So many mangoes!

The other thing about ice cream is that I'm not supposed to eat it (too fattening). With just me here, well, I would just have to eat the lot myself.

Oh how funny, and wonderful too. Several years ago when the town was flooded and getting helicopter drops of food, they dropped several cartons of frozen fish. No-one picked them so my friend got the lot and said it was the nicest fish he had ever eaten. I wasn't living here then but I appreciated the tale. Think I'll be having smoothies for brekkie for the next little while. I wish I could make ice-cream but I'm not at all familiar with the procedure.

Well if you have plenty of mangoes, now would be a good time to experiment with ice cream without worrying too much about the cost of the ingredients. My guess is that even if it didn't work exactly as planned it would still taste good!

Yes, chutney is like a relish but I don't know the difference because I've never made relish. The word "succulent" describes mangoes very well. You might like to try mango ice cream or mango yoghurt to get an idea of the wonderful taste. Mangoes are a tropical fruit.

They like most fruit can be eaten plain as well! I personally am not crazy about them, but they have a sweetish taste to them.

Can the mango be eaten by itself? Or should/could it be prepared with something else to get a "taste" for it?

GOod you have ways to turn the bananas into something else I am sure I would get very tired of plain ones lololol Goats will enjoy too am sure

Having all this delicious fruit is really spoiling me Lakota. I have about 60 bananas ripening too and I will make banana cake and banana smoothies but I think the goats will get the rest. I know they won't be complaining.

Yeah, it's great when that happens. I once lived on a busy junction when I was little and there were a couple of accidents. Once it was a Coca Cola truck but the bottles were glass back then. We did get a couple of bottles but we were not allowed to drink that stuff. I don't know what happened to it. What on earth did you do with that much sauce...it takes me ages to use a bottle of that stuff.

we put it in everything for almost a year. the whole neighborhod had a bunch so we gave some to friends outside the neighborhood and the kids even sold some. it was back in the '70s so i dont remember what all.

It's the same as when you buy bananas. They should not be all green. Mangoes should be about 90% yellow.

Thanks

Generally I can't afford them but I do love them. I'd gladly let you have some. I'd like to share them but everyone here in our little village got some. I'll be saving jars of chutney to give my family at Christmas.

My doctor says, fruit isn't as good as veggies. My argument is that it's easier to munch on several pieces of fruit a day than it is to prepare veggies.

That's nice of you. I can't afford them either, I wish I could afford more fresh fruits and vegetables I would live a more healthy lifestyle then for sure.

My mango chutney that I made is so very yummy. I've given away a few bottles and I'm now on my second one. It's lovely with cheese or ham or chicken. So delicious with a spicy hot kick!

Hello dear friend...things are good and I see they are pretty good with you too. The chutney isn't going so well. It tastes OK but it's not thickening. It's also quite hot 'n' spicy which won't be so popular with some. If I have enough jars left, I might try a different recipe later in the week. It's rare to get fully ripe, firm and delicious strawberries here.Ours are generally not quite ripe and rather tasteless so I give them a big miss. I had some a few months ago though and they were superb.

Best of luck with the chutneys my friend! When strawberries get to the store here sometimes they are either growing mold, their mushed from transport, or they are still green in some spots. You really have to "study" the package before purchase, but wow it is SO worth it!

That's sweet of you sweety. I did have a lovely time doing the doings yesterday. The stuff is in my slow cooker now simmering away and thickening. It smells vinegary still but the taste is superb. I sort of tripled the recipe and left out things and added things and this is my first go at chutney so I'm hoping for good things. If I get some good reports I'm thinking of entering it in this year's show. Ooh, hadn't thought of cheesecake but that's probably not a good idea as I'd only have to eat it then. Dear is right. A small to medium one in the stores is nearly $3.00 a go...too rich for me. Hugs to you too...

Hi snuggles - my mangoes are gone now and mango season is over. They sold for $3 each this year so I doubt I'll be buying any next season. Green mangoes make superb chutney, the best kind in fact. I had a good crop of zucchini a couple of years ago and gave most away. You've given me some good ideas here, thank you.

Yes, that would be quite tedious I imagine. Have you tried a good dollop of mango chutney in a beef curry Pikie?...it does add a zing to cooking, especially curries. I like to add it to my satay sauce too. Mango chutney is also nice as a side dish when you have a curry, not mine though because it has quite a bit of chilli in it and a wee bit of cayenne pepper too. It's nice and hot and the balance of flavours is good. It's a bit runnier than I like though.

The bananas are still very green and the mangoes were still mostly green so I thought they were not yet ripe. By the time I realised they were ripe...I had to give away the idea of green mango chutney but this one is coming along well. I found quite a few recipes for ripe mango chutney so I felt better then. I hadn't thought of juicing them too. I can see some mango smoothies happening for breakfast. Oh joy.

Hi Bill, I gave away heaps of bananas was making smoothies for breakfast and brunch and then made a couple of banana cakes...still eating one. Nothing was wasted as the goats ate the stuff as it went black. Pickles still has the mango juice stains in his beard.

Pickles! Love it!

Hello Orson, nice to see you again so soon. I had been saving jars as in my own crazy imagining I saw myself growing all sorts of things and making jams, pickles, chutneys and so on. I did make a few things when I first came here but it's really hard to grow things in the difficult conditions here. Then I began to save jars for a friend who spends nearly all her time in the kitchen baking and making things and she is very good at it. She only wants small jars so I have the medium ones at my disposal...ta-daaaa! The chutney is runny and very rich because it's been reducing all day. I guess when I increased the quantities I still put in too much liquid and when I ran out of vinegar, I used a good slosh of very nice Cab Sav...I put some in the chutney too. I was doing taste tests during the day using roast chicken and it is very bloody nice thank you. I reckon it would be wonderful with fresh fish too...it sort of has a sweet and sour quality to it. I bottled it up a few moments ago and there are 10 bottles...can't help feeling a bit pleased with myself.

My mum used to do all sorts of preserving when she retired. She did stewed fruit of different kinds, made jams ands marmalades...her plum jam and fig jam were my favourites, and she would make relish, sauce, chutney and pickles. Some of the fruit was badly damaged and bruised but I did manage to give away quite a lot of the best stuff. I made smoothies and banana cake as well as the chutney. The goats were fed the stuff when it was way ripe and they loved it. Nothing gets wasted here. When the accident occurred, many folk filled small trucks and took the stuff over 100klms away to give to the bushfire victims.

Mum did lots of pickle and jam making too but not till she retired. She worked full time in the family business when we were all growing up. Mum and Dad retired to a small farm and Dad was able to have an orchard and to grow lots of veggies so Mum was kept busy, stewing fruit and sealing it in jars and making the most delicious jams...my favourites were her plum jam and fig jam and pickles and all sorts of things. When I went to live with Dad about 10 years ago, we once made some orange marmalade together...sort of. He gave the instructions while I did the work. It took me hours to cut up all those Seville oranges into fine slivers!

I don't know about where you are but sadly, here, if there is a glut of produce or damaged produce it will most likely be tossed out. You really have to grow your own to be able to have enough of something to cook up and bottle. The chutney is superb and looks great in the jars. The colour is wonderful and the taste and consistency are both fabulous. It's a tad thin for my liking but it could be much worse.

Hi amitjoamon, Welcome to myLot. I made lots of smoothies, which are similar to shakes and ate lots of mango and gave some away as well as making the chutney and sharing that with friends. The chutney is a bit spicy but the balance of the flavours is so good, it doesn't really matter.