Friends and relatives have heard our sighs or read my blog and decided to satisfy our cravings for mango. Yes, it's mango season in Hawaii right now.
The season began with trees laden with blossoms. Sadly, most of those blossoms were blown away by the strong winds. However, some did hang on to the branches and produced gorgeous, delicious, wonderful fruit. I've tried mangoes in Illinois that came from Mexico and it just didn't live up to the Hawaiian fruit. For Art and me, Hayden is the gold standard of mangoes. Mom likes anything.
Yesterday we were talking to our son on the East coast when the doorbell rang and our wonderful, true blue friend presented us with these beautiful, luscious Hayden treasures.
A few days ago, Art's classmate dropped off some mango too.
The week before, my uncle, aunt and cousin dropped off Pirie and Haydens.
Oh yes, yes, yes! It's wonderful to live in Hawaii, especially during mango season!
Of course, if we were still living in Illinois it would almost be blueberry season wouldn't it?
Sigh...
The season began with trees laden with blossoms. Sadly, most of those blossoms were blown away by the strong winds. However, some did hang on to the branches and produced gorgeous, delicious, wonderful fruit. I've tried mangoes in Illinois that came from Mexico and it just didn't live up to the Hawaiian fruit. For Art and me, Hayden is the gold standard of mangoes. Mom likes anything.
Yesterday we were talking to our son on the East coast when the doorbell rang and our wonderful, true blue friend presented us with these beautiful, luscious Hayden treasures.
A few days ago, Art's classmate dropped off some mango too.
The week before, my uncle, aunt and cousin dropped off Pirie and Haydens.
Oh yes, yes, yes! It's wonderful to live in Hawaii, especially during mango season!
Of course, if we were still living in Illinois it would almost be blueberry season wouldn't it?
Sigh...
Mangoes yum - the best way to eat ripe ones is in the bath!
ReplyDeleteWe have a variety here I rather like called Kensington Pride (or Bowen) which is delicious. But then again I'm easy because I really like any mango regardless of its name :)
oooooo i do love garden sharing/growing and exchanging. it's a wonderful season!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't think they even give mangoes names in our grocery stores, but I've never met one I didn't like.
ReplyDeleteI've never tasted a Hawaiian mango, alas! But soon cherries will ripen near our cottage at Lake Chautauqua and then blueberries......And I will count my blessings!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely that you have such generous friends and family!
the fresh pineapple isn't the same here on the mainland, either... ;)
ReplyDeleteMmmm looks delicious!! Wish I had some of those for breakfast this morning!! Hope you have a great new week, Kay!!
ReplyDeleteI bet they're delicious straight off the branch. I ate a fig from the tree last year. It's spoilt me for fresh shopped bought figs now.
ReplyDeleteAnd strawberries. Raspberries in two or three weeks. And, peaches in August. Warm juice trickling down your chin. I'm thinking life is good near fresh produce.
ReplyDeleteI like mango salsa but I am kind of "meh" about mango by itself--perhaps because I have never had a fresh picked local one. We have Vermont strawberries right now--such a fleeting season, but they are SO good.
ReplyDeleteIn Poland we can buy the at the shop
ReplyDeleteYum yum yum... We just harvested our Rapoza mangoes, which are also a delightful, stringless variety. I love mango with fresh Tahitian lime juice.
ReplyDeleteRapoza mango info: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/CFS-MAN-3C.pdf
DeleteThis sounds really interesting. I'll have to keep my eyes open for it. Thank you very much!
DeleteSeeing Art's happy face is even better than eating mango. :)
ReplyDelete...and strawberry season here in Maine.
ReplyDeleteAlmost blueberries in Illinois, and almost cherries as well. My brother's trees are loaded this year in Illinois.
ReplyDeleteGosh your mangoes look delicious! It's the same in Florida I heard, mangos dripping off the trees, sigh.
ReplyDeleteIt's mango season in Utah too-though from Mexico, they only cost 50 cents each-yummy!
ReplyDeletegosh i love mangoes! mangoes with papaya and fresh lime juice...heaven!
ReplyDeleteI always wanted to try produce very fresh. Even produce departments have them sit through days/weeks of shipping.
ReplyDeleteWell, ya can't have everything! But fruit right off the tree is I don't know how many times better than fruit you buy in the store. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteOh yum! I love mangos.
ReplyDelete...and strawberries. :)
ReplyDeleteSweets for the sweet folks!
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu,
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You are lucky. Mangoes don't grow well here, not the Hayden variety, which are the best of the best. We bought one grown on Maui the other day, and it cost $3.00. I got a little piece of it.
ReplyDeleteYum yum, slurp slurp! I love mango season, too. I am usually the one who peels them, cuts off slices, and then I get to eat around the seed, so I get bonus extra portions.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, just to make mangoes even sweeter, I sprinkle a little salt on them just before eating. It is a bonanza crop of mangoes this year, I am so happy to be able to pick them each day, and then get to eat them.
If there are a lot of extra mangoes all getting ripe at the same time, I slice them and put them in a freezer ziplock bag (I like the quart size). I spread them out so they are like a single layer, and then I put the bag flat in the freezer. Later on after the mango season is done, I can use those slices on ice cream after a slight defrost. Or, put them in smoothies.
I just love mangoes. When I have mangoes in the house and still more on the tree, I feel like purring like a satisfied cat.
I am so jealous!!!
DeleteThose mangoes look fabulous! We bought a couple (probably from Hawaii) a few weeks ago and they reminded me how good they are, but I'll bet they were nothing like these. And raspberries are almost ripe in our garden! Blueberries in a couple more weeks. Yum! :-)
ReplyDeleteI hated mango a few years ago...couldn't stand the smell and flavor but now I love mango (my favorite is Manila mango)! I love making Japanese mango pudding with those. You and your husband have nice friends!
ReplyDeleteRecently I mixed imported mangos and bananas with local strawberries and a few of our own raspberries, already ripening, and a bit of my raspberry syrup, to make a fruit compote. Yummy. Almost every place has some kind of good stuff. the luxury of today's living is that we can have them all.
ReplyDeleteYou folks have so much fun! We can't keep fruit in our friges. Hubby shops every day, though, which gives him stuff to do!
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