Buckets of massive mangoes being sold at roadside stalls ... Now it's summertime!

Oh what a contrast! 33 degrees!...those mangoes look very 'handsome '
Storm Darragh is still buffetting this morning...

Yes I"ve been reading lots of comments on various gardening forums about Darragh and just how windy it's been in some spots. Hopefully there won't be too much devastation.

I'm waiting for the mangoes to ripen to see just how tasty they're going to be. For the most part, the mangoes we pick up at the roadside stalls in our suburb are just superb.

I love the taste of Mango, albeit it within a yoghurt or a dessert here in the UK!

Nothing can beat the taste of cold freshly-picked mango Shirley. It's just the best in summer.

Stop it, I'm salivating here ... :o))

On our honeymoon…yes that’s going back…we were told that the best Mangoes are the Julia and the Graham varieties. Funny how some things stick in your brain. But there’s nothing like fresh tropical fruit and fish straight from the sea. Now I am longing to visit St Lucia again!

Karen, here in Australia the best mango is considered to be the Kensington Pride. It's regarded as the best-tasting and is probably the most common.

Kensington Pride used to be known as the 'Bowen' mango and I grew up eating them as I'm from Bowen. We were so very proud to be the home of the best mango!

Almost everyone had a Bowen Mango tree growing in their backyard back then and there loads of mango tree orchards / farms as it was the main source of income for the town.

I'm afraid I still think it's the best ever.

Definitely a mango dessert for me...I usually push the kiwi yoghurts over to OH's side of the fridge.We don't often see fresh mangoes in the supermarkets.You are very lucky BB.

I love mango, we have plenty of them in the stores here in British Columbia. Mainly from Mexico. My favourite is 'Ataúlfo' mango as it has rich, sweet flavor. I could eat tons of it but it is very high in sugar so we have only few raw pieces for breakfast.
How lucky you are Bushbernie that they are being sold at roadside stalls in your area. I love to buy nice and fresh fruit and vegetables from owners sale tables in our neighborhood.

Meadowland, I like Kiwi Fruit but I love mango. I don't eat either of them in desserts, but freshly sliced and cold from the fridge. Nothing better in the summertime.

Klahanie, I generally only get one or two buckets of mangoes from the roadside stalls and then my husband and I enjoy those for a couple of weeks. As you say, they're high in sugar so we don't feast on them for too long.

We used to have a pop-up market at our local service station for many years where we could get things like fresh tomatoes, capsicums, beans, shallots, zucchini, lettuce, and herbs whenever the surrounding market gardens and farms had excess. Sadly that market doesn't exist any more.

I’m certain your Bowen Mangoes are unbeatable! The image of a Mango in every garden..wow! And they are big trees too!

Yes Karen, when I was growing up Bowen was a relatively small country town and most people had flowers growing in their front yard and fruit trees, vegetable beds and/or chook pens out the back.

People were in general a little more self-sufficient with food sources. Of course we didn't eat as much food as many people do today and we certainly didn't have the variety and choice we have now.

Usually there was only one or two mango trees as they did grow to be rather large. We used to climb them when they weren't full of fruit.

Bernie, I think we are heading back there tbh, and it won’t be such a bad thing in a way. Once the UK govt has ended family farming we will be forced to grow more of our own food and start preserving food again. I’ll happily turn my front garden into a veg plot. And there is a lot of land on this estate where we could grow food if we needed to.

Yes I agree with you on this one Karen. I think my grandchildren's generation will start looking at becoming more self-sufficient and having vegetable beds and fruit trees in their back yards rather than massive pools and entertaining areas.

I think they are far more aware of just what it takes to grow the mass produced vegetables available in the supermarkets and how far removed these are from "real food" grown in a healthy pesticide-free environment.