With Venezuela In Chaos, Mangoes Are Unsung Heroes - most popular restaurant breakfast dishes survey

In these difficult times in Venezuela, Mango has a new identity.
"We call them 'noise producers' because they have calmed down the noise from our stomachs when we were hungry," said Denilson herndez, who runs a family in malakabo, Venezuela.
There are many hungry people in crisis.
Ride Venezuela.
According to the latest national survey of living conditions, nearly 90% of households do not have enough money to buy the food they need, which is held annually by university professors.
The 40-year-old has a few mangoes for breakfast almost every day.
He picked out two 82-kinds of fruit. foot-
Tall trees that cast shadows in his workplace.
If they are green, they will be a little sour and bitter.
It would be sweet if they were completely ripe.
In fact, trees shed so many mangoes in his sandy yard, he said, and workers and maids from nearby shops and apartments often come to him for some.
Some local people say Venezuela's rich mangoes are "real humanitarian aid ".
"Mango has brought extra value to the Venezuelan people in recent years because it has relieved hunger," said Maritza de jimenz, head of the charity Seglar Mercedary Fraternity, free lunches are distributed on weekdays for approximately 600 Venezuelan children and 80 elderly people.
Her charity provides mangoes for lunch.
She added, "many of our children eat too much mango on weekends and we didn't offer them a free lunch.
Mangoes may also be free.
There are so many mango trees in the public space and private courtyard of the Venezuelan city that people can help themselves.
And the supply is sufficient.
Mango trees bear fruit three times a year in Venezuela, about a month, and now is the season.
It turns out that Mango is a very good food when needed.
A cup of diced mango meets about half of the daily allowance required for vitamin C and the quarter of vitamin.
High fiber content.
"When the fiber is in contact with the stomach liquid, the fiber increases.
That's why people feel satisfied, "said Ealys López de Márquez, dean of the School of Nutrition and diet at Zulia University, which is the largest university in the country.
But mango does have drawbacks as a main course.
For example, there is only 1 gram of protein in a cup of food.
However, there may be no other option for many Venezuelan people.
Jose Añez, 75year-
The old man tasted mangoes outside a Catholic charity, and he waited with dozens of old men for free soup.
"We are having a bad time now.
This fruit is our favorite.
I can have it at any time of the day.
"It makes hunger a little less," he said with a smile . ".
In his 50 s, Juan Manuel Rodrígues, the father of three children, said he ate three to eight mangoes a day.
He also prepared mango dishes for sale on the sidewalk in malakabo.
His favorite food is mango slices, Worcester County sauce, marinade, vinegar and salt.
He was nicknamed Viagra and boasted that it would help improve the sexual performance of men.
Most people don't believe this, but they did buy the dish because it was delicious and cheap --
About $20. S.
Cents for a service.
In fact, mangoes are popular in many dishes in Venezuela: salads, juices, jams and desserts.
Mango milkshakes are also popular, but from 2, there is only a little milk in the mixture.
The price of 2 pounds milk powder is about 60,000 bolivares.
By contrast, the full minimum wage set by the Crown
The monthly working hours are 40,000 bolivares.
Ramon arenas Morales, 81year-
The old retired reporter is one of the people who sent mangoes.
The neighbor's branches hang on his porch.
When the tree bears fruit in real time, he puts a bag filled with 20 mangoes in the gate every morning so that people passing by on the way to work or school can catch a couple.
He pointed to a pile of pale mangoes and said, "some desperate people even ask me for the mangoes we threw away . "
Fruit hanging from the green branches that may deteriorate.
"I saw despair and hunger on people's faces.
"It's frustrating," he added . "
During the mango season, the agens family presented about 200 mangoes to nearby friends and neighbors every day.
Jess, a 50-year-old father, said mangoes are usually a side dish.
"But we don't choose what to eat anymore.
"His wife, Ingrid, shared a plate of five mangoes with one of her little daughters, saying she found strangers looking for mangoes in the yard at dawn.
In the days leading up to the economic crisis, she said, "We used to throw hundreds of mangoes into the trash . "
"Now we collect them all.
"Nerio Mendoza, in his 30 s, a former fisherman, stopped working for fear of pirates in Lake malakapo.
At the moment he is not working and he is grateful to the agens family for sharing their mangoes.
Mendoza says he walks dozens of blocks a day looking for things to sell in the trash, like wires, so he can do it for his 4-month-
The old baby girl and his 3-year-old boy.
The thin-bone worn. man in shabby clothes has a last resort in case he can't provide food for his family.
"I will go and find some little mangoes where I can find them. It's tough.
"My child is hungry," he said sadly . ".
But he was happy to find the mango.
"They are very delicious," he said with a smile . "
Gustavo Ocando Alex, a free writer in Venezuela, has contributed to the BBC World News and The Miami Herald.