Mangos... glorious mangos!

Mangos! Glorious mangos have come top Madagascar! All sorts of sizes and colors can only add to the absolute excitement that I have walking into market these days. Long narrow mangoes are three for 200 Ar, the larger green and yellow mangoes are 200 Ar ( 10 cents) each! Green and yellow on the outside but sweet and tangy succulent yumminess on the inside! Then, to only add to the sweet fleshy happiness that is now characterizing each and every day, the local Farmer’s market that happens here every Friday brought the arrival of tiny brightly colored mini mangoes that are deceptively hard on the outside but inside; a brilliant flash of sweet bright orange meat surrounding a tiny pit! Delicious! How much are these beauties? 800 Ar for a kilo ( 2.2 lbs for 40 cents). Just wonderful. Sure, my new choice of snack is a tad bit messy but once you start eating them the mess only helps you continue to eat them, afterall, the mess is already a mess! The only thing that cues the end is when the bag is empty or my teeth are so full of mangoe fibers I can no longer rip into the juiciness! Just siit down in the backyard, lean over your legs and dig in. Don’t worry about messy drippings and droppings. That’s what dogs and chickens are for.

And…I need more dental floss. (Lol)

Anyways, besides the arrival of mangoes nothing new ever happens or is happening in my town. My kids are still learning, the cattle are still pulling carts around, the men are still driving the pigs back and forth from markets. The butchers still hack into bones, the grocers still drip water on bright green leaves to catch your eye and to keep them looking healthy. There’s a political reform thing going on that is restricting a bit of our movement and the “president” of Madagascar is coming to my town next Monday although I will be staying as far as possible from that place. Every day is the same, working to live, living your work, and now….eating mangoes in between time.

I love mangos.

Next month- PEACHES!