it's the first time that the decade(s?) old mango tree has given out a worthy crop--pure gold, really, it has earned its keep as the giving tree. we still don't know exactly what variety it is, but i can say that the fruit are very large (some are more than a pound each), fibrous, but very, very sweet and juicy. i'm not sure i care, really. and i was thinking of posting some recipes, but for now we are just eating them out of hand, sometimes straight off the tree--warm and fragrant, juices dripping down our forearms, sticky and sweet.
8 comments:
6/14/2009 03:42:00 PM
Lovely! They grow in little groups like giant cherries!
Do they ripen on the tree? Or are they like avocados that don't ripen until picked?
6/14/2009 03:49:00 PM
hey cybele, how are you? i've been letting them ripen on the tree, mainly because there are so many that are ready to drop, and also a vast majority of them are too high up for me to pick. grrr! i've picked a few that weren't quite ready, but they've ripened quite well, especially when stored together with some of the ripened fruit.
6/15/2009 05:54:00 AM
Wow, those mangos are just lovely, and I bet just as lovely to eat.
6/15/2009 11:14:00 AM
I haven't visited in a while and the very day I come, you have mangoes first up! I'm so jealous :)
6/15/2009 09:13:00 PM
Oh, beautiful, the taste of summer. I love mangoes just fresh but they make a beautiful salad with a little coriander (cilantro?) and red chilli and lime juice.
6/16/2009 03:39:00 AM
Hey Santos - One of the things I miss about Hawaii.....the mangoes here on the mainland just don't measure up.
6/18/2009 04:55:00 PM
What a beautiful harvest! I wish I had such a tree in an orchard. But I live in Europe... ;)
6/19/2009 02:55:00 AM
hello k,
mangoes straight off the tree - how good is that! i should have seen mango trees in while in hawaii, but never did... i just didn't recognize them. we did have some papaya trees back of the house once, but i'm more for mango than papaya if you ask me... yours are really gorgeous.
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