> According to the Browns (America Cooks, 1940, p. 115), stuffed
> vegetables were called mangoes because there were few mangoes
> in America. They theorized:
>
> "Mangoes make good jelly, marmalade, and preserves, but next to
> mango chutney the historic favorite is stuffed mango pickles as
> made in India and eaten in England.

How the hell do you stuff a mango?

*Sliced* mango pickle is common enough, but usually the skin is thrown
away, which makes creating a stuffable container out of what's left an
interesting exercise. Like making sandwiches with porridge instead of
bread.

I suspect the Browns, whoever they were, never saw a mango either.

You could stuff a bell pepper *with* pickled mango, though I've never
seen it. If something like that ever existed it might explain the US
usage.

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