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Mango Pickle (Free verse) by amanda_dcosta Itâs Summer!
The smell of delicious, sour,
Green mangoes fill the air.
Yes, the dark green mangoes
With the firm white flesh.
Wash âem, wipe âem,
Dice âem, salt âem,
A pickling we go!
Heat some oil, not
The coconut type
Probably mustard â
That will stay just right.
Drop in some chilly,
Turmeric, fenugreek,
A pinch of asafetida should do the trick.
Fold in the mangoes
Add some vinegarâ¦
Yeah! Thatâs right,
Our Mango Pickleâs here.
Up the ladder:
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Posted: March 10, 2006 11:57 PM PST; Last modified: March 10, 2006 11:57 PM PSTWeighted score: 5.2689414 Overall Rank: 3853 Comments:
I've never eaten mango pickle, and the seasonings you mention are mostly strange to me. Chilly would be chili where I live, and mango flesh is not white, but orange, almost yellow. I remember mangos hanging from long stems on huge trees in Hawaii. We picked them with a long pole, basket on top.
Mango pickle is deliciously pungent. Yes chilly is also chili here, though spelt both ways here. As for fenugreek and asafoetida, they are used widely in Indian foods. Makes Indian dishes unique.
And mango flesh IS white. When they're absolutely raw it's white and terribly sour. If you want to eat it raw, most often you have to with salt. When it's beginning to ripen it turns cream to pale yellow and then finally to a bright orange/yellow, and it sweetens also. Mango, coconut, jackfruit, breadfruit, papaya and plantains/bananas are our staple fruits. So I could describe them better if needed.
Much of Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children is about mango pickle. You must have picked up on the same vibe.
thank God I didn't read Midnight's children...so I can proudly say that this is my own! No one's influence or impression upon my mind. But then, great minds think alike! :-)
The off rhythm doesn't seem to work well with the upbeat poem.
It's kinda different... appreciate that you think its an upbeat poem.
Hey Mandy--the NY Times had an op-ed piece on Indian mangos. It called them "the King of Fruit, Indian masterpieces that are burnished like jewels, oozing sweet, complex flavors acquired after two millenniums of painstaking grafting." Looks like they'll be headed our way as part of the new nuke/trade pact.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/opinio
ecargo, here too its called the 'the king of fruit'. It's pretty expensive here for a kg of mangoes, although its grown here, and trading it is going to make it even worse for us. This idea is not welcomed well by the general public out here...
Green mangoes are already in bloom.... and that's how I got the idea of the mango pickle. I love eating them with salt and chili powder. Hmmmm... my mouth's watering. 317 view(s)
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Any way, thanks for the review. This was at the spur of the moment. It sort of had a rhyme feel to it, so what the heck... just submit it! hope you have fun following the recipe. By the way the ingredients are correct. Quantity is another point! :-)