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kayreTonight a dinner guest and I spent a pleasant hour browsing through the recipe boxes which belonged to my two grandmothers-- two women of very different social circles [though both white and of European origin], but both from Southwest Ohio, and probably accumulating recipes from about 1925 to 1960. We were startled to find that both boxes contained quite a few recipes for mangoes! So likely my parents both grew up eating mangoes, and yet I'm pretty sure I tasted my first when I was in my 30s.
A quick search of the internet reveals an effort to grow them, beginning in the late 1800s, in both Florida and California, but nothing about a decline in the mid 20th century, which my anecdotal evidence might indicate.
Anyone have any other anecdotes, stories, information to satisfy my curiousity?
A quick search of the internet reveals an effort to grow them, beginning in the late 1800s, in both Florida and California, but nothing about a decline in the mid 20th century, which my anecdotal evidence might indicate.
Anyone have any other anecdotes, stories, information to satisfy my curiousity?
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Date: 2016-03-29 01:39 am (UTC)