Mangoes = Green Peppers - Indianapolis, Indiana

topcon74 · 12-22-2010, 12:41 PM

Is anyone else familiar with using the term Mango for Green Pepper? I heard someone talking about Stuffed Mangos for xmas dinner, and they were describing stuffed green peppers. They were from muncie. Anyone else know about that?

bparks85 · 12-27-2010, 10:05 AM

i've heard that a few times.

i did a quick google search and it gave me this.

Mango « The Word Detective

jabberwocky57 · 03-03-2011, 05:59 PM

You bet I do. That is a bit of a joke in my house. I have one for you. Did you grow up saying things like don't be nibby? That is one oft heard in central Indiana.

skippercollector · 08-14-2011, 06:51 PM

I'm from Ohio and have heard green peppers called mangoes for years. I never had a real fruit mango until the 1990s.