Mangoes in Dominica

After spending approximately six wonderful weeks in Dominica, I am back in the US and wondering what is happening to my mangoes, yes, my mangoes. During my six weeks in Dominica, I ate more mangoes than the thirty years I have spent in the US. I don’t remember Marigot having so many mango trees. Elva mango which was once considered a special mango, is now scattered all over Marigot. Maduae mango which was only in Porthsmouth is also scattered all over Marigot. Long mango is one of my favorite but not so common anymore. As far as I know, Sylvian remains the sole owner of the santido mango tree which is full of flowers and young mangoes at the moment.  Don’t ask for grafted mangoes, they have become part of the decor of Marigot. Now I am not trying to make some of you hungry for mangoes but I just want to let you know that I have eaten so many mangoes that I looked at my hands and they are beginning to look a lot like a mango. Should I be afraid of mangoes, hell no, I am hoping to get back to Dominica before the next crop is gone.  As a matter of fact, mangoes seem to be bearing year round instead of seasonal. For those of you who have not been to Dominica in a long time just think mangoes and you will find yourselves feeling the way I do.

Just imagine I have even bought a dehydrator to help me preserve some of the mangoes.  If I have my way, Classique International will soon be known as the provider of dry mangoes.  Why?  Because so many of the precious mangoes go to waste and by the end of the season we are left wanting a nice, ripe, juicy mango.   Therefore, it is my firm belief, that even a nice, sweet, dry mango will be better than no mango at all.  We are not allowed to travel with mangoes because of some sorry excuse.  I believe the real reason is that we would all pack lots of  mangoes in our luggage and that would be problematic.

I remember growing up as a child in Marigot one of the fun things we did was to collect ripe mangoes which had fallen under the tree during the night.  Unfortunately, one day my  brothers and I were collecting long mangoes and my youngest brother, Elvis, got hurt by a stick which had broken through his shoes – or was he wearing shoes – I really don’t remember.  However, it turned out that we were afraid to tell our mother that he had been hurt so he hid the injury which almost cost him his life. He reminded me about that injury a few months ago. That did not deter me from looking under the mango trees which hung over the road while I was walking overgutter. Just imagine that there were some little children collecting mangoes and they offered me the only bitterskin, baby mango which they had collected. I felt guilty accepting their only mango but it was offered to me so how could I refuse. A nice, yellow, clean looking mango which I ate with one bite followed by a ferocious suck to the mango seed which revealed the white hairs of the mango seed signifying the end. I know most of you do the same thing when there are few mangoes around. We make sure that the mango seed is completely clean before discarding of it.  I would love to know if other countries are as fortunate as Dominica with so many different kind of mangoes to choose from(…………to be continued………….)  In the mean time, please share your mango stories with us.

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