Latest report from the Big Island of Hawaii

[larrysogla]

Absolutely mouth watering, mind boggling, magnificent swarm of big game, fowls and fish INSIDE the good ol' U.S. of A. How wonner'ful that such lush, luscious, lavish sportsman's paradise can and do exist within our own borders with year round warm, outdoorsy weather to boot!!!! What is even amazing is there is no need for customs, immigration, visas, passports and CRAZY international firearms laws to deal with.Thanks Doc for keeping our blood flowing and our excitement up. God Bless.

 

[doccherry]

Ev:

There are mangoes [mangos?] everywhere. What is interesting about them is that their skin and sap have the same chemical irritant as does poison oak and poison ivy. My wife got a rash on her face a few weeks ago and then again a couple days ago. She had cleaned mangoes both times right before breaking out, probably getting the chemical on her hands and then touching her face with her fingers.

As an experiment, I rubbed mango skin and sap on the back of my lower leg yesterday and let it sit for about 5 minutes before washing it off. We'll know for sure within a few days if I have an allergy to mangoes, and if so, that experiment will probably go down as just about the stupidest thing I've ever done. I'm allergic to poison oak [I skinned a hog that had been feeding in poison oak and got a terrible rash all over my arms and face] but I've never had a problem with mangoes. I pick them up off the ground, eat them, and work my way through mango leaves when I'm hunting, but have never had the slightest itch.

I promise more photos.

 

[beastslayer]

Doc,

So we cannot recruit you as collaborator for our dear republik? We plan on making you the vice gobernator.

Anyway, be careful with those mango sap. It will burn, sting and irritate specially those coming from a newly gathered green fruit. Sap from the trunk, for some, and the leaves are harmless.

Enjoy.

 

[EvBouret]

The sap has never bothered me, but yes, some people do have allergic reactions to them. I would dare to say that the majority of people are unaffected by mangos and a minority has an allergic reaction. Keep the stories coming doccherry. I get my arrows on the 28th from Cabelas so hopefully soon I'll have some stories and pictures to share as well. Ive seen more pig rootings in the last two days of bass fishing than in the last two years of pig hunting in California. The ammount of game here is ridiculous. Nic Barca took a shot at a 150lb boar across the street from his house two nights ago but missed because he knocked his arrow in the wrong spot on his recurve. Shot right under his belly.

 

[Speckmisser]

Aha... one of those tropical treats I DO know something about... Mango rash!

It was a common ailment in Puerto Rico amongst many of my young school friends. Mangos were all over the place there, and we ate them like fiends. The classroom often looked like an emergency ward during a roseola outbreak!

While there are some folks allergic to the whole mango, most of my friends learned that patience pays and if you remove the skin you no longer get the dreaded rash.

By the way... the other thing that I remember growing wild (and eating wild) in P.R. was serrano peppers. They popped up around the apartments I lived in, and it was big, macho ju-ju to pick a handful and smile as you chewed them thoroughly, while laughing a manly laugh!

Damn, I miss tropical places!

 

[MULIES4EVER]

DOCCHERRY, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR WONDERFUL STORIES. I AM SURE THAT YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR POSTS ARE OUR FAVERITE READS. YOU PAINT SUCH WONDERFUL PICTURES IN OUR MINDS. I HOPE TO ONE DAY VISIT THESE ISLANDS AND SEE FOR MYSELF IF THE PICTURES IN MY MIND ARE ANYTHING CLOSE TO WHAT IS THERE.
I LIVE IN UTAH AND THIS STATE IS RAPIDLY GETTING AS BUSY AS CALIFORNIA. I LONG FOR A SLOWER PACE AND A LITTLE ROOM TO BREATHE. PLEASE KEEP WRITING FOR THE SAKE OF ALL OF US TRAPPED HERE.

MULIES

 

[Uncle Ji]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (doccherry @ Jun 22 2006, 06:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Uncle Ji:

What's your recipe for Chile Verde? I've never had it, but your brief description sounds great.[/b]

Bruce,

My wife had to fly to Oahu for a family emergency today and as she stepped out of car at airport I remembered and ask for her Chile Verde recipe but of course she was in a rush so the recipe is a tad vague, but will get more details on her return in a couple days.

Basically she throws a nice deboned rear ham in the crock pot with a can of chicken broth, a can of diced green chiles (Ortega?), salt, garlic, black pepper, and cumin. She does this in the morning and cooks it all day. She says can add canned crushed tomatillos if you like it slightly tart. Hope that helps. She usually doesn't measure but just tosses things together but I'll try and get more precise measurements when she returns. Your offer of hauling the pig sounds mighty tempting, i'll get back to you on that.
Take care, a hui hou.