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Janet Wilder[_1_]

On 5/6/2013 5:20 PM, wrote:
> On Mon, 6 May 2013 15:11:53 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
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>>> I've never known a mango that didn't cling to the pit - even when they
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>>> are so soft you have to eat them bent over the kitchen sink.
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>> I managed to cut it away from the pit, then put it thru the FP and reduced it to mush - made a nice banana, milk, yogurt, chocolate smoothie for lunch. I may not buy another for a very long time, tho. Too bad - they are a nutritional powerhouse, plus I like the flavor.
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> That is one thing I don't mind buying frozen, already cut up into
> convenient cubes, just right with some yogurt for brekkie.
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I bought some frozen mango a little while back. YUCK! There were hard
pieces in there. Never again.

I'm lucky enough to get them really cheap from roadside vendors around here.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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