Comments on: Mango

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:09:31 +0000

The older generation in my area, NE PA, also referred to the green pepper as a mango but as people became more educated and knowledgeable and of course more familiar with real mangoes this has diminished and really only heard by the older generation and even many of them have stopped once they became aware and I’m sure in some cases not to give away their age.

By: mango « One Peppercorn

mango « One Peppercorn — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:26:07 +0000

[...] mango may not be a pickle any more, but it is still, in the U.S., in Ohio and Indiana, a name for green peppers. Pickled Mangifera indica passed its name onto pickles more generically which, by 1948, had passed [...]

By: Dabbler

Dabbler — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:32:02 +0000

The use of “mango” to mean pickle wasn’t just an American quirk. The 1699 book that’s mentioned above is “Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets” by John Evelyn, published in England. Does anyone know how far back this usage goes?

By: Edward

Edward — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:11:14 +0000

This explanation is especially interesting to me because I grew up in the Midwest, but I never heard anyone except my mother and, by extension, my family call a green bell pepper a mango. I was not unpleasantly surprised when I moved to the United Arab Emirates and saw and ate my first “mango” as the sign in the street market described this especially tasty fruit.