I love mango.
<br />And as we are celebrating a LOVE Holiday, I chose this recipe from Allende’s book to reinterpret!
<br />As she also suggests, for love dates, to read love poems or stories or books, I selected for you my fave poem from her book, to read to your lover on V day:
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<br />Let us live, my Lesbia, and love.
<br />As for all the rumors of those stern old men,
<br />Let us value them at a mere penny.
<br />Suns may set and yet rise again, but
<br />Us, with our brief light, can set but once.
<br />The night which falls is one never-ending sleep.
<br />Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred.
<br />Then, another thousand, and a second hundred.
<br />Then, yet another thousand, and a hundred.
<br />Then, when we have counted up many thousands,
<br />Let us shake the abacus,so that no one may know the number,
<br />And become jealous when they see
<br />How many kisses we have shared.
<br />(Catullus, verses to Lesbia)
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<br />Ok, let’s go back to the kitchen…
<br />This sauce is perfect for red meat, vegetables, lentils or chickpeas!

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