 by Ken Bondy]shari - 8-1-2011 at 02:28 PM
mangos and watermelon....everybody has a surplus and gives em away...so it's off to the cocina to whip up some mango margs for Miguelitro's birday
bash later...ummmyummmtjBill - 8-1-2011 at 02:29 PM
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Originally posted by Osprey
I looove jello with mango slices in it.
I am going to try that.mcfez - 8-1-2011 at 03:26 PM
Looks wonderful...fresh. You make a good farmer :-) We just had out first Pluots come in...juicy...from our place in Sacbajajudy - 8-1-2011 at 04:04 PM
Did you know that people from San Jose are called mangero/as?MMc - 8-1-2011 at 04:32 PM
We will blend them up and filter into ice trays, freeze them into cubes. After the harvest is over pull a few out and add some club soda. Do the same
with melons. They are great in the hot afternoon.
MMcoladulce - 8-1-2011 at 05:07 PM
I got a 3 ft Mango tree from a vivero in April and so far it's grown about 3". I perform frequent welfare checks on it and so far I haven't killed it
with kindness thank goodness. Maybe if I quit checking on it everyday it'll grow a little faster, but man it's a pokey grower.
I got a peach tree at the same time and trimmed it back severely per agi website instructions and the peach has still quadrupled in size.
At the rate the mango is going, I may see my first social security check before I see the first mango.Alan - 8-1-2011 at 05:18 PM
Mango salsa over a fresh caught dorado fillet is Baja at its best!vandenberg - 8-1-2011 at 05:27 PM
Neighbor has a huge tree, which produces all of July and part of August. I peel and slice them, put them in baggies and freeze them. They don't freeze
solid ( sugar ) and eat like ice cream. Delicious. I also slice up a few hundred and dry them in a dryer. Get kilos of dried mangoes that way, which
are great just eating out of hand or put in cakes, bread and pies. Still, hundreds are going to waste and no one seems to have any interest in them.
Too many around I presume. Loreto is full of mango trees.
Santiago - 8-1-2011 at 06:45 PM
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Originally posted by oladulce
At the rate the mango is going, I may see my first social security check before I see the first mango.
Ola: you might want to rethink this allegory...just sayin'.
By-the-way, SWMBO wants to know what that, uh, thing is in the front of the boat in your avitar. I told her it was a buoy, but she's not so sure.Curt63 - 8-1-2011 at 06:50 PM
Yummmmmmmmmmmmm!
Lime and chili for me por favorSkipjack Joe - 8-1-2011 at 06:50 PM
heh, you're baad, Santiago.jeans - 8-1-2011 at 06:59 PM
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Originally posted by Santiago
By-the-way, SWMBO wants to know what that, uh, thing is in the front of the boat in your avitar. I told her it was a buoy, but she's not so sure.
Come on...admit it. YOU want to know... bajajurel - 8-1-2011 at 07:55 PM
Mitch,
What's your technique / precautions for freezing?
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Originally posted by MitchMan
Just started harvesting the mangos off my tree in La Paz. The best mangos in the world. I did a count this morning; I have 62 mangos on the tree.
It's a relatively small tree. But the mangos are unbelievable. Makes the best mango margaritas in the world. By the time the tree stops fruiting for
the year, I usually have a freezer full of mango meat that lasts all the rest of the year.
I call Mango season harvesting and mango eating, "Mango Madness".
Santiago - 8-1-2011 at 08:00 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by jeans
Quote:
Originally posted by Santiago
By-the-way, SWMBO wants to know what that, uh, thing is in the front of the boat in your avitar. I told her it was a buoy, but she's not so sure.
Come on...admit it. YOU want to know...
Touchewoody with a view - 8-1-2011 at 08:07 PM
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Originally posted by vandenberg
I also slice up a few hundred and dry them in a dryer. Get kilos of dried mangoes that way, which are great just eating out of hand or put in cakes,
bread and pies.
what kind of dryer? maytag? seriously, what kind?BajaBlanca - 8-1-2011 at 09:05 PM
yes,ditto on the question
HOW DO YOU DRY THEM ?
I love mangoes and never ever thought of freezing or drying them ...
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes, another project and this is a good one !!
please share the details amigos.
[Edited on 8-4-2011 by BajaBlanca]MitchMan - 8-1-2011 at 09:18 PM
BajaJurel,
Very easy, I peel the mangos with a very sharp knife and slice big chunks off the seed. I put the meat into a sandwich baggy and wrap it tight to get
all the air out. Then I put all these small sandwich bag pouches into a bigger plastic bag that you get at the produce section in a grocery store,
put a twister tie on that after squeezing out all the air.
I still have some left over from last year, no freezer burn, they are perfect, it's amazing how well they keep their original bright yellow-orange
color.
Think that I will make some mango preserves by simply boiling the mango meat with some sugar. That seems to work for plumbs really well. Put some of
that on some vanilla ice cream and add some chocolate syrup and crushed walnuts and a few fresh slices of banana.
Oh, now I'm hungry.drarroyo - 8-1-2011 at 09:23 PM
Summertime, & the dried mangos are tasty (in San Bartolo above Los Barriles) !!
Don't know specific method ... but do it if you're in the 'hood.
Wrong Mangos
MrBillM - 8-1-2011 at 09:32 PM
I stumbled in thinking this might be another post about NFL Cheerleaders.
Carry on.vandenberg - 8-2-2011 at 07:35 AM
I freeze them the way Michman describes.
As far as drying: I have a forced air dryer. No idea where I got it. Probably one of Barb's finds at a fleamarket in Sacramento.
It has a dozen trays and holds from 40 to 50 peeled and sliced mangos. Takes about 12 hours to dry them sufficiently for storage. We still keep them
frozen to prevent mold setting in, just in case there's moisture left.
BTW, this unit works also great for making jerky.
[Edited on 8-2-2011 by vandenberg]
oladulce - 8-2-2011 at 09:58 AM
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Originally posted by Santiago
By-the-way, SWMBO wants to know what that, uh, thing is in the front of the boat in your avitar. I told her it was a buoy, but she's not so sure.
Those are surfing implements and this was in Nicaragua- where I never found a mango as delicious as the ones we have here.
BajaBlanca - 8-2-2011 at 10:06 AM
Ola - was Nicaragua all as pretty as that photo ? I had no clue ...very pretty.
I will be making frozen mangoes today - what a treat to have them all year round.krafty - 8-2-2011 at 02:55 PM
I think he is talking about a dehydrator. Same can be done in an oven on very low for several hours. We make sun dried tomatoes this way when we have
too many to know what to do with them.oladulce - 8-3-2011 at 07:42 AM
Soulpatch- I never encountered a patient with an acute Mango reaction or recall a patient listing Mango as an allergy. Pretty sure I'd remember
something as tragic as that . Bummer.
Any Mango growing tips would be greatly appreciated.MMc - 8-3-2011 at 08:25 AM
Soulpatch, Read somewhere that the skins have a very low level of the same poison as poison oak? maybe something to consider.
Hola
I used to pick the mangos from our tree for the last 10 years.
Last year I started to get a bad rash. Couldn't figure out from where. This year the first day down I picked some for shakes. 2 days later rash
appears, eyes swollen shut.
Looked up mango allergies. http://www.livestrong.com/article/179501-mango-skin-rashes/
Ended up going the clinic to get a steroid shot. All better now. Now I need to where gloves when I pick and clean them.
Eddie
maytag?
. Bummer.