Green Pepper = Mango ?!

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Here is L.A. a mango is a mango and a green pepper is

a bell pepper unless you are talking about a chili

pepper and once in a while that will confuse someone.

I have never heard a bell pepper called a mango..LOL

Donna

--- Marilyn Daub <mcdaub wrote:

 

> I come from Connecticut, and Mangoes were on sale

> for 19 cents per pound. I

> raced to the store to make some good jelly. The

> produce manager pointed me

> to the green vegetables and told me they were

> mangoes. Not so!! They were

> green Bell Peppers and I told him to check out

> mangoes in Webster's!!!

>

> Marilyn Daub

> mcdaub

> Vanceburg, KY

> My Cats Knead Me!!

> -

> Debra Morse

>

> Thursday, May 17, 2007 4:16 PM

> Green Pepper = Mango

> ?!

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> Green Pepper = Mango!

>

> I have family who moved from Wisconsin to

> northeastern Indiana (about

> 20 miles southwest of Fort Wayne) about 20 years

> ago. When they

> moved there, they had no idea they were moving to

> the " deep south " --

> I mean, come on, this is Indiana, not Louisiana!

>

> But lo and behold, everyone in the area spoke with

> a southern accent,

> and called those green veggies in the store

> " mangoes. " I was so

> confused because to me, that's a green bell

> pepper, always was and

> always will be.

>

> My stepbrother eventually married a woman who was

> born and raised in

> the area. They moved back to Wisconsin briefly,

> and she was horribly

> confused when she went to the grocieries store

> here looking for

> mangoes for her salad, and there were these round

> fruits and not the

> green peppers.

>

> I never understood why they call green peppers

> " mangoes. " If anyone

> can enlighten me, this will solve one of our

> family's great mysteries.

>

> Debra

> Madison, WI

>

> >LOL..My mother still calls a green pepper a

> Mango.

> > Sending smiles and hugs your way

> > Deanna in Colorado

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