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Bruce[_28_]

On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 21:28:00 -0400, wrote:

>On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 10:57:37 +1000, Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 20:36:49 -0400, wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 15:33:36 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 10:16:36 AM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> *sigh*
>>>>>
>>>>> I was told that I had OAS. Not a true allergy. With OAS the body mistakes
>>>>> the food for a pollen. One can have it year round or it can be present only
>>>>> when the pollen that the food cross reacts with is high. In the case of
>>>>> something like an apple, sometimes the person can eat it cooked but not raw.
>>>>> At this point in time, almonds are not a problem for me. Doesn't mean they
>>>>> won't be again.
>>>>
>>>>My wife has to be careful with mangos. The sap on the skin causes a bad reaction on her hands and mouth. I have to peel it for her and make sure to rinse the fruit off. Mostly, I end up eating all the mangos. Hee hee.
>>>
>>>Same with me, I'm probably allergic to mangos. But matters not, I
>>>don't like mangos, not much to eat on a mango, they're all pit and
>>>fibers that stick in my teeth. I'd much rather eat a field ripened
>>>cantaloupe or honeydew.
>>
>>It depends on the mango, some types are more fibrous than others. I
>>think old school mangoes are the fibrous type, which explains that you
>>think they're all like that.
>
>I know there are types with much less fiber but I have no way of
>knowing in the produce section and I've never been lucky.

I love all mangos, with a bit of fibre or not. Here, the standard
supermarket type is the Bowen mango. I don't find them overly fibrous.