INDIANmangoes

@ridingbet the name " mangga" or mango was also derived from sanskrit. Guimaras mango holds the Guinness world record for sweetest mango in the world. What happened to your tree? That carabao mango is a lot of money compared to Indian mangoes where there are a lot, I just ask for them from neighbors here in our subdivision, we have our own tree but it is the small but very sweet " supsupin" variety. My grandfather on my father's side use to have a mango plantation up there North in Sta.Barbara, Pangasinan, it's a pity he sold it during the 70s and just squandered the money

yes, truly our national fruit is the mango and the native mango or the carabao is so sweet especially when ripened in the most natural way. when we still have the big carabao mango tree in front, our neighbors would gather many sacks of the mango and we keep them flat on the floor and cover with newspaper. when they ripe at the same time, we eat a piece while peeling from the top down to where the mango hangs from the tree.

@louievill really? wow, that is so 'sayang'! i agree that the mangoes from Guimaras are the sweetest mangoes in the world. our mango tree in front of our house was already very old. the trunk had a fissure that it had a resident called "bayawak". hahaha. the mango tree had a very big canopy that it provided shade in front of, and in our lawn. but a very tall freight truck passed by the road and a branch of the tree caught the cargo of the truck. our tree fell down, and our cemented fence was also damaged.

oh, yes, why is it that when our monthly cycle is coming, we tend to want to eat sour fruits? if it is possible, i could dens you, hija, but i don't know your address. hahaha

@mlgen1037 ayy. my mother (+) said before that when we eat sour fruits while we are having our period, the blood will be difficult to be washed in our underwear. the blood will be dark and it cannot be briefly removed.

@ridingbet hehehe I will send my address to you, Ingrid. And as of this writing, I am on my second day.

since childhood, i already know these green almost round-shaped mangoes are called Indian mangoes. if not yet ripe, they are so sour, but when ripe, they are so sweet and the meat is soft.

are the mangoes you like, products of India, or other countries?

@ridingbet The mangoes I like are from India.In India 500 types of mangoes are available.

@silvermist right, so these mangoes that i posted, may be Indian mangoes.

@ridingbet Maybe Indian Mangoes are indeed from India and they only tasted different from the actual mangoes from India because Philippines have a different soil type. Most mangoes from the US are bleh because the soil conditions there made them taste like perfume.

@ridingbet Even the big mangoes sold here (imported mainly from South America) are sour when not yet ripe.

so, the ideas of some are true. the Indian mangoes today are smaller yet sour when not yet ripe.

they are ripe now. my sister peeled and soaked them with fish sauce.

@aureliah it was not very sweet as our local fruit, the big one. when we have the big mangoes, i eat it with rice.

@ridingbet they must have been very sweet

@ridingbet Maybe it is as Hawaiian as the Hawaiian Pizza which is invented in Canada. Maybe it is indeed a Mango from Hawaii. Philippine Mangoes are known for the beautiful yellow color. Most mangoes around the world are red or orange/

@CaptAlbertWhisker really? but does the red mango have a red 'meat' too, like any ordinary mango?

there is another variety of mangoes here in my place, or most probably in other areas of the country. we had a tree before, wherein the lower edge of the mango is like a pointed chin, it is long but thin, and has a soapy taste. we call the mango "Hawaiian mango", for reason i don't know.

@ridingbet Yes we have mango, too.

right, but there in China, do you have Chinese mango as well?

pickled mangoes? oh, if we do that, they will be consumed before dusk. hahaha. sometimes we add unripe mangoes in small shrimps and eat the shrimps raw. we call that dish the 'jumping salad'.

i just peeled 2 and dipped it on fish sauce. if it is already ripe, i think adding sugar will enhance its sweetness

yes they are tasty, sour actually.

@ridingbet Yes that's right