The Chill Out Zone

[Lancpudn]

Morning all, It's dismal & wet wet wet out there from overnight rain

[coolcat]

Leo is having a duvet day today

Leo by Jeff Cranwell, on Flickr

[MSS]

Originally Posted by stevestrat

Just let the mangoes sit Ian, they'll soften. If you ever get the chance get some Pakistani mangoes, smaller, yellow ones. They're the same as Philippine ones, much sweeter. You won't get them in ordinary supermarkets, need to go to Asian or Pakistani supermarkets.

Rain is lashing down here.

Yes - supermarket mangoes need to sit until they go slightly soft for the right taste. Alternatively, mango slices in juice work well in a crumble, upside-down tart etc.

The sweetest mangoes are ones which are small and almost yellow. When young we used to just squeeze out the juice into the mouth as opposed to cutting out and eating the fruit.

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by MSS

Yes - supermarket mangoes need to sit until they go slightly soft for the right taste. Alternatively, mango slices in juice work well in a crumble, upside-down tart etc.

The sweetest mangoes are ones which are small and almost yellow. When young we used to just squeeze out the juice into the mouth as opposed to cutting out and eating the fruit.

These are still olive green & very hard, I tried to peel one of them yesterday & could barely get the knife to cut it I'm not used to exotic fruits

[Twisterboy]

Morning all, cloudy with Blue Skies and mild here today.

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

These are still olive green & very hard, I tried to peel one of them yesterday & could barely get the knife to cut it I'm not used to exotic fruits

One of the tricks we use in the tropics is to place the mango in a brown paper bag with a ripe apple or a ripe banana, then fold the end of the bag over. We use this trick to ripen green bananas and within 48 hours they turn from green to yellow.

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

One of the tricks we use in the tropics is to place the mango in a brown paper bag with a ripe apple or a ripe banana, then fold the end of the bag over. We use this trick to ripen green bananas and within 48 hours they turn from green to yellow.

I'll give that a try also Phil, Cheers.


Just been cleaning all the 30 litre tubs with jeyes fluid ready for the potato planting in the next few weeks. Rain stopped play.

[FLYING BANANA]

Bus trip into Plymouth, first time I have been in the city for over two years.
Found the phone shop, needed to get a better deal on my phone. Came out with a better contract and a new phone.

Then got the bus home.

Got chicken stir fry for dinner.

Nearly eaten my loaf, it’s bloomin’ ‘ansum.

[stevestrat]

NHS is good. Two letters today both telling me exactly the same thing, I'm on the waiting list for an appointment, waste of ink!

[Lancpudn]

Still bloomin' raining here strange tea tonight, made a potato & bacon dish with some carrot, sweet potato, squash, broad bean, Fava bean with some Italian seasoning & a small half inch piece o that chilli pepper I bought yesterday, Missus said am I trying to kill her She said too spicy & had some vegetable soup & dumplings I made instead. Must admit my mouth is tingling and I'm having an early bottle of apple juice to cool it down
Dahn sarf again on the southeastern high speed going to London St Pancras.