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Mangoes and Breadfruit

 
Headley 2017-07-08 16:48:28 

I was in St. Thomas, Jamaica recently. Every kind of mango, every variety of breadfruit. The stuff is so common that it's causing a problem. People cannot give it away. Three months ago breadfruit was scarce. We need to find a way to preserve it and/or a variety that bears all year round.

 
Chrissy 2017-07-08 16:56:01 

In reply to Headley

Fi real - got a lovely three pound yellow heart yesterday. I don't have to buy mangoes - too many friends calling wid mangoes to share. I take from all a dem and give to folks -like di regular cashiers at the utility companies and the guy who usually fills up my car at the gas station. Gave a bag full to the security guard in the parking lot at Devon House.

We waste way too many fruit - including breadfruit.

Guyana makes the most breadfruit chips in the region.

 
Halliwell 2017-07-08 17:14:17 

In reply to Headley

I did not know there were varieties of breadfruit sad

 
POINT 2017-07-08 18:14:18 

Breadfruit Plants came to the Region
by the famous or infamous Captain Bligh , His Boat was loaded with small
Breadfruit Trees and other small Tropical Trees . They were care for by
a Tahitian Leader who knew a lot about
about Trees , and he Stowed away on the Boat with all the assent of all on the Boat .

The First Port of Call was St. Vincent ; why ???
At that time the second in command at the famous Kew Gardens in England was in St. Vincent at that time .

The next Port the Boat went to was Jamaica , where Pappi , the caretaker
of these small Trees died of a disease that is now curable .

In the Botanical Gardens , in St. Vincent the 2nd oldest in the Western Hemisphere ;there is an Offspring of
one of the Original Breadfruits that
was landed in St. Vincent .

 
DukeStreet 2017-07-08 18:20:53 

In reply to Headley
Stop showing off.
We over here in the US (not Florida) have to fight to get mangoes, especially the Haitian variety. Mango season for that goes from late May to early July, so, yeah...the last set of mangoes just disappeared off the shelves!

evil

 
nitro 2017-07-08 18:23:19 

Two reasons Caribbean folks are overweight and have 'sugar'.

 
Chrissy 2017-07-08 18:29:48 

In reply to Halliwell

You serious? rolleyes

 
POINT 2017-07-08 18:30:33 

In reply to nitro

I have been eating mangoes since I could eat , and I am not overweight ,and I do not have Sugar . So your
analysis cannot be ascribed to
everyone .

Currently I have 3 Mango Trees in my
Backyard .

I don't have dogs , however there are surveillance Cameras and Lights in the Backyard . I also have an Big Avocado Tree , also in the Backyard .

 
Chrissy 2017-07-08 18:32:31 

In reply to DukeStreet

Our tree will bear again before Christmas - it bears most of the year but we had an unbelievable crop this year. Just a few left but some friends' fruits are just beginning to ripen. WOrks well for me.

 
POINT 2017-07-08 18:41:56 

In reply to Chrissy

My Julie Tree has mangoes on it but none ripe as yet . Last year the Raccoons ate some of them , So I trapped 3 of them , hopefully they won't appear again . Time will Tell .

 
camos 2017-07-08 19:39:18 

In reply to nitro

Two reasons Caribbean folks are overweight and have 'sugar'




imported fast food that add refined sugar in large amounts

and driving everywhere.

 
Headley 2017-07-08 19:57:18 

In reply to Chrissy

That's the spirit. Lot's of folks in Kingston would never know mangoes are in abundance in other places.

My cousin heard I was going to Kingston and gave me 40 east indians.

 
Headley 2017-07-08 19:59:54 

In reply to Halliwell

Chrissy mentioned the yellow heart. There is also the 'makka' breadfruit which has bumps or 'makka' on the skin and is more spherical and evenly shaped than the usual breadfruit. The texture inside is smooth and similar to the yellow heart. There are others.

 
Headley 2017-07-08 20:04:23 

In reply to DukeStreet

Take a visit to St. Thomas before September. Tell them I sent you. big grin

You will get a car full of fruits. Apples are also in season and the pear season just started.

I did not mention papau, jackfruit, soursop or naseberry (sapodilla) because you may have to pay for those.

 
sgtdjones 2017-07-08 21:23:46 

oh man what would I give for soursop, jackfruit. papau and julie mangoes.

sigh.

 
Headley 2017-07-08 22:26:23 

In reply to sgtdjones

Mangoes were so plentiful in St. Thomas, Jamaica that my neighbour had a julie tree with branches hanging over the fence into the road. Julie mangoes were dropping into the verge beside the road and nobody was picking them up or picking the ones overhanging the fence.

