1.   Although green mangoes and papayas each have distinctive flavors, they can be used more or less interchangeably in recipes of this type.

2.   A handful of recipes are relatively quick to prepare, among them grilled lobster salad, shrimp with bamboo shoots and grilled tuna with green mango.

3.   Green mangoes are used in some recipes, and could be shredded into salads.

4.   Green mangoes have the same enzymes as papayas and can be used as a tenderizing marinade for meats.

5.   Green mango, used in Thai salads and other Asian preparations, will have little, if any, scent.

6.   Green mangoes add the acidity and some crunchy texture, like an unripe peach, to dishes like beef and mango salad.

7.   Julienne both the fennel and the green mango, then toss them with a few tablespoons of lemon juice.

8.   One man, eating a raw green mango, carried a handful of plastic hangers.

9.   The salad of scallops with green mango and chilies is a classic example.

10.   At the end of May, when the mangoes ripened, a mother and four children fed their raging hunger with too many green mangoes.