First, you have to have a freezer. Or know someone with a freezer and space you can use in it. When I first started making this sauce, I rented a freezer, paying basically the price of the electricity and a few extra bucks, but buying a used one was one of the better ways I've ever spent 50 bucks (thank you Terrie!). Ok, next, you need to feel comfortable working naked, because really, the best way to enjoy or work with mangoes is naked. Preferably standing in the ocean, but I know that's asking a bit much. If you aren't comfortable working naked, wear something you don't care about getting mango stains on, because little bits of it willl jump around and inevitably land on you. Plus, when you lean over to slurp up some mango? You'll get more on you. Trust me about this.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Culebra Free Range Friday - Mangoes
So you have a mango tree. Or a lot of them. Or a friend keeps bringing you some. Or, if you are me, and you are not and should jump out of your chair right now and get on your knees in thanks, you have good friends who have awesome mangoes and let me get all I can get for my hot sauce. In any of those cases, you know that once mango season is over, once the drowning in mangoes quits, that is it, unless you want to pay through the ying ying. Which I, personally do not. So here is what I do instead.
First, you have to have a freezer. Or know someone with a freezer and space you can use in it. When I first started making this sauce, I rented a freezer, paying basically the price of the electricity and a few extra bucks, but buying a used one was one of the better ways I've ever spent 50 bucks (thank you Terrie!). Ok, next, you need to feel comfortable working naked, because really, the best way to enjoy or work with mangoes is naked. Preferably standing in the ocean, but I know that's asking a bit much. If you aren't comfortable working naked, wear something you don't care about getting mango stains on, because little bits of it willl jump around and inevitably land on you. Plus, when you lean over to slurp up some mango? You'll get more on you. Trust me about this.
First, you have to have a freezer. Or know someone with a freezer and space you can use in it. When I first started making this sauce, I rented a freezer, paying basically the price of the electricity and a few extra bucks, but buying a used one was one of the better ways I've ever spent 50 bucks (thank you Terrie!). Ok, next, you need to feel comfortable working naked, because really, the best way to enjoy or work with mangoes is naked. Preferably standing in the ocean, but I know that's asking a bit much. If you aren't comfortable working naked, wear something you don't care about getting mango stains on, because little bits of it willl jump around and inevitably land on you. Plus, when you lean over to slurp up some mango? You'll get more on you. Trust me about this.
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Right now there's a horse in our mango patch. Good for her!
ReplyDeleteI would bet a gallon of mango fits in a gallon bag...
Horses do seem to love mangoes! I wondered who would be the first to comment on my amazement, and because I have some smart ass readers, I should have been more precise and said, amazing it is, how many mangoes it takes to make a full gallon. But why be precise when I always have someone ready to precise me?
ReplyDeleteThe key measurement is the ratio of tequila to mango puree to create a Mangorita! For precision's sake, contact Orlandito!
ReplyDeleteDoug, funny you should say that, because, while we didn't drink mangoritas last night, we did drink margaritas, to accompany the Mexican free for all I made and didn't post about because I was having too much fun making it. Mangoes next time!! Thank you! And yes, I will pin down O for precise directions by example, thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteI love your idea but mostly really love how you write.
ReplyDeleteThanks, David, that's even better than having someone peel a few gallons of mangoes for me!
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