Not just in Indianna - I have an Atlas Canning book, circa 1920's with
recipe for canning stuffed "mangos" (green bell peppers). IIRC, Atlas
Glass was in W. VA, bought out by Continental Can, and later closed.

Kacey

John213a wrote:
> << Mango: Ha! You thought it was a tropical fruit. For some weird reason,
>
>>a lot of folks around Bloomington and Terre Haute use this word to
>>describe a green pepper. >><BR><BR>
>
>
> yes, it really confused me when in Indiana, I first heard my mother-in-law ask
> me to pick her some "mangos" for the salad 26 years ago a few months after my
> wife and I were married. I am from NJ and didn't have a clue about tropical
> fruit or why she would want it for a salad. They are in the Muncie area. Any
> idea how that came into "indiana speak"?


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