One day I saw a cow in an empty lot nearby sheltering under a overhanging mango tree and a ripe mango fell from the tree and hit the cow. In Ja we talk about things being so common you can use them to stone dogs, but these mangoes were so common you could use them to stone cows. big grin

 
Runs 2017-07-08 22:35:12 

In reply to Headley

Cows love mangoes but eating too much can "bine" and kill them

 
Headley 2017-07-08 22:43:20 

In reply to Runs

Never heard of it. When I return if I see that cow I will let him know. big grin big grin big grin

In Ja cow is male and female. If we need to talk gender it becomes a bull cow. big grin

 
Kay 2017-07-08 23:43:01 

In reply to Halliwell

I did not know there were varieties of breadfruit

Because you are too stupid to know anything worthwhile, based on your posts.

 
granite 2017-07-09 06:21:43 

In reply to Kay
Me stupid too,fuss I ever hear of different varieties of Breadfruit.

lol

 
nick2020 2017-07-09 06:23:39 

In reply to Runs

Point let us know in an aside that he has security at his residence.

Don't steal his mangoes or pears.

 
RoyalDad 2017-07-09 06:30:22 

In reply to Headley

Send some come sah.

 
Chrissy 2017-07-09 06:58:22 

In reply to POINT

You have time to respond to nitroll lol

 
Chrissy 2017-07-09 07:01:27 

In reply to Headley

One Friday I asked by regular breadfruit lady for a good tasting breadfruit - a lady next to me laughed and said the last words her daughter said before she headed to the market were 'mek sure yuh find one good tasting breadfruit'. Some are perfect - with that lovely taste, but every now and then yuh get one wid no taste.

 
nick2020 2017-07-09 09:33:34 

In reply to Halliwell

Doan mind these elitists Halli the only varieties I knew of are roast, boil, chips or coucou. lol

 
deanjones 2017-07-09 09:38:09 

In reply to Chrissy

JA got the same type of mangoes as Guyana?

 
steveo 2017-07-09 09:43:45 

Whats the tastiest way to cook breadfruit? My so does boil-and-fry. Any other ways of cooking? On mangoes, besides being delicious, sometimes they deliver a boost to my energy level.

 
Chrissy 2017-07-09 09:44:37 

In reply to deanjones

And then some - JA has the widest variety of mangoes in the Caribbean

 
Chrissy 2017-07-09 09:45:08 

In reply to steveo

Roast breadfruit is the best

 
Chrissy 2017-07-09 09:47:16 

In reply to nick2020

You know cooking methods not varieties of breadfruit yuh cunamuna lol

 
nitro 2017-07-09 10:26:55 

In reply to steveo

Frying is a sure way to give you sugar.

Mangoes and Breadfruit are good natural food. The problem with folks who get 'sugar' is they eat all these sweet and starchy food along with high saturated fats and food deep fried in vegetable oil.

 
Halliwell 2017-07-09 10:50:45 

In reply to Kay

Wow, that is some afters
Guess I pulled you up once on some fake facts and ya never forgot me

Headley, Chrissy, nick, based on what you wrote I guess I called breadfruit the only one type- smooth skin for oil dong, then call something else chataigne then something else Kowa

On the right track here?

 
nick2020 2017-07-09 11:41:06 

In reply to Halliwell

Yuh asking de wrong person as I only know one type lol

 
Halliwell 2017-07-09 11:45:58 

In reply to nick2020

(Nick, between you an me, ah go ded wid laff if dem calling chataigne breadfruit eh) lol

 
steveo 2017-07-09 14:14:25 

In reply to nitro

Frying is a sure way to give you sugar.

Mangoes and Breadfruit are good natural food. The problem with folks who get 'sugar' is they eat all these sweet and starchy food along with high saturated fats and food deep fried in vegetable oil.


You gotta die from something

But I get what u are saying

 
steveo 2017-07-09 14:15:02 

In reply to Chrissy


Roast breadfruit is the best


Ok I will try that when we barbeque

 
ProWI 2017-07-09 14:27:28 

In reply to Chrissy


What about exporting? I don't know the last time I had a good tasting mango.

 
Chrissy 2017-07-09 14:30:09 

In reply to ProWI

Mi had one ten minutes ago - Bombay to blow wow - chilled lol

 
steveo 2017-07-09 14:43:34 

In reply to Chrissy

Have u tried mango lassi?

 
Headley 2017-07-09 15:57:09 

In reply to Halliwell

Chataigne is a breadfruit cousin. I had chataigne in T'dad. Did not know how to spell it. I am no expert. I only know how to eat a lot of local (Caribbean) foods. big grin big grin big grin

Surprisingly Bajans seem to have the most ways to cook breadfruit in the Caribbean. Beadfruit coucou, breadfruit tossed in a salad and breadfruit baked in a gravy, plus the usual fry, boil and roast.

