Mango vs Okra - What's the difference?
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(botany) A tropical Asian fruit tree, .
The fruit of the mango tree.
* 1738 , October–November, (Hans Sloan), Philosophical Transactions , volume 40, number 450, “VI. his Answer to the Marquis de Caumont's Letter, concerning this Stone”, translated from the Latin by (Thomas Stack), (Royal Society) (1741),
A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been .
* 2004 , Elizabeth E. Lea, William Woys Weaver, A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea , page 335
A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
* 1879 , Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, Agriculture of Pennsylvania , Page 222
* 1896 , Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report , Page 154
* {{quote-news, 1943, August 9, Mary Adgate, Stuffed Mangoes, The Lima News, city=Lima, Ohio, page=5
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* 2000 , Allan A. Metcalf, How We Talk: American Regional English Today , page 41
A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo .
Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax .
(colour) A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.
(uncommon) To stuff and pickle (a fruit).
* 1870 , Hannah Mary Peterson, The Young Wife's Cook Book , page 444:
* 1989 , William Woys Weaver, America eats: forms of edible folk art :
* 2008 , Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld, Pickles To Relish (ISBN 1589804899), page 66:
The annual plant, Abelmoschus esculentus , possibly of Ethiopian origin, grown for its edible pods; the pods of the plant.
* 1989 , Ib Libner Nonnecke, Vegetable Production ,
* 2006 , Development, Security, and Cooperation, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council, Lost Crops of Africa , Volume II: Vegetables,
* 2011 , Leon Neel, Paul S. Sutter, Albert G. Way, The Art of Managing Longleaf: A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach ,
The edible pods of the plant.
* 1940 , Farmers' Bulletin , Issue 232,
* 1997 , Lisette Verlander, Susan Murphy, The Cookin' Cajun Cooking School Cookbook ,
* 2006 , Francis N. Wiltz, In the Kitchen with Papa Wiltz: Favorite Cajun-Creole and Mexican-American Recipes ,
As nouns the difference between mango and okra
is that mango is a tropical Asian fruit tree, species: Mangifera indica while okra is the annual plant, Abelmoschus esculentus, possibly of Ethiopian origin, grown for its edible pods; the pods of the plant.As a verb mango
is to stuff and pickle (a fruit).mango
English
(wikipedia mango) (Mangifera indica) (Cucumis melo) (Anthracothorax)Noun
(en-noun)page 376:
- And I have one [bezoar] form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango .
- In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.
- Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.
- Best mango peppers
citation
- Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow. These aren't the tropical fruit, though, but what are elsewhere called green peppers.
Verb
(es)- Although any melon may be used before it is quite ripe, yet there is a particular sort for this purpose, which the gardeners know, and should be mangoed soon after they are gathered.
- In an effort to reproduce the pickle, English cooks took to "mangoing " all sorts of substitutes, from cucumbers to unripe peaches. Americans, however, preferred baby musk melons, or, in areas where they did not grow well, bell peppers.
- For this cookbook, I made mangoed peppers that were not stuffed with cabbage, but stuffed with green and red tomatoes and onions.
References
* (bell peppers)The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia
Anagrams
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English
Noun
page 610,
- Okra does not do well in tight, waterlogged soils, but will tolerate a soil pH range of from 6.0 to 7.5.
page 298,
- Okras with red calyxes are known and should be tested for the possibility of producing a counterpart.
page 36,
- We planted some truck crops like watermelons and okra , which was risky.
page 7,
- Select young okra', wash thoroughly, remove the stems, and wipe the ' okra dry.
page 25,
- Wash and dry okra', remove stems, and slice in one-inch rounds. (If using frozen '''okra''', do not wash.) Heat two tablespoons oil in a heavy saucepan other than black iron. Saute ' okra in oil and vinegar, stirring often until ropiness is gone.
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- I hated cooking okra because it was so slimy when you first start.