Let's All Get on the Same Page, Shall We?

The local deadtree news had an article the other day noting this year's mango harvest was due to be much smaller than usual thanks to a very wet winter out on the barrier islands that produce most of our commercial mangoes. Some farmers have basically closed up shop and not even bothered to harvest this year.

Of course, the article came out just days before the mango festival and now the organizers are busy reassuring everyone that, no, in fact, there will be plenty of mangoes for the festival, please come on down and don't stay home with your money.

All I know is yesterday's breakfast was yogurt loaded up with an equal volume of mangoes. Lunch included a helping of mango bread pudding. Dinner was a chicken breast over rice smothered in mango salsa. A couple slices of mango bread (with cranberries and walnuts) made for a late snack. Breakfast today was corn flakes covered with chunks of mango. Lunch included another slice of mango bread.  Dinner tonight will be lamb vindaloo with a side of mango chutney and a dish of ice cream topped with chopped mangoes for dessert. The kitchen counter is covered in a layer of mangoes waiting to be peeled and chopped. There are another half dozen+ whole fruits in the refrigerator along with seven containers of prepared fruits (although, in all honesty, some of them are smaller "single serving" size cups).

But then, that's just our one tree. And it's pretty much done for the season, now.