There is now a place in Black Rock where for US$ 6 - 12 you can get a half of a roasted breadfruit filled with a mixture of seasoned breadfruit with either lentils, sweet peppers and tomato or smoked (red) herring or pulled pork or tuna.

It will take me a while to accept that a breadfruit dish should cost that much but I love the idea. I plan to take it to Ja so I hope none of you low belly types don't steal the idea before I steal it. big grin

 
Headley 2017-07-09 15:58:58 

In reply to Chrissy

Bombay is one of my favs. I have a bombay and a julie tree.

 
Halliwell 2017-07-09 18:09:04 

In reply to Headley

lol

 
Chrissy 2017-07-09 18:12:00 

In reply to Halliwell

Yes - in Jamaica they are all breadfruit

 
Chrissy 2017-07-09 18:16:23 

In reply to steveo

Nah - lawks she used white sugar - I pass - interesting recipe otherwise.
I don't use much sugar and when I do it's never white sugar.

 
Chrissy 2017-07-09 18:18:19 

In reply to Headley

Mum used to stuff it with mincemeat and pigeon peas and bake it. Dat breadfruit tree at New Garden and Anira was full of fruit in season.

 
Headley 2017-07-09 18:33:16 

In reply to Chrissy

Sounds good and should taste great. We should be doing a lot more with breadfruit. At the very least where chips are sold in the Caribbean there should be a choice of potato or breadfruit.

 
steveo 2017-07-09 18:41:28 

In reply to Chrissy

Nah - lawks she used white sugar - I pass - interesting recipe otherwise.
I don't use much sugar and when I do it's never white sugar.


Its delicious, an Indian friend ordered it for me a long time ago. Gonna try that with BROWN sugar

 
camos 2017-07-09 21:12:53 

roast breadfruit with salt mackerel is one of my best dishes. lol

 
Headley 2017-07-09 21:29:31 

In reply to camos

Try ackee and salt mackerel with roast breadfruit. A slice of pear takes it over the top.

I shared that 2 Fridays ago wid a partner and was so pumped we drove from Morant Bay to Trinity Ville to Cedar Valley to Hagley Gap to Mavis Bank to Papine. There's a flat bridge before Hagley Gap which is only 6 feet wide max. No handrails. About 40 feet long. 20 feet above the river. big grin

 
camos 2017-07-09 21:52:51 

In reply to Headley

lol lol

can't get a good longneck green skin pear here!

 
Chrissy 2017-07-09 21:56:37 

In reply to Headley

And we're in for a rhatid pear season - pear everywhere from now to December. Happiness is - mi have two here - one should be ready tomorrow. lol

 
POINT 2017-07-09 22:13:57 

In reply to Chrissy

I like roast Breadfruit , when the Breadfruit is a little Ripe , and sweet tasting .

 
Headley 2017-07-10 08:04:24 

In reply to camos

My tree is laden with young good longneck green skin pears. Will see if I can post pics two months from now when they are ready. Send mi your FedEx account. big grin

 
Headley 2017-07-10 08:24:07 

In reply to Chrissy

Enjoy. I will need to buy during the next 2 months but for the rest of the season I will be in hogs' heaven. I will have to post some pics to upset the First World Caribbean peeps.

 
nitro 2017-07-10 08:26:22 

In reply to Chrissy

Avocado great stuff.

Only spoilt when it is eaten with processed junk.

 
camos 2017-07-10 09:09:09 

In reply to Headleywill be visiting first week of August, should get a good supply by then! lol lol

 
Headley 2017-07-10 09:10:07 

In reply to camos

big grin big grin

 
Tryangle 2017-07-10 09:20:58 

After the hurricane a few years ago, avocados were so plentiful people were giving them away on roadside. Weird thing is that grocery stores tend to import them, which is a bit sad since we have a good number of avocado trees on-island.

As for mangoes, dang I wish. We import ours from Central America and occasionally Haiti. And the dried variety from the Philippines.

 
Headley 2017-07-10 11:39:45 

In reply to Tryangle

Anguilla, BVI, TCI or Cayman?

 
Headley 2017-07-10 11:41:43 

In reply to POINT

I like roast Breadfruit , when the Breadfruit is a little Ripe , and sweet tasting .



Makes a Sunday morning perfect. big grin

 
POINT 2017-07-10 12:21:08 

In reply to Headley

There is nothing better than that , especially with Avocadoes & Tuna .
I also have two Avocado Trees in the Backyard .

 
nitro 2017-07-10 12:40:30 

In reply to POINT

You are an interesting person. For everything Chrissy mentions you have two of them!

Are you a male or female?

 
Tryangle 2017-07-10 12:46:05 

In reply to Headley

Further north wink

 
Headley 2017-07-10 15:23:25 

In reply to Tryangle

OK