Thread: Mangos

Originally Posted by dm_td5

Thankfully the Cockies, Fruit bats and other sundry wildlife have once again finished dropping all the mangos in my back yard and the tree is at long last bare of fruit again. Can't stand mangos, the taste of the juice actually makes me physically nauseous, my wife doesn't like them either, so we just let the wild life have free reign and contemplate removing the tree from the yard.

Best thing to do with mango trees is to turn them into furniture.

There, that'll upset some of you!

I'm the same with Watermelon, makes me heave, Love Mangos though, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by olbod

You may not know that if you slice them and store them in small plastic containers in the freezer, they will keep fresh for upto a year or more !!!

So that's why we've been having mango smoothies and cheesecakes all year

Hey what are the best type of mangoes to buy anyway ?

These days down here in Vic we can only seems to get these bloated oversized, overripe things that have no real flavour.

I like my mango a bit tangy/acidy and strong flavour ( Philippines or Indian mangoes were my favourite when I was in Asia )

It seems all the flavour has been bred out in favour of these huge things that taste like weak sweet cordial.

Originally Posted by twitchy

Wife just got a box of Bowen Mangoes from her aunty in Ayr, now the whole bloody house smells like them.

Bowen Mangoes are our favourite ...yum ...Mango Cheescake

...And if you reckon Mangos smell bad.....take a whiff at the Durian fruit...YUK

I haven't really seen much since i've been home, but my normal costomer who I have swapped squid for Mango's with for years never came down so not sure if they were plentiful here or not.

You can freeze them whole no problems, we take them to sea like that and thaw them and eat them like a frozen mango ice block...YUM...

As for the flying foxes, should be open slather on them critters,.John,have you tried some net over the tree, I see it quite often up here , but not sure how sucessful it is..

Mangoes...Bring them on...

Cheers Ean

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

I haven't really seen much since i've been home, but my normal costomer who I have swapped squid for Mango's with for years never came down so not sure if they were plentiful here or not.

You can freeze them whole no problems, we take them to sea like that and thaw them and eat them like a frozen mango ice block...YUM...

As for the flying foxes, should be open slather on them critters,.John,have you tried some net over the tree, I see it quite often up here , but not sure how sucessful it is..

Mangoes...Bring them on...

Cheers Ean

Yes Ean nets are the only "LEGAL" solution down my way.But like everything they cost a fortune. On my way to the Cape a couple of years ago we camped overnight near Mackay and all night a bloody shotgun went off at intervals.After a sleepless night went to find out where the war was and it was the only way this mango farmer could keep the mongrels off his crop.
They are a menace.
John ( disco 44 )

if anyone needs help eating mangos - pick me pick me pick me !!!

Originally Posted by olbod

You may not know that if you slice them and store them in small plastic containers in the freezer, they will keep fresh for upto a year or more !!!

Sorry, but doesn't that kind of contradict the meaning of 'fresh' ?

I personally can't stand the smell of fresh mangoes, but will happily eat mango ice-cream all summer long.