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Mango Chutney
Phred wrote:
> In article .com>,
> "salgud" > wrote:
> >Phred wrote:
> >> In article om>, "salgud"
> > > wrote:
> >> >Phred wrote:
> >> >> Oh god! You DON'T roast or zap mangoes to make chutney, you simmer
> >> >> the brew for *hours* to get it just right. Peel them, chop them,
> >> >> chuck them in a pot with all the other stuff and slowly simmer until
> >> >> you've got a nice uniformly brown mess. (No *yellow*. 
> >> >>
> >> >> Common mangoes are the best too. I have made chutney with the
> >> >> stringless Bowens (that's all I've got in the yard) but they tend to
> >> >> break down too much and you don't get any nice chunky bits. Still
> >> >> good from the flavour POV though, just a texture problem.
> >> >>
> >> >> Now to turn to fauna: "flying fox" here in the deep north of the deep
> >> >> south is the common name for the tree-huggers' "fruit bat". But they
> >> >> were "flying fox" back in the late 1800s, so those buggers can stick
> >> >> their "bats". ;-)
> >> >>
> >> >> And if it wasn't so bloody late I would show you visual evidence that
> >> >> $10 for a bucket of common mangoes is NOT cheap! (Though it does
> >> >> rather depend on the season. :-)
> >> >
> >> >Just winging it here, but do you suppose that it's remotely possible
> >> >that the cost of mangos, and other fruits, might vary just a tad
> >> >depending on where you're buying them?
> >>
> >> Of course it does. It's not "remotely possible", it's axiomatic!
> >> But how does that make a dear mango a cheap one? It just means some
> >> people have all the luck and the rest missed out. ;-)
> >
> >It means that in places like Denver, Co, USA, a bucket of mangos for
> >$10 is cheap, like the poster said. In your part of Awstralia, it may
> >not be cheap.
>
> Yeah. Like I said, it's dear. Look, it may be acceptable,
> reasonable, expected, whatever, in other places; but it's not
> *cheap*. Like smoked salmon here -- it's something like $75/kg, so if
> I find it for $65/kg it's less expensive, but it's not *cheap*. Got
> it now?
>
> Cheers, Phred.
>
> --
> LID
Thanks for that clarification, Phred. But $10 for a bucket here is
cheap! Whether you think it is or not, from 12,000 miles away, is
irrelevant here. Got it now?
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