TammyM wrote:
> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> Lin sent me a CARE package which contained (among other items) a
>> package of Sunsweet dried mango slices. WOW those things are good!
>> They're soft but slightly chewy, sweet, tangy, and full-flavored. I'm
>> trying to come up with culinary uses for them when I get back.
>>
>> Besides eating as is (which is superb), I'm thinking of cutting them
>> crosswise and putting them on skewers with marinated chicken. Or
>> putting them onto sushi rice with octopus and a strip of preserved
>> lemon. Or putting into a banh mie with roast pork and pickled ginger.
>> Or putting them into a tropical cole slaw.
>>
>> What else would you do with them?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
> I've seen a recipe for apricot sorbet that uses dried apricots in
> addition to fresh. I'm thinking that mango sorbet is sounding mighty
> tantalizing....


I wonder if they could be used to make a mango gelato. I used to be
able to get Hagen Daaz mango gelato and it was great, but I can't find
that stuff anymore. I tried making it myself but it is really hard to
find nice ripe mangoes here, and I tried it with canned mangoes, but it
was bland.