After the sun was set, did it really matter to Alfonso Albuquerque that the maidens were fair or dark?
I am sure he ran out of choices sometimes which explains that in most aristocratic Goan families with fair daughters you will always find one who is darker than the night. Roland. > On Mar 29, 2022, at 2:17 PM, Mel de Quadros <[email protected]> wrote: > > Adolfo: > > When I lived in Nairobi in the 1960s and early 1970s, I remember buying > baskets of highly addictive Alphonso-type mangoes from Malindi, Kenya. They > were luscious and juicy every bit as those I remembered from our mango > trees in Raia. > > So it’s possible that the Alphonso mango did originate and come from > Malindi, for really it’s only found in Goa! > > If this is true, Albuquerque can be said to have made some reparations for > his rather violent actions on the shores of the Indian Ocean! > > For us here in Canada, we await mangoes from Chile and Ecuador as well as > Mexico. Much like the Alphonso. But most expatriate South Asians await the > arrival of delectable mangoes from Pakistan! > > Regards > Mel > On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 11:53 AM Adolfo Mascarenhas <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> Mel >> >> I read your piece on Who Was Alphonso ? Message >> >> Message: 1 Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Dated: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:55:45 -0400 with considerable >> interest. >> >> This fellow called Alfonso de Albuquerque.has been on my radar screen for >> decades partly because of his partly because of my Philately both as a >> hobby and as an advisor to the Government of Tanzania and the lessons I >> learnt in Zimbabwe. A few years ago Albuquerque came to my interest >> because not only was he interested in genetics of mangoes and potatoes but >> also he had an idea of creating a super race. Three Portuguese women >> smuggled on a ship coming to Goa. The sailors obviously had a good time. >> When the ships reached Goa and Admiral AA found out he had these women >> whipped. Then he had a change of heart and said he would pay for their >> dowries. Adm.Alf.Alb actually wanted to create a super race Portugese >> sailors and soldiers with fair maidens Hindu or Moslems >> >> >> *Strange fellow indeed * >> >> >> >> And to think that there are Goans named after this Admiral…In class, in St >> Josephs Convent School DSM we had Lawrence and Victor Albuquerque. They >> stayed at the junction of Pugu Road and Ring St. Their Dad worked in the >> Tanganyika Standard. >> >> >> I am wondering why we do not export Mangoes from Tanzania ....In these >> troubled days we should send some to Ukraine ...some to Putin and Biden >> >> >> >> Grandolfo >> >> Makonjo Juu >> >> >> I think Admiral A Albu got the mangoes from East Africa....I ate part of >> a huge succulent mango for breakfast ...the seed is tiny ....there are goes >> the size of a hens egg ....you just suck them .....raw mango with salt >> ...Mango juice, jams, pickles and I do not know what else. >>
