----- Original Message ----- From: "Viviana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sunila Muzawar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: TIMES: Balcony View
> Sunila et al - doesn't "malcurado" mean poorly cured?? "Cor" is colour, > "curado" comes from the verb "curar" which means "to cure" - maybe Theo or Paulo > can help us figure this out. > > Viviana > You are right, Viviana, "mal curado" (in this case, "mal curada" because it is an adjective which has to agree with "manga" [Portuguese for "mango"] and "manga" is feminine) means "poorly cured", and I think we all agree that this delicious variety of mango cannot be (and never was) deemed to be poorly cured. The correct term is "mal corada" = "poorly coloured" or "ill coloured" and nobody now seems to know why such a name was given to it, as both inside and outside its colour is good. Fernando do Rego, Deputy Director of Agriculture of Goa (Rtd.) has this to say (I am translating from Portuguese): "Malcorada is the most popular variety in Goa and the one which fructifies before all the others in mid March. Contrarily to what its name seems to indicate - as opposed to another variety, the BEMCORADA - the fruit has a very attractive colour. There are a number of subtypes and some of them produce a very fibrous fruit. ... Singh is of the opinion that it is the second most delicious variety in India, because of the orange colour of its pulp,its pleasant aroma and sweetness and because it is very juicy. But Daljit Singh errs when he says that the production centres of the Malcorada are the villages of Vengurla and Malwan in the neighbouring State of Maharashtra, from where it spread to Goa which is not far. To prove how much it is an erroneous statement suffice it to note that these areas have never been under Portuguese occupation so that this mango should bear so significant a name". Jorge =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
