Takin' it back to the old school, cuz I'm an...nevermind!

Today some very nice person brought in mangoes to our office. I'm not entirely sure why, but I've been cravin' me some mango!! The bag had a nice mix of ripe-ready-to-eat and some a little on the greener side. I peeled and ate a small ripe one and man it took me back...

Just the aroma of a ripe mango reminds me of trips to Kona to visit my grandma or running around my friends house up the street from mine!! Ahhh...those were the days!! It also got me thinkin' of different ways I like to eat mango. I definitely love COLD ripe mango and I do prefer to peel and slice it so I can enjoy the mango without all its juices running down my chin! But I also like to make "shoyu mango." Not sure if that's a correct culinary term, but shoyu mango is a slightly green mango marinated in a shoyu, sugar, vinegar, and black pepper mixture. I normally throw in a bit of water to settle it down a bit! This is my second favoritest way to eat mango! This might also have been the first real "dish" I made as a child! LoL!! The sweet and sour flavor reminds me of the days when I could actually climb a mango tree! LoL!!

So do you have any favorite childhood snacks? What about something that you eat and it automatically jets you back 5, 10, *gulp* 20 years??