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My Family Used To Call A Bell Pepper A Mango

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When I was little my family would always call bell peppers mangoes , how about you?! When I moved from the Midwest to California, I was shocked when I found out what a mango really was when I began working for a local grocery chain. Boy, we were SO FAR OFF THAT IT'S STILL EMBARRASSING!🫑🥭 However, it is still common enough that the Webster dictionary's definition for mango includes a sweet pepper.   Some grocery stores will call their bell peppers “ mango peppers ” so that everybody knows exactly what type of food they are looking at. I do wonder how that would work for anybody wanting to prepare a Mango and Bell Pepper Salsa. Although both the bell pepper and the mango are fruits, a pepper is a pepper and a mango is a mango. Imagine ordering a delicious tropical mango fruit drink and receiving a bell pepper drink.🤣 Tropical Mango Fruit Drinks Made In Hawaii Why is bell pepper call mango in the first place? Well, in the Midwest and some Appalachia states (especiall...

Birthday Wishes For My Mom I Love

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Today, November 11 is not only a US Veterans Day holiday honoring in remembrance all military personnel who have served the United States Of America at any point in history, but we also get to celebrate my mom on her birthday!   Happy birthday Mom. You are so very loved and missed here. I choose to use this day to celebrate you. It's been many years since your passing, but I still think about you every single day. November is my second favorite month of the year (May is my first), although it also brings some sadness because of today being my Mom's day of birth. I always celebrate it every year by doing things she loved to do like checking out antique shops and eating Chinese food! It's two things that are so simple, but that she always thoroughly enjoyed. It brings me joy too. Oh, by the way, if you haven't already, check out the new Frankenstein movie by Guillermo Del Toro on Netflix. It is now one of my favorites! I feel like a true role model is somebody who lives u...