Kadayawan Week was last week here in Davao.

[Reboot]

33 minutes ago, Dave Hounddriver said:

Did you try putting salt on it?  Strangely enough it makes the green mango taste a little bit sweet.

That and vinegar too. 

[frozenmystic28]

1 hour ago, not so old china hand said:

Or salt and chili powder as a dip.

or sauteed shrimp paste. 

[Gratefuled]

3 hours ago, Reboot said:

An American who loves soccer?

You are a rare breed my friend

I love baseball more. Soccer was fun to officiate. 

[Gratefuled]

3 hours ago, Reboot said:

3 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said:

Did you try putting salt on it?  Strangely enough it makes the green mango taste a little bit sweet

 

No, but I have put salt on watermelon. It works, but I prefer the ripe mangoes.

[Queenie O.]

I love tropical fruit. I envy people living in Mindanao being that it's called the "Fruit Basket of the Philippines". People there have access to many fruits that mostly only they experience.

My favorite fruit here is pomelo, Davao being the best place to get them. I love guavas and mangoes, passion fruit and papaya too. 

Never tried mangostines or durian yet. Fruit markets in Davao must be fantastic to experience.

 

[Queenie O.]

Tragic news about explosion in Night Market in Davao.

http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/03/16/asg-claims-responsibility-for-davao-market-blast

[Sander Martin]

On 2 September 2016 at 8:20 AM, Dave Hounddriver said:

Did you try putting salt on it?  Strangely enough it makes the green mango taste a little bit sweet.

Still tasts horrible in my opinion ?. 

On 2 September 2016 at 4:15 AM, Reboot said:

 Curious to try HALO HALO one of these days. It sounds awful, but everyone who tries it says it's good.

I have tried HaloHalo a few times and dont see whats the rave about. Just sweet shaved ice, with beans and tastless pieces of jelly..

[Sander Martin]

On 2 September 2016 at 0:04 PM, Gratefuled said:

No, but I have put salt on watermelon. It works, but I prefer the ripe mangoes.

My fiance eats strawberrys with salt... Lets just say that she got strange looks from me ??.

[Gratefuled]

10 hours ago, Sander Martin said:

My fiance eats strawberrys with salt... Lets just say that she got strange looks from me ??.

I love strawberries but the only ones I've found were he frozen ones at S & R. I blend them along with frozen peaches, bananas  and orange juice. ( no salt )

[Dave Hounddriver]

4 hours ago, Gratefuled said:

I love strawberries but the only ones I've found were he frozen ones at S & R.

I think most of the strawberries produced in Philippines get consumed in the Manila area.  We had some nice, fresh ones that we bought at a supermarket in Alabang but I think I did not wash them well enough, (or I gorged on them too much), because I could not stray far from the CR for the remainder of the day.