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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.

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.

In reply to Headley

I did not know there were varieties of breadfruit

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 .

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!

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

In reply to Halliwell

You serious?

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 .

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.

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 .

In reply to nitro

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.

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.

In reply to DukeStreet

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

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.

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

sigh.

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.

In reply to Headley

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

In reply to Runs

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

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

In reply to Halliwell

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

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.

In reply to Headley

Send some come sah.

In reply to POINT

You have time to respond to nitroll

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.

In reply to Halliwell

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

In reply to Chrissy

JA got the same type of mangoes as Guyana?

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.

In reply to deanjones

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

In reply to steveo

Roast breadfruit is the best

In reply to nick2020

You know cooking methods not varieties of breadfruit yuh cunamuna

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.

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?

In reply to Halliwell

Yuh asking de wrong person as I only know one type

In reply to nick2020

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

In reply to nitro

In reply to Chrissy

In reply to Chrissy


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

In reply to ProWI

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

In reply to Chrissy

Have u tried mango lassi?

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.

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.

In reply to Chrissy

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

In reply to Headley

In reply to Halliwell

Yes - in Jamaica they are all breadfruit

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.

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.

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.

In reply to Chrissy

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

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.

In reply to Headley



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

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.

In reply to Chrissy

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

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.

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.

In reply to Chrissy

Avocado great stuff.

Only spoilt when it is eaten with processed junk.

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

In reply to camos

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.

In reply to Tryangle

Anguilla, BVI, TCI or Cayman?

In reply to POINT

In reply to Headley

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

In reply to POINT

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

Are you a male or female?

In reply to Headley

Further north

In reply to Tryangle

